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Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo MATABELELAND South has recorded a staggering 200 percent increase in veld fires, destroying roughly 80 000 hectares of land amid shifting climate patterns, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has said.In an update yesterday, Ema Matabeleland South provincial education and publicity officer Simon Musasiwa said the surge had also resulted in a sharp…

Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THE country’s stabilising economy will soon trans­late into measurable gains for all Zimbabweans, the minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube has said. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Ncube said yesterday that with the economy having been turned around sustainably, the government was now moving…

CHIEF WRITER THE government has roped in international experts to deter­mine what caused the helicopter crash, which killed busi­nessman Wicknell Chivayo, his wife and three others. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Ha­rare yesterday, the minister of Information, Zhemu Soda, said preliminary on-site investigations had been completed and the wreckage secured for detailed forensic examination…

Brandon Josphat THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has invited the public to assess the country’s monetary and financial conditions and form their own view on whether the coun­try is ready to transition to a mono-currency regime. This call comes as the central bank revealed that progress towards meeting the conditions required for the transition…

A FEROCIOUS hailstorm on Monday battered over 13 500 households in Masvingo, severely straining national disaster-response and relief mechanisms. The latest disaster comes as the country prepares for projected El Niño conditions. Speaking to the Daily News last night, Masvingo provincial information officer and Civil Protection Unit spokesperson Rodgers Irimayi confirmed the extent of the…

Brandon JosphatPOLITICAL EDITOR AXES are worryingly becoming murder weapons of choice in domestic disputes in the country, a High Court judge has warned while condemning lenient sentences for violent relationship crimes.This stark observation was made by Justice Munamato Mutevedzi after a regional court sentenced a woman to community service for torching her home while her…

Yvonne Ncubein Bulawayo A 35 year-old woman has died after an unattended burning candle ignited a devastating house fire, which also left a man with serious burns.Bulawayo deputy police spokesperson, Thandekile Ndlovu, confirmed the incident which she said was now under investigation.The incident occured in Iminyela on Sunday.“On October 4, 2026 at around 11pm, a…