MASVINGO City Council (MCC) has roped in the police in its crackdown on illegal vendors operating in the central business district (CBD)….
POLITICAL analysts have joined the growing list of influential voices which have warned that egos and petty differences could once again thwart the opposition in the fast-approaching 2023 elections. Respected University of Zimbabwe political science lecturer, Eldred Masunungure, was among the analysts who told the Daily News yesterday that hubris and petty grudges would likely scuttle opposition…
Andile Tshuma THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says it is angling to lure more investment at this year’s edition of the…
Dionne Kanyowa kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw THE late former president Robert Mugabe‘s children have approached the High Court appealing against a lower court judgment that found them lacking legal authority to appeal against an exhumation and reburial order for their father. Bona Mugabe-Chikore and her siblings appealed against Chinhoyi provincial magistrate Ruth Moyo’s judgment delivered last year, arguing they…
Melisa Chatikobo chatikobom@dailynews.co.zw THE government is not ready to pay farmers in foreign currency for crops that are not exported, but will put in place measures to ensure their producer prices remain viable. This was said by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, in the National Assembly on Wednesday while responding to MPs who wanted to…
POLICE in Bulawayo have embarked on an awareness campaign meant to warn school children and residents to be on the lookout for a serial rapist who has so far reportedly violated more than 10 female juveniles in the city. According to the police, the rapist allegedly asks mostly high school female pupils to accompany him…
THE government is introducing a raft of new economic measures, including reducing fuel taxes, as authorities try to stabilise ever rising prices of basic goods to cushion long-suffering consumers. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Finance deputy minister Clemence Chiduwa said in addition to the ongoing Russian-Ukraine conflict, taxes were seen as having contributed to the recent…
Melisa Chatikobo chatikobom@dailynews.co.zw THE Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) in the Agriculture ministry has warned farmers on the possibility of an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian influenza. This comes as chief director of the DVS, Josephat Nyika, told the Daily News yesterday that migrating birds fleeing the European winter had been entering the country since last…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw THE government is set to start a Covid-19 vaccination blitz next week reiterating its calls for citizens to get…
Dionne Kanyowa kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw A HIGH Court case in which former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri, pictured, is challenging the State’s bid to forfeit his assets failed to kick off yesterday for the third time this year. This was after High Court Judge Pisirayi Kwenda postponed the matter to March 24 again after one, Erinah Muchingami, who allegedly bought one of…

