AUTHORITIES are pushing for a mandatory sentence of more than five years for illegal foreign currency dealers, as the country cranks up its efforts to protect its new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). Zanu PF chief whip in Parliament, Pupurai Togarepi, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that legislators were engaging Finance minister Mthuli Ncube…

ZIMBABWE’s concerted engagement and re-engagement drive of the past seven years has put the country firmly on track to improve its relations with the West and to lift the lives of its people. So says the ruling Zanu PF, which has welcomed the escalating thawing of Zimbabwe’s frosty relations with Western powers — including the…

THE acting leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Welshman Ncube, has smoked a peace pipe with Sengezo Tshabangu. CCC spokesperson, Nqobizitha Mlilo, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that the party had now accepted that Tshabangu was its interim secretary-general. “We have been talking to Tshabangu since we took over … and we…

AHEAD of today’s introduction into the market of the notes and coins for the country’s new currency, consumers and businesses want authorities to ramp up their crackdown on illegal forex deals. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, key stakeholders said this would help to protect the value of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) and also ensure…

IT HAS emerged that formal engagements have begun between the ruling Zanu PF and the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). CCC spokesperson Nqobizitha Mlilo confirmed to the Daily News at the weekend that the two parties were now conferring on the roadmap for their mooted political dialogue, which would define all the issues…

TRANSPORT minister Felix Mhona yesterday warned reckless drivers saying they were behind the unnecessary loss of lives on the country’s roads. He was speaking at Chivhu hospital where some relatives had gathered to collect the bodies of 16 people who died on Friday afternoon in a road accident in Beatrice along the Harare-Masvingo Highway.He said…

AUTHORITIES are fretting over the worsening violent crime in the country, including armed robberies involving rogue security forces. In this regard, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe told the Daily News yesterday that law enforcement agents would not fold their hands while criminals ran amok in the country. “We want to warn those who may want…

THE World Bank says Zimbabwe has a great potential to prosper as it has a skilled workforce and infrastructure which is better than most countries. This comes after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week said Zimbabwe’s economy would grow by 3,2 percent this year and next year despite the impact of the devastating El-Nino…

THE ruling Zanu PF and opposition leaders are increasingly finding convergence on many issues of national importance — raising fresh hopes for much-needed political dialogue in the country. This comes as most Zimbabweans and respected political analysts view national unity and dialogue as the only sustainable avenues to resolve the country’s decadeslong myriad challenges. It…

ZIMBABWE is on track to achieve all its economic goals, including the resolution of the country’s debt arrears to global financiers, authorities say. Speaking during the ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank spring meetings in Washington DC yesterday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the government was on the verge of taming the country’s…