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Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER THE government says the prevailing exchange rate stability has helped usher in steady pricing and improved availability of basic commodities, thereby preserving consumer purchasing power. Speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said the government carried out an assessment covering April to August 2025 focusing…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday granted a month-long amnesty for all illegal firearm holders, allowing them to voluntarily surrender their weapons at the nearest police stations without facing prosecution. The initiative comes amid a surge in armed robberies and other offences involving illegal firearms across the country. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed that the amnesty…

Tapiwa Chirume MASVINGO and Plumtree have enacted strict new noise-control by-laws, with offenders, including churches, wedding organisers, and businesses, facing heavy fines, permit cancellations, and confiscation of equipment. The regulations, published in the latest Government Gazette, prohibit any noise that disturbs residents, such as loud music, shouting, drumming, and even the noise from animals like…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE High Court has or­dered the Home Affairs minister and the police commissioner to pay US$42 000 in compensation after a 2017 police chase of commuter omnibuses in Harare resulted in the death of a child and injury to her mother. On the day of the incident, Patricia Dengezi, who…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa today reshuffled his Politburo, moving Secretary General Obert Mpofu to Secretary for Information Communication and Technology (ICT). Mpofu has been replaced by the outgoing Secretary for Finance, Jacob Mudenda, while Ziyambi Ziyambi, who was the Secretary for ICT, is now the Secretary for Legal Affairs. Patrick Chinamasa has been appointed as the…

THE country is bracing itself for more deportations of Zimba­bweans from the United States of America, after Washington declared many locals there illegal immigrants. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspapert — the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Raphael Faranisi, confirmed yesterday that the US would soon deport…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER THE ruling Zanu PF says it is now up to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to determine whether his term of office will be extended beyond 2028. This comes as Zanu PF’s powerful provincial chairpersons also remain dead set on achieving the ruling party’s goal to keep Mnangagwa in high office beyond 2028….

CHURCH leaders are pleading with the international community to cancel Zimbabwe’s external debt burden of nearly US$15 billion. Marking International Peace Day yesterday, the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) said doing this would free up resources for critical sectors that include health and education. “We urge international partners to consider debt cancellation to alleviate…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE High Court is set to hear a contested matter regarding the estate of the late Harare Pro­vincial Affairs minister, Oliver Chidawu, where his wife, Spiwe, is challenging the distribution of properties they reportedly amassed together. When Chidawu died in 2022, he left a will that bequeathed an 80 percent…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER TWO Vietnamese nationals who allegedly trafficked their compa­triots under the pretext of secur­ing them lucrative employment appeared in court yesterday. Huu Dao Phan and his accom­plice, Thi My Quyen Duong, face charges of human trafficking and violating the Immigration Act. They were remanded in custody until today for a bail…