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POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@daily.co.zw BOTH ordinary consumers and business are concerned about the resurgence of brutal power cuts around the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, they said heightened blackouts would soon likely trigger fresh price increases. The spokesperson of the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC), Kudakwashe Mudereri, said power cuts had a negative effect on…

RUTENDO NGARA HARARE regional magistrate Musaiona Shotgame yesterday acquitted a man accused of raping and infecting his 10-month-old baby with a sexually transmitted disease. Shotgame argued that the mother’s evidence presented to the court was inconsistent and failed to corroborate her accusations. He also noted that, as stated by a medical doctor, genital ulcers can…

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw LEGISLATORS have expressed serious concerns about the deteriorating state of the country’s education sector, citing crumbling infrastructure and a severe shortage of resources. The alarm was raised in a report tabled in the National Assembly last week by the Joint Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education and the Thematic Committee on Gender…

Brighton Muronzereyi and Hazel Marimbiza STAFF WRITERS BOTH authorities and big business are spooked by the soaring influx of coun terfeit goods into the country, which are undermining the economy and endangering public health. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the president of the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce…

ZAPU has filed an urgent High Court application seeking to stop the government from proceeding with the current Gukurahundi outreach programme. The opposition party’s leader, Sibangilizwe Nkomo, is challenging the legality of the process that was followed. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the minister of Local Government Daniel Garwe, the president of the National Chiefs Council Mtshane…

Thabiso MutirwaraSTAFF WRITERmutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Fidelity Gold Refinery has established a gold trade enforcement unit (GTEU) to bolster the integrity of the country’s precious mineral trading. Fidelity Gold Refinery general manager Peter Magaramombe yesterday said the GTEU had been established following recent amendments to the Gold Trade Act. It is aimed at…

THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company has begun preparations for the country’s annual premier exhibition for the mining value chain — Mine Entra 2025. The event is set to take place between October 8 and 10 at the ZITF grounds in Bulawayo In a statement yesterday, the ZITF chief executive officer (CEO), Nicholas Ndebele,…

BY MUGOVE TAFIRENYIKA ANDBRIGHTON MURONZEREYI TEMPERATURES continue to rise in Zanu PF as young turks and ambitious bigwigs go hammer and tongs against each other ahead of the ruling party’s provincial elections slated for next year. So intense is the escalating jostling for leadership positions that rival factions are said to be burning the midnight…

TAKUDZWA DHAMBUStaff Writer THE National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) is ramping up its efforts to ensure that it has enough stocks to meet the country’s needs. Speaking on Thursday night on leading independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, NBSZ chief executive, Lucy Marowa, said they were intensifying their drive to reach…