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Staff writer in BULAWAYO THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (Mcaz) and the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (Zamra) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing the regulation of medical products between the two countries. In a joint statement yesterday, Mcaz and Zamra said the partnership aimed to enhance regulatory functions through collaboration….

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw POLICE yesterday pleaded with Zimbabweans to be more responsible as most of the armed robberies being recorded appear to be inside jobs.  This follows a shocking incident on Monday in which Harare businessman and former Dynamos chairman, Rafiq Adam, was targeted by armed robbers, resulting in him losing US$500 000 in cash. Speaking to…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi’s application for the cancellation of his warrants of arrest was dismissed yesterday, with the court ruling he was not bedridden when he skipped bail in 2018. Harare regional magistrate Donald Ndirowei said claims by Mzembi that he skipped bail because of illness was false….

THE government confirmed yesterday that the United States of America was set to deport 25 Zimbabweans soon, on account of their alleged violations of the USA’s immigration and visa regulations. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Raphael Faranisi, said they…

POLITICAL EDITOR IN A notable development, the ZiG has recently been gaining value against the US dollar. As a result, the local currency is currently trading at about ZiG33 to the US dollar on the tricky parallel market — compared to ZiG40 to the greenback a month ago. At the same time, the official exchange…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi yesterday told a Harare magistrate that he left the country in 2018 for cancer treatment. Before allegedly skipping bail, he was facing charges of theft of trust property and is reported to have been living in South Africa and Zambia interchangeably. Mzembi was arrested…

Staff writer in BULAWAYO AUTHORITIES have called on school authorities to prioritise the building of modern infrastructure at their institutions to create a conducive learning environment for pupils. Speaking during a handover of a classroom block and solar-powered water system at Sibombo Primary School in Lupane by World Vision at the weekend, the minister of…

Staff writer in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is dispensing medicines with a short lifespan to public hospitals due to low consumption of the drugs at council clinics. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting on Sunday, the BCC health services director, Edwin Mzingwane, said the council would give out the medication to hospitals for free. The…

AUTHORITIES are stepping up their campaign against all those who abuse social media by inciting anarchy in the country and recklessly soiling the names of other people. This comes as the government is mulling amending the Cyber and Data Protection Act, to bring in tougher measures that will deal decisively with socia media trolls. Speaking…

THE Harare City Council (HCC) has compensated Pinnacle Property Holdings for the land it had lost to invaders more than a decade ago. This comes after the ministry of Local Government said it would transfer 51 hectares of land covering 12 properties in Harare to Pinnacle as compensation. “As you know, we have heard of…