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Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Cabinet ministers that he will not tolerate corruption in the ministries and agencies that they superintend over. Speaking in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa also said authorities would clamp down on incompetence and the appointment of undeserving officials to public sector boards. “As we progress with our work in…

Brandon JosphatCHIEF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw CABINET yesterday came up with a cocktail of fiscal measures to complement the monetary policy statement issued by the central bank last Thursday in a bid to avert the collapse of the formal sector. Addressing the first 2025 post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare, the minister of Information, Jenfan Muswere, said the government…

GOVERNMENT has called for stiffer measures against unscrupulous agro-dealers flooding the market with fake seeds, a development described as a threat to national food security. This comes as experts have also called for a complete overhaul of the legal framework governing seed certification to protect farmers from fraudulent practices. Speaking on the sidelines of a…

Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@daililynews.co.zw ZIMBABWEANS must continue to pull in one direction to foster much needed economic development in the country, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Speaking at the National Heroes Acre in Harare yesterday, during the burial of former top civil servant, Tinaye Chigudu, Mnangagwa was also confident that the country’s ailing economy would turn…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say they are ready for an urgent meeting with business and labour unions amid concerns over the scaling back of operations by distressed companies. This comes as an estimated 3 000 workers have lost their jobs since December last year, as the country continues to face persistent challenges impacting…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Welshman Ncube has suffered another blow after the High Court dismissed his application seeking to reinstate his subordinates who were reassigned in Parliament. This comes after the High Court had barred Sengezo Tshabangu, who asserts to be the party’s secretary-general, from effecting any…

Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE country’s second city has been forced to suspend some of its operations aimed at engendering order in the metropolis due to violent attacks on its municipal police by street vendors. The deplorable attacks have seen the city recording several cases of serious injuries suffered by its local police, a senior…

STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw BOTH Houses of Parliament – the Senate and the National Assembly – resume sitting today after a nearly two-month break, with various motions and Bills set for debate. A draft motion by Bikita West MP Energy Mutodi proposing deferring the 2028 national elections by five years and extending President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term…

EMPLOYERS called for an urgent meeting with the government and labour yesterday to explore ways of saving jobs in the country, amid the growing closures and scaling down of operations by distressed companies. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the executive director of the Employers Confederation of Zimbabwe (Emcoz),…

THE Zanu PF war veterans league has hailed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s efforts in making their lives better after the previous government had failed them. This came out over the weekend during the launch of the Presidential War Veterans Fund and Village Business Unit Empowerment Programme, a multi-million-dollar initiative designed to pull the country’s liberation fighters…