Brandon JosphatSENIORS STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are keeping an eagle eye on illegal foreign dealers who are now resurfacing on the streets to manipulate the ZiG ahead of the festive season. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, permanent secretary in the ministry of Home Affairs Raphael Faranisi said the police would be on high alert of…
By Jeffrey Muvundusi and Brighton Muronzereyi ZANU PF youth secretary, Tino Machakaire, remains in the spotlight after he recently reshuffled the league’s executive council — leading to ructions in the structure. This prompted a disquieted Zanu PF director for information, Farai Marapira, to call the youth league protagonists to order yesterday. Speaking to the Daily…
Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw A MEGA housing project by Pinnacle Property Holdings is now going full-steam, with all access roads that had been…
MINISTER of Women Affairs Monica Mutsvangwa has implored religions not to misuse scriptures to justify violence against women and girls in society. This was said during a religious leaders training of Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) first line support awareness campaign in Harare yesterday. Mutsvangwa stressed that empowering religious leaders through capacity building was vital, as they have…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THE strife that has been consuming the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) appears to be getting worse by the day. In the latest instalment of the chaos, the party’s interim leader, Welshman Ncube, and his team have approached the courts to stop his erstwhile ally-turned bitter…
Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT says 344 illegal miners have been arrested across the country following the ban on all alluvial mining activities imposed in August this year. Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing in Harare yesterday, minister of Information Jenfan Muswere said the statutory instrument (SI) by minister of Mines Winston Chitando banning…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE country is heading towards a negative population growth rate owing to declining fertility and birth rates, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) says. Presenting the findings of its latest Demographic and Health Survey yesterday, Zimstat manager for social statistics Tinashe Madiwa said the country’s fertility rate for young women aged…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF Midlands Province vice chairperson Lewis Matutu yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday facing fraud allegations involving US$150 000. He allegedly connived with Blessing Kusangaya, Tafadzwa Kusangaya, Muzimba Muhamba and Chikwasha Muhamba and allegedly stole shares from Shisub Investments, a mining company owned by one Avurath Sibanda….
Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has made great efforts in the fight against HIV as significant results can be noted from the tremendous work the government and its partners have been doing, a US diplomat has said. This comes as the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar), through the US Centre for…
Jeffrey Muvundusi SOUTHERN EDITOR GLOBAL human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) says it is intensifying its advocacy to combat the growing incidence of obstetric fistula among girls and women in the country. Obstetric fistula, a condition that causes severe incontinence due to childbirth complications, disproportionately affects young girls and women mainly in marginalised areas. The…
