BY BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI AND BRANDON JOSPHAT THE calls for Zimbabweans to seriously consider giving a woman the opportunity to become the country’s next leader are picking up steam. This comes as former deputy prime minister, Thokozani Khupe, has become the latest prominent figure to push for a woman to be chosen as the country’s successor…
POLICE have intensified their border patrols at all ports of entry to curb smuggling into the country. This comes as the police in Mutare arrested three foreign nationals for smuggling goods in Cashel Valley last week. “Police in Mutare deployed on an anti-smuggling operation intercepted a Hino truck with foreign number plates and arrested three…
BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE AUTHORITIES need to address the lack of confidence in the ZiG among some stakeholders by implementing more measures that promote the currency’s wider use in the economy. So says the former acting head of the University of Zimbabwe’s business school, Nyasha Kaseke, who also warns that as long as the US dollar…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA THE national blood supplies remain constrained with only a day’s supply for group O type and five days for other blood groups. This was confirmed by the National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) chief executive, Lucy Marowa, who also pleaded with citizens aged 16 years and above to donate blood ahead of this…
THE Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu) has described the late former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko as a dedicated cadre who contributed immensely to the liberation and development of Zimbabwe. Mphoko, whose nom de guerre was Report, died on Friday in India where he was receiving treatment and has been declared a national hero and is…
THE government is planning to take significant steps to cushion formal businesses from unregulated traders, the permanent secretary of the ministry of Industry, Thomas Utete Wushe, confirmed yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Utete Wushe also said authorities would soon introduce more measures to further promote the wider…
Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has received 1 000 high quality doses of frozen bull semen from Indonesia to boost the quality of the country’s livestock breeds. The delivery also includes a frozen semen container to support storage and transportation of the semen. The latest delivery from Indonesia would see the country improving the…
AS THE country’s second city continues to grapple with hordes of inebriated halfwits who routinely urinate in public spaces, municipal officials will now go after all unlicensed liquor stores. Speaking during a full council meeting this week, the mayor of Bulawayo, David Coltart, said there was an alarming increase in shebeens being established by residents…
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has died. He was 84. Ministry of Information permanent secretary Nick Mangwana confirmed the death to the Daily News yesterday. He died in India where he was receiving medical attention. Mphoko, a veteran of the country’s liberation struggle, was born on June 11, 1940. A politician, businessman and former military…
ASPIRING Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) vice president Gift Banda has been granted US$500 bail pending trial on allegations of forging an Ordinary Level (‘O’ Level) examination result slip. Banda yesterday appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Sibongile MsipaMarondedze facing one count of forgery and pleaded not guilty. He was remanded to January 3, 2025 for trial….
