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Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s sucessor should be chosen on merit and the contender’s ability to unite Zimbabweans, liberation war stalwart and former Cabinet minister, Rugare Gumbo, said yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the respected Gumbo was also of the view that it was…

Jeffrey Muvundusi and Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITERS BULAWAYO residents and businesses have been hit hard by the country’s intensifying power cuts, which are worsening the city’s already dire water situation. Mayor David Coltart confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that the power cuts were severely affecting the city’s water supply. This comes after under pressure…

Shamaine Chirimujiri STAFF WRITER chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw WOMEN Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa says authorities have noticed an increase in cases of gender-based violence (GBV) perpetrated by women against men. She was speaking at a media briefing in Harare yesterday to mark the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against GBV where the minister reaffirmed that the…

Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw GEO Pomona Waste Management has signed a five-year contract with the Harare City Council (HCC) to collect garbage in the capital. This comes after the HCC early this year appealed to the government to assist in solid waste management in the city. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, Local Government…

Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his administration will maintain fiscal and monetary discipline to ensure stability of the exchange rate and to enhance economic development. Speaking during a high-level structured dialogue platform forum and the debt resolution and arrears clearance meeting in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said his government was committed…

By Masimba Makwembere makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw A DIRE shortage of ambulances in Harare continues to place the capital city’s residents — including pregnant women and accident victims — at serious risk of losing their lives. So says the metropolis’ health expert, Michael Vere, who adds that delays in transferring patients in need to major hospitals, due to…

TIME Bank has increased its loan offer to the government, to help pay white former commercial farmers who lost their land, as well as other people who are owed huge sums of money by the State.  In this regard, the bank said at the weekend that it had raised its offer by US$3 billion —…

Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE government has stocked 1 000 fishery business units across the country with 4,4 million fingerlings. The country is targeting to construct 70 000 village fishponds across 35 000 villages with the aim of growing the fisheries sector into a US$1 billion industry by 2030. According to Fisheries director in the Agriculture…

By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw CHIRUNDU One-Stop Border Post (OSBP), which now operates for 24 hours daily, has improved economic trade between Zambia and Zimbabwe, a recent survey has shown. This comes after the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) Zimbabwe funded the Chirundu OSBP endline time measurement survey report on the operations of the border post….

BULAWAYO BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is seeking to hire 178 privateowned vehicles for this month’s national polio vaccination campaign. Polio mainly affects children under five years of age and is transmitted through contaminated water or food, or contact with an infected person. In a statement yesterday, BCC town clerk Christopher Dube said the city was…