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By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw VICE PRESIDENT Constantine Chiwenga says the country needs more than US$10 billion in all sectors to deal with climate change effects between now and 2030. Speaking at the Zimbabwe second climate change and development conference in Harare yesterday, Chiwenga said the money needed to be distributed across all sectors that bear…

Masimba Makwembere and Brighton Muronzereyi AMID fresh price hikes, some basic goods have now also started to disappear from supermarket shelves in major urban areas. At the same time, many businesses are demanding payment for their goods exclusively in United States dollars after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) devalued the ZiG on Friday last…

HARARE City Council (HCC) has suspended town clerk Hosiah Chisango on a slew of allegations, including corruptly awarding a street lights tender to a blacklisted company and extending his employment contract without approval. In a letter dated September 30 2024, the local authority barred Chisango from its premises and purporting to act on its behalf…

PLANS are at an advanced stage by authorities for the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway under a public-private partnership (PPP) deal to promote business and tourism in the country. This was confirmed by Information minister Jenfan Muswere yesterday while addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing in Harare. The PPP deal would be between the government…

Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) said three people died, while 759 255.17 hectares of land and US$285 192 worth of property have been lost from 3 246 fire incidents between July 1 and September. According to Ema spokesperson Amkela Sidange, the percentage burnt per area has increased by 49.51 percent in 2024…

THERE are growing calls for an urgent all-inclusive stakeholders’ meeting to help stabilise the ZiG and soaring prices of basic goods in the country.  Representatives of labour and consumers were among those who told the Daily News yesterday that the country’s deepening economic challenges demanded that all key stakeholders worked together with urgency to stop…

THE push by authorities for all political parties in the country to be registered is gathering momentum ahead of the 2028 polls. This comes after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) hosted a crucial multistakeholder conference in Nyanga this past weekend to review last year’s harmonised elections. The gathering subsequently adopted several recommendations to improve future…

By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council (HCC) says plans are at an advanced stage to establish a training centre for nurses who will be absorbed into the capital city’s system. This was confirmed to the Daily News yesterday by the HCC health services director, Prosper Chonzi, who added its trained nurses would be…

BY RUTENDO NGARA AN employee in the Local Government ministry was yesterday granted US$500 bail following his arrest on US$77 000 fraud charges. Everisto Nyamadzawo appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing criminal abuse of office and was remanded to November 4 pending the finalisation investigations. The State led by prosecutor Mercy Masamvu alleges that in…