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ZIMBABWE is facing myriad challenges, with the economy unstable and volatile, both hallmarks of excessive government interference and mismanagement.

We are trying to avoid a situation where varsity students drop out and go to the streets and start selling drugs or get involved in dangerous deals to make a living. That has been our argument; we want education to be affordable as this…

OVER four million people in rural areas are wallowing in extreme poverty as the country’s economic situation continues to deteriorate, while the El Nino-induced drought also persists, the Daily News can report.

SENIOR doctors will now be attending to more critical patients in hospitals after expanding their emergency services mode aimed at assisting stranded Zimbabweans while they continue with their strike.

POLICE yesterday gave the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC the green light to proceed with its rally scheduled for Stoddart Hall in Mbare today under strict conditions

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba yesterday dismissed reports of mistrust between the Zanu PF leader and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, the Daily News reports.

IGH Court judge Webster Chinamora has ordered businessman and socialite Genius ‘‘Ginimbi’’ Kadungure to pay an additional US$58 000 duty, which he owes to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) after he imported a R1, 9 million Bentley…

WHILE the now notorious machete gangs, popularly known as maShurugwi, have wreaked havoc in mining towns, leaving a trail of destruction, the government is in a dilemma on how to effectively deal with their callous acts without flouting the…

OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has savaged the government after police raided his party’s offices on Friday in a surprise move which has once again raised political tensions in the country, the Daily News on Sunday reports.

HE opposition MDC has been invited to the UK-Africa Investment Summit which gets underway in London this Tuesday, a top official has said.

THE move by Parliament to call for a thorough probe on the killings of innocent people by machetewielding gangs on gold belts across the country is a welcome decision.

THE visit by Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi to Zimbabwe has cemented the two countries’ relationship

A LOCAL company has successfully integrated LP gas into petrol engines, giving motorists an option to switch between the two fuel sources amid the crippling petroleum shortages in the country.

The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) director Nathan Nkomo yesterday said the department does not have adequate resources to cope with destructive floods

WOMEN are still struggling to penetrate the construction industry and to stand toe-to-toe with their male counterparts due to social stereotypes

CHINA, whose Foreign minister Wang Yi jetted into the country on Saturday evening, and Zimbabwe yesterday signed a number of agreements expected to boost economic and political ties between the two countries.

AT LEAST five members of a machete gang operating in the Mazowe area in Mashonaland Central were arrested at the weekend at Jumbo Mine, the Daily News reports.

THE government warned yesterday that it would ruthlessly crush the mass protests mooted by the opposition to commemorate the death of people who were slain by security forces during last year’s ugly fuel riots, the Daily News reports.

THE nightmare of unaffordably-high school fees has become a reality for stressed parents and their children, after the government yesterday gave public schools the green light to increase levies and boarding fees, the Daily News reports

WHILE gold and diamonds have created wealth for many countries and individuals across the world, this has not been the case in Zimbabwe, where these minerals have become a curse to ordinary citizens and other fortune seekers.

A SUSPECTED robber, who was part of a five-member gang arrested in Harare’s Marimba suburb, succumbed to injuries he sustained during a shoot-out with the police, deputy police spokesperson Blessing Chishaka has confirmed.

AMID growing concerns over the killings of civilians and rivals by machete-wielding gangs across the country, the MDC says there are strong suggestions that the barbaric machete killers are controlled by powerful politicians.

© ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) selectors have named a 25-man provisional squad for the home two-match Test series against Sri Lanka comprising experience and youth.]

JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi recently came out guns blazing, accusing the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) of halfheartedly carrying out investigations, resulting in the “catch and release” of suspects.

HARARE - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has declared total war on Zanu PF, announcing plans yesterday to roll out fresh nationwide protests that are intended to force President Robert Mugabe out of office.Tsvangirai's announcement…