Nato leaders meeting in The Hague have agreed to ramp up defence spending to 5% of their countries’ economic output by 2025,…
Donald Trump and his top officials have pushed back on a leaked intelligence report that said US strikes on Iran only set…
THE Pretoria High Court has halted the burial of Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu in South Africa. The attorney-general of Zambia approached…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER MANICA Diamonds coach Jairos Tapera has become the eighth coach to face the axe this season as the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League’s revolving door just keeps turning. The Gem Boys yesterday announced that they had put their head coach Tapera on forced leave following a string of poor results…
Ashley Moyo SENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITER moyoa@dailynews.co.zw TOP gospel star Michael Mahendere has described this year’s edition of the July Worship Music Festival (JWMF) — to be held at Belgravia Sports Club in Harare on July 12 — as “the best to date.” The annual concert, which is celebrating its fourth anniversary this year, was set…
NEWS EDITOR tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) is continuing to stump for the wider and accelerated use of the ZiG in domestic transactions, in preparation for the de-dollarisation of the economy. In this regard, the international financial institution wants the government to lead by example, by markedly increasing the share of its operations in…
OPPOSITION political parties are backing Parliament’s move to compulsorily register parties, disclose their sources of funding and structures. This comes amid reports that at least 120 political parties are in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) database. It also comes as Parliament will soon conduct national public hearings to gather views on the proposed compulsory registration…
Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) is set to evict at least 13 000 rent defaulting tenants occupying its rented accommodation across the metro with 5 000 occupants already served with eviction summons. The affected tenants owe the council an estimated ZiG400 million. This comes after the HCC housing manager, Edgar Dzehonye, earlier this…
RUTENDO NGARA A MEDICAL doctor, who yesterday testified in a matter where a father is accused of allegedly raping and infecting his 10-months-old baby, told Harare regional magistrate Musaiona Shotgame that the baby had genital ulcers. According to the medical practitioner, Hussein Chapota the baby was brought to Sally Mugabe Hospital, and they did physical…
chrimujiris@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT has been challenged to fast-track the Whistleblower and Witness Protection Bill to protect whistle-blowers. This was said by Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) as the country commemorated the World Whistleblower Day yesterday. “In Zimbabwe, whistleblowers have played a critical role in exposing corrupt practices across various sectors, often at great personal risk. “The draft…
