POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF will deal decisively with self-styled party “demigods” — who oper ate as power-brokers, while stoking fires of factionalism within the former liberation movement. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Zanu PF director for information, Farai Marapira, said yesterday that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had made…
Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER THE Zimbabwe Sables are primed for a highstakes showdown today when they face Morocco in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2025 Rugby Africa Cup at the Nelson Mandela National Stadium in Nambole, Uganda. The match kicks off at 0900hrs local time. Returning to familiar ground, the Sables are not just defending…
Takudzwa Dhambu dhambut@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are fretting over the continuing rise in suspected ritual murders in the country. This comes after police arrested a Harare man following the weekend killing in the capital of a 10-year-old boy who was found with mutilated private parts. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, confirmed…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT is set to establish a commissions of inquiry in Bulawayo, Victoria Falls and Gweru to investigate allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the councils, Local Government minister Daniel Garwe has confirmed. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa last month received a report on Harare City Council governance issues from a commission of inquiry…
Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw HARARE is struggling with over 190 000 illegal settlements, significantly hindering the city council’s ability to provide essential services to residents. Owners of these unauthorised structures are not contributing revenue to the municipality. “There are a lot of illegal homes that have not been brought into the stream or that have not…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A SECURITY officer from Cowdray Park, initially linked to the dramatic US$4,4 million Ecobank armed robbery, was yesterday denied bail and is now facing new money laundering charges. Sibonginkosi Sibanda, an employee of Safeguard Security, appeared in court last Friday and was remanded in custody. His bail application was heard and…
YOUTH Minister Tino Machakaire has demanded an apology from former Mt Pleasant constituency representative, Fadzayi Mahere, following allegations that she defamed him on…
THE country’s urban councils are in a state of critical disrepair and teetering on the brink of collapse, as vividly illustrated in an article we published yesterday. This dire situation is a direct consequence of a multifaceted crisis — chronic underfunding from the central government, pervasive resident non-payment of rates, and allegations of massive internal…
GOVERNMENT has partnered with CBZ Holdings and is receiving support from the Kwangu/Ngakwami Trust to accelerate the full servicing of stands in Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park Hlalani Kuhle/Garikai area. Established in the early 2000s as a self-help initiative, the Cowdray Park area has remained only partially developed, significantly lacking essential infrastructure like sewer connections and roads….
LOCALLY manufactured medicines remain low, occupying only 12 percent of the pharmaceutical sector, according to Industry Minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu. Speaking at the annual conference of the Community Pharmacists Association and Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Association in Harare at the weekend, Ndhlovu said the country relied more on imports. “Zimbabwe’s pharmaceutical sector is currently valued at approximately US$254…
