IN WHAT is believed to be one of the biggest hauls of recovered illicit gold by authorities, police seized 6kg of the precious metal from the president of the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF), Henrietta Rushwaya, as she attempted to board a plane at Robert Mugabe International Airport yesterday. Rushwaya, 53, — the controversial former Zifa…
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, also Zimbabwe’s Health minister, has unveiled an ambitious plan to establish ground and air ambulance services as part of the government’s efforts to resuscitate the country’s ailing health system, the Daily News reports. The plan is a component of Chiwenga’s restructuring strategy that will result in the health delivery system being anchored…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has said it urgently needs US$300 million to combat hunger in Zimbabwe, which will likely affect over 60 percent of the population by the end of this year. This comes as the United Nations food agency recently appealed for US$250 million to boost food assistance in the country amid the…
THERE was chaos at most schools yesterday and headmasters had a torrid time as they welcomed back three more grades —Grade Six, Form Three and Five students — in the absence of striking teachers, forcing them to send the learners back home early, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s educators are…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE West’s sanctions on Zimbabwe are like “weapons of mass destruction” which are hurting ordinary people, with the potential to undermine the country’s unity and peace, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has said, the Daily News reports. Mnangagwa also said yesterday that sanctions were hurting the government’s plans to turn…
Mugove Tafirenyika ZIMBABWEANS have commended the continuing stability in the prices of goods and services in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, both consumers and business leaders said the stabilising prices were affording them the chance to plan ahead — unlike what was obtaining previously. This comes as Zimbabwe is beginning to enjoy…
ZIMBABWE’S economy is expected to rebound next year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said at the weekend. The IMF said the country’s gross domestic product would grow by 4,2 percent next year , a strong rebound from a slump of 10,4 percent it projects this year owing mainly to Covid-19. In its October regional economic…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE Thokozani Khupe-led opposition MDC has called for the unconditional removal of economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States of America and its Western allies saying they were hurting ordinary Zimbabweans, the Daily News reports. This comes as Sadc nations yesterday commemorated the Anti-Sanctions Day under the…
ZANU PF stalwart and exsecretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa, says very senior party officials are behind the dog-eat dog mayhem ravaging the former liberation movement ahead of its divisive district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Mutasa said his knowledge of, and experience in Zanu…
THE Sadc region has once again called for the immediate lifting of Western sanctions on Zimbabwe on account of their adverse effects on ordinary citizens, the Daily News reports. This comes as the United States of America, the United kingdom and the European Union maintain that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has not done enough to…
