THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has revealed a worrying increase in fatal road traffic accidents, reporting a rise of 30,2 percent during the second quarter of 2025. In his presentation of the second quarter 2025 Transport Statistics Report yesterday, Zimstat manager of services statistics Mukoki Kureva said more effort was needed to curb accidents….
ANXIOUS authorities are ramping up their efforts to curb Zimbabwe’s worsening drug scourge and stop international cartels from running amok in the country. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, confirmed yesterday that authorities were intensifying their work to protect members of the public from…
INDUSTRY experts have called for deliberate policies to strengthen Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector and ensure greater participation of local producers in the mining supply chain. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, former Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) president and group managing director of General Beltings Holdings Limited, Joseph Gunda, said a significant portion of export earnings…
CHIEF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday sent a message of condolences following the death of at least 42 Zimbabweans and Malawians in a horrific bus accident near Makhado in Limpopo, South Africa, on Sunday. The bus was travelling from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape to Harare and onward to Malawi when it veered off the…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE High Court has ordered businessman Murombo Josiah Mimana to continue supporting his estranged wife, Marvel Mtisi, ruling that he has the financial capacity to sustain the family’s upkeep — previously pegged at US$20 000 per month. In a judgment handed down last week, Justice Fatima Maxwell directed Mimana to…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF REPORTER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on members of the security forces to emulate the dedication and professionalism of past commanders and officers in safeguarding the nation’s sovereignty and advancing its interests. Speaking during the burial of the late national hero, Victor Mzheri, at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa…
CHIEF WRITER THE government is in the process of establishing a Border Management Authority to strengthen surveillance along the country’s borders and ports of entry, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has said. The authority would be responsible for executing frontline border law enforcement functions related to, among other things, port health, immigration control, access control,…
EDGARS Stores (Edgars) says it will continue to expand its geographic footprint through the opening of new stores in strategic locations. The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange-listed apparel retailer has been expanding its footprint, targeting underserved low-income markets and low-income consumers to widen its customer base. “A further seven Express Stores are targeted for expansion before…
AUTHORITIES need to present a clearer plan and timelines for the country’s de-dollarisation push, as the current uncertainty surrounding the plan is damaging confidence in the economy. So reiterates top economist, Prosper Chitambara, who adds that with probably more than 80 percent of transactions in the country still being conducted in US dollars, doing this…
MOST right-thinking Zimbabweans understand that reckless infighting within the ruling Zanu PF has a harmful effect on the entire country. Indeed, the party’s power tussles always end up as a national problem that weaken governance, threaten peace, sap the economy by making investors jittery and distract authorities from focusing on bread and butter issues. And…
