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Econet bags top award at ZAS

ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe won the Best Overall Stand in the ICT sector at the just-ended 2025 Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS). Organisers and judges said the award recognised the country’s leading telecommunications and technology company’s outstanding exhibition stand, which captivated the thousands of visitors who thronged the stand throughout the week-long event. Now in its 115th…

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Majority says national dialogue is the best way to rouse up Zimbabwe

THE calls for all-inclusive national dialogue — widely seen as the best way to extricate the country from its myriad challenges — are getting louder by the day. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, civil society groups and labour leaders added their voices to the dialogue chorus, stressing the importance of…

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Eight perish in bus accident

EIGHT people died yesterday morning in a road accident along the Mutare-Masvingo highway. Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the accident. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms a fatal road traffic accident which occurred at the 246-kilometre peg along the Mutare-Masvingo Road, near Mutendi Complex, on 30th August 2025, at around 0200 hours. A motorist who…

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Government pledges stronger SME support

AUTHORITIES are scaling up their efforts to create an enabling environment for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to thrive under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Speaking on the sidelines of an AfCFTA workshop yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Women Affairs, Mavis Sibanda, said SMEs continue to face numerous challenges that…

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Taskforce to probe council corruption

THE Ministry of Local Government and Public Works, in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), will appoint investigators to probe corrupt activities and abuse of power in local authorities. The Urban Councils Act and the Rural District Councils Act empower the ministry to oversee the operations of the country’s 92 rural and urban councils….

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RBZ measures ZiG confidence

RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is conducting a ZiG perception and confidence survey to measure the local currency’s acceptance rate since its introduction. The central bank said the move is part of its strategy to enhance public confidence through consistent policy implementation and active stakeholder engagement. “The RBZ introduced the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) on April…

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Mental illnesses now out of hand. . . health experts say, want a national disaster declared

AMID rising murders and suicides in the country, health experts have urged authorities to declare the growing scourge of mental health challenges affecting many citizens a national disaster. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the experts said yesterday that such a move would save the lives of many people….

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Ramaphosa opens Agricultural Show

By Tapiwa Chirume   SOUTH Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended Zimbabwe for its land reforms, saying this has energised the country’s agricultural sector. Speaking at the official opening of this year’s Zimbabwe Agricultural Show in Harare yesterday, Ramaphosa said the agrarian reforms did not only address historical land injustices, but were also spurring food…

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‘Boost female STEM enrolment’

GOVERNMENT has called on the Women University in Africa (WUA) to increase its enrolment of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) to support the country’s development. Speaking at the WUA graduation ceremony in Harare, chief director in the ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Norman Takaidza, said boosting female STEM enrolment is a…

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