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PROPERTY developers contracted to develop residential stands in Bulawayo must now provide a full range of social amenities, including electricity, before being granted a development permit. This marks a significant policy shift by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), which has increasingly relied on private developers to service residential stands due to financial constraints and limited…

Takudzwa Dhambu STAFF WRITER dhambut@dailynews.co.zw PROSECUTOR General Justice Loice MatandaMoyo yesterday declared that corruption remains a significant barrier to economic growth in the country. Speaking at an integrity and ac – countability summit organised by Transparency International in Ha rare, Matanda-Moyo said there was an urgent need for all stakeholders to cooperate in eradicating this…

Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat ALL eyes will be on the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, when he presents his mid-term Budget statement in Harare tomorrow — amid relentless economic hardships among both consumers and businesses. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — representatives of workers, consumer watchdogs and business…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF will convene a meeting of its powerful politburo in Harare today, amid ongoing tensions that are threatening the cohesiveness of the former liberation movement. Party spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, confirmed the meeting yesterday, but was coy about sharing its agenda. However, insiders had earlier told the Daily News that the politburo…

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw JESTER Media Services Group (JMS) chief executive officer Pilate Machadu has called for enhanced collaboration between media organisations from Belt and Road countries and China. Speaking at the recent official opening of a seminar for heads of key media from Belt and Road Countries in Beijing, China, Machadu stressed the need to build sustainable…

Thabiso Mutirwara mutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw ALL Women Advocacy (AWA), a sex workers’ organisation, is actively pushing for the decriminalisation of commercial sex and advocating for the rights of sex workers. This comes after 13 sex workers in Harare were fined US$30 each by the magistrates court in May for advertising massage and sex services on social media….

Staff writer in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly beating his neighbour to death during a heated dispute over a girlfriend. Bulawayo assistant police spokesperson Thandekile Ndlovu confirmed to the Daily News that the suspect, Brian Moyo of Clark Road, Suburbs, was apprehended on Sunday after a report implicated him…