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Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE tobacco selling season officially kicked off yesterday, with the highest price being US$4,65 and the lowest bid being US$1,59 per kilogramme. This comes as the opening price for the previous season was US$4,92 per kilogramme, up from US$4,35 in 2023. Speaking during the launch of the 2025 tobacco marketing season, the…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE absence of a viable political alternative to Zanu PF in the country since the revered Morgan Tsvangirai died a decade ago is bad news for Zimbabwe, its people and economy, opposition stalwarts and analysts said yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — they said this…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw         GOVERNMENT has developed an Early Childhood Development Coordination (ECD) Framework aimed at providing quality and affordable services to children up to seven years old. The minister of Information, Jenfan Muswere, announced the framework at a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, stating that it would improve and align standards to…

STAFF WRITER chrimujiris@dailynews.co.zw A FACTION of the opposition MDC party, led by former vice president Elias Mudzuri, is pushing for the removal of the party’s president, Douglas Mwonzora. This comes after High Court Judge Justice Happias Zhou ruled last week that the MDC party’s 2022 congress, which elected Mwonzora, was null and void, and ordered…

STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) is appealing to Parliament to intervene and end external interference in the running of the organisation. Giving oral evidence before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Agriculture in Parliament yesterday, TIMB board member Engelbert Rugeje said the situation had become untenable amid interference from external players,…