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By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw GIRLS, who sat for this year’s Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Grade 7 examinations, performed better than their male counterparts with the national results also showing a significant increase in the pass rate compared to 2023.  Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, Zimsec chairperson Paul Mapfumo said the national pass rate…

FORMER MDC stalwart, Abednico Bhebhe, says he is saddened by the continuing lack of direction and infighting among opposition leaders. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the forthright Bhebhe added that the chaos within the opposition was threatening the future of multi-party democracy in the country. “The opposition is long gone. When you talk of…

Blessings Mashaya, and Brendon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THE 2025 National Budget presented by hard-pressed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in Harare yesterday reflected the myriad challenges facing the fiscus and the country’s economy. As a result, Ncube had little space to manoeuvre — to make life that much easier for under the cosh consumers and businesses…

Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THE European Union (EU) ambassadors and senior government officials yesterday held a formal partnership dialogue aimed at deepening relations between the two. Speaking during the Zimbabwe-EU partnership dialogue in Harare, EU ambassador to Zimbabwe Jobst von Kirchmann said the bloc valued the opportunity for dialogue and “reaffirms our ambition to continue deepening…

Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailyne.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) law enforcement agents have impounded hundreds of unlicensed taxis and kombis, better known as mushikashikas, in a two-week blitz to bring sanity in the central business district (CBD). Acting HCC town clerk Phakamile Mabhena Moyo confirmed the blitz to the Daily News yesterday, saying it started on Monday…

Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL servants are crying foul over the government’s failure to pay the ZiG component of their salaries saying they are now struggling to make ends meet. This comes as the government paid bonuses to some of its employees this month with the others set to get theirs next month….

A NURSE stationed at Sally Mugabe Hospital in Harare was paid US$20 for inducing a girl, 16, to give birth before the health official also issued a fake death certificate. This emerged yesterday when Betty Sena appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing allegations of contravening the Trafficking in Persons Act. She allegedly induced the…