All News

By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’s hopes to be re-admitted into the Commonwealth remains up in the air, with Harare’s application not on the agenda of the organisation’s meeting in Samoa next week. The United Kingdom’s (UK) ambassador to Zimbabwe, Peter Vowels, confirmed yesterday that Zimbabwe was not on the agenda of this year’s Commonwealth Heads…

By Brighton Muronzereyiand Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERS AUTHORITIES say the fire that broke out at the popular Mbare Musika last week destroyed property and goods worth at least US$20 million. This comes as the government has declared the fire outbreak a state of national disaster and plans are underway to assist more than 5 000 traders…

By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynew.co.zw RUSSIA says it is committed to support Zimbabwe in maternal care in an effort to reduce the country’s maternal mortality rate. Speaking during a training of trainers workshop in emergency obstetric and neonatal care held in Harare yesterday, Russian ambassador to Zimbabwe Nikolai Krasilnikov said implementation of the international project…

HEALTH authorities from Hwange district, Matabeleland North, have set up an isolation facility to treat and combat the spread of Mpox at the Victoria Falls City Council clinic. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Hwange district medical officer Fungai Musinami said the facility was well equipped to handle suspected cases of Mpox.“We have engaged the…

Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has blocked the auctioning of Ruwa Local Board movable assets, saying the development will put the health of 300 000 residents at risk. This comes as the High Court on June 18 this year ordered the sale of moveable assets belonging to Ruwa Local Board without delay in…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have now roped in paramilitary police in the heightened national efforts to deal with worsening cases of armed robberies and other violent crimes in the country. This follows another stunning cash-in-transit heist on Wednesday this week, which saw two passengers who had allegedly been given a lift in a vehicle…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on industry to diversify and improve the quality of their exports in order to remain relevant in the global market.  In his address during the Zimbabwe’s Trade Development and Promotion Organisation (Zimtrade) conference yesterday, Mnangagwa said improving the quality of exports would propel industrialisation in the country. “Exports should serve…

THE government should urgently establish a cancer fund to alleviate the financial struggles of vulnerable communities who cannot access cancer treatment, says former deputy prime minister Thokozani Khupe. This comes amid concerns by Zimbabweans as cancer treatment remains beyond the reach of many owing to its cost which ranges between US$150 and US$1 000 per…

By Rutendo Ngara FOUR Harare City Council (HCC) senior employees who have been in remand prison since last July for allegedly conniving with businessman Moses Mpofu in a US$9 million botched street lights tender have been granted US$500 bail each. Never Murerwa, Jabulani Mukomazi, Denford Zhungu and Tawanda Mutenhabundo, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa…