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THE Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) has implored police to investigate cases of women who were allegedly physically attacked during the recently held public consultations in different parts of the country. Walpe director Sitabile Dewa told the Daily News the attacks during public consultations on the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) and Persons…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw IT IS “strange” that some people appear “hellbent on pushing the made-up story” that President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants to extend his stay in office, his spokesperson has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, George Charamba also said this “piece of fiction” was the more surprising as neither the government nor…

Bryn Matongo matongob@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have embarked on an operation code-named Nyama Yabvepi (where did you get the meat) which they believe will curb the illegal sale of meat on the streets. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi told the Daily News yesterday that the operation would target individuals who sell meat in open spaces and streets,…

ZANU PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson Jabulani Sibanda says the recently introduced ZiG currency will play an important role in the resuscitation of industries in Bulawayo. This comes as Baker’s Inn, a division of Victoria Falls Stock Exchange-listed Innscor Africa, recently commissioned a US$27.8 million plant in the country’s second capital last week. Speaking to the…

Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) says it is engaging both the judiciary and Parliament to address gaps in enforcement and penalties for violations of the Consumer Protection Act. This comes amid an upsurge in substandard goods on the market as well as the selling of counterfeit, underweight and expired products in violation…

SUPPORT for the ANC has risen in the weeks leading up to next Wednesday’s elections, a tracking poll shows, suggesting it may only need a small coalition partner or could win a majority. Analysts have been speculating for months that the ANC will fall short of 50 percent of the vote for the first time…

FORMER MDC national organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, has described Welshman Ncube and his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) group as “illegitimate”. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bhebhe added that Ncube and the CCC formation that he is fronting had no mandate to enter into dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu PF….

IN A surprise development, President Emmerson Mnangagwa shuffled his politburo team yesterday. Zanu PF secretary general, Obert Mpofu, said Mnangagwa had appointed former principal of the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology, Munyaradzi Machacha, as the ruling party’s new political commissar. Machacha takes over from Mike Bimha, who will remain a member of the politburo. The…