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By Ketty Nyoni  nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s opposition parties and their leaders risk becoming totally irrelevant if they continue on their current destructive path. So says the firebrand leader of the Zimbabwe chapter of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Innocent Ndibali, who colourfully describes prominent opposition players Nelson Chamisa, Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti as “failed…

By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES have introduced fines of at least ZiG200 000 to deal with illegal foreign currency dealers and all those caught manipulating the country’s new currency. This was announced yesterday by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, in Statutory Instrument 81 A of 2024, published in the government gazette. Speaking in the…

Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE man yesterday appeared before a local magistrate and was remanded in custody for allegedly trespassing into State House while in possession of a toy gun. According to the State, after the security breach, Togaraseyi Magureyi, 40, demanded to see President Emmerson Mnangagwa whom he claimed to be his “father”.He appeared…

By Brandon Josphat THE telecommunication sector will play a vital role in national emergencies in the face of the El Nino-induced drought set to affect millions of people this year in the Sadc region. This was said yesterday by Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director general, Gift Machengete. He was speaking at…

By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zwTHE European Union (EU) has allocated US$60 million to Zimbabwe for the current El Nino-induced drought. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, the EU ambassador to Zimbabwe, Jobst Von Kirchmann, said the West was committed to assist Zimbabweans in need of humanitarian assistance due to the drought situation.“The European Union initiatives are…

By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw IN A radical proposal that is set to get tongues wagging, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been urged to embrace online technology and digital voting to enhance the country’s electoral system. This comes after members of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Foreign Affairs, as well as Zec officials —…

By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zwA BID by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to seize luxury vehicles and a fleet of trucks from businessman Justice Mayor Wadyajena has come a cropper. This follows the High Court’s decision yesterday to order the anti-graft body to release Wadyajena’s Lamborghini, BMW X6 and 25 haulage trucks that it had been…

THE Senate was forced to prematurely adjourn on Tuesday after microphones at the new Parliament Building in Mount Hampden developed technical faults. Speaking in the Senate on the malfunctioning microphones, deputy president of the Senate Michael Nyambuya said the session was halted because the deliberations could not be recorded in the Hansard.‘‘I am afraid we…

Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zwTHE government has expelled a school head for refusing to accept the payment of school fees in Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) while 11 others are facing disciplinary action over the same offence. This comes as the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Financial Intelligence Unit and Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption…