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Brendon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has equipped the police with 132 more vehicles to add to their existing fleet to enable them to effectively execute their mandate ahead of the fast approaching elections next month. This comes as police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga recently told Parliament that the law enforcement agents were severely under-resourced, a situation…

Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw WOMEN legislators from Zimbabwe and South Africa have called for collaborative efforts in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV), emphasising the importance of community involvement. This comes as the Multi-Party Women’s Caucus of South Africa’s Kwazulu Natal legislature is currently in the country to exchange notes with their Zimbabwean counterparts on issues…

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is battling to resolve its double candidates mess ahead of next month’s crunch national elections. This comes as its defi ant followers that the party wants to withdraw from key parliamentary and municipal contests insist that they will not do so, arguing that they were duly chosen as party…

By Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITER GOVERNMENT has lifted the ban on chrome ore exports for mining companies in a bid to achieve a US$12 billion mining industry by the end of this year and allow mines to complete the construction and expansion of furnaces and processing facilities. Addressing a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday in Harare, Information minister…

IT’S a fascinating quirk of sport how hindsight can so completely colour the view of an event. When Scotland were being strangled by Zimbabwe’s bowlers throughout their innings, barely managing to keep their run rate at above four an over, it looked like Zimbabwe had by far the better of the proceedings. When Scotland somehow…

THE five University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students, who were arrested in May this year, will remain in custody for another two weeks after the court remanded them to July 18. The five, Emmanuel Sitima, 24, Comfort Mpofu, 22, Tawanda Watadza, 24, Lionel Wadamombe, 22, and Gamuchirai Chadarumunda, are facing malicious damage to property charges. During…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE country will never ditch the under-pressure Zimbabwe dollar, Vice president Constantino Chiwenga vowed yesterday. Speaking at a Zanu PF rally in Harare’s high-density suburb of Mbare yesterday, Chiwenga put paid to claims that the government was wavering in its backing of the hapless local currency, adding that authorities would not allow…