IT IS crucial that authorities allow the ZiG to trade freely against the United States dollar, as this will help to stabilise the prices of basic goods in the country and to lift the economy. So said anxious representatives of business and consumers yesterday, who added that floating the exchange rate would ensure the country’s…

Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@daililynews.co.zw ZIMBABWEANS must continue to pull in one direction to foster much needed economic development in the country, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Speaking at the National Heroes Acre in Harare yesterday, during the burial of former top civil servant, Tinaye Chigudu, Mnangagwa was also confident that the country’s ailing economy would turn…

STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw BOTH Houses of Parliament – the Senate and the National Assembly – resume sitting today after a nearly two-month break, with various motions and Bills set for debate. A draft motion by Bikita West MP Energy Mutodi proposing deferring the 2028 national elections by five years and extending President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term…

EMPLOYERS called for an urgent meeting with the government and labour yesterday to explore ways of saving jobs in the country, amid the growing closures and scaling down of operations by distressed companies. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the executive director of the Employers Confederation of Zimbabwe (Emcoz),…

THE government will strive harder to improve the country’s economy and the lives of all Zimbabweans, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Speaking at State House in Harare yesterday, during a meeting with Provincial Affairs and Devolution ministers, the back at work Mnangagwa also pledged to implement more pro-poor policy measures going forward. “In this regard,…

THE United States (US) embassy in Zimbabwe yesterday confirmed that it had suspended its foreign assistance and programmes in the country following President Donald Trump’s executive orders last month. This comes after Trump on January 20 issued an executive order re-evaluating and realigning US foreign aid, where he paused all foreign assistance funding through the…

AUTHORITIES have raised concern over the sharing and broadcasting of sensitive personal information, including intimate images, without the consent of the subject. In a statement yesterday, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director general, Gift Machengete, warned the public against collecting and distributing such images or videos, stating that those found guilty…