POLICE in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the sudden rise in the number of residents who are committing suicide, with the city recording at least four cases per month with the majority being men. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele confirmed the development. “Police in Bulawayo receive at least…
By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat CONSUMERS and economic experts have expressed concern that some businesses continue to use exchange rates that are way out of sync with current market realities when pricing their goods and services. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, hard-pressed consumers and experts said if this persisted, it could oblige authorities…
By Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Saviour Kasukuwere’s lawyers yesterday successfully filed an appeal at the Supreme Court seeking to nullify a Wednesday High Court judgment that barred him from contesting in next month’s general elections. Addressing a press conference in Harare, Kasukuwere’s lawyer, Harrison Nkomo, said they would fight to the bitter end for…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE and Iran signed 12 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) yesterday to boost trade cooperation between the two countries at the State House in Harare. The MoUs were signed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Some of the MoUs are in sectors such as manufacturing, agriculture, telecommunications, energy, social…
THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$2 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support more than 2 000 vulnerable families in three urban areas over the next year. In a statement yesterday, the WFP said under the initiative, it would “develop transformative skills that will improve vulnerable…
A CHINESE national who allegedly vanished with millions of United States dollars after creaming unsuspecting Zimbabweans via a Ponzi scheme, E-Creator, has been nabbed. Police confirmed the arrest of Zhao Jiaotong, 39, who allegedly pocketed over US$1 million from the make-believe investment scheme, leaving scores of people bankrupt. In a statement yesterday, the police national…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday said it had printed some of its voter education material for this year’s general elections in Braille for the benefit of visually-impaired voters. Zec deputy provincial elections officer for Bulawayo, Pretty Gadzikwa made the announcement here at a pre-election training workshop for political parties, duty bearers and other stakeholders…
ZIMBABWE and Iran are expected to sign several memoranda of understanding (MoUs) during today’s one day state visit by Iranian President Seyyed…
CASES of corruption are on the increase despite spirited efforts by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to curb the scourge. Several local authorities’ officials, senior government employees and private sector executives have been nabbed since the beginning of the year facing a raft of graft cases. Worryingly, after the arrest and arraignment in courts of…
By Emmanuel Marambemarambee@dailynews.co.zw LOCAL football stakeholders have welcomed Zimbabwe’s readmission into the global football family and are looking forward with great anticipation to today’s draw for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers which will be conducted in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. According to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the draw will be live on the continent’s…
