Brighton Muronzereyimuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured,’s appointment of officials into the Zanu PF politburo whose political careers had appeared doomed spells bad news for the ruling party’s rivals ahead of next year’s elections. This is the view of political analysts who also told the Daily News yesterday that the move would forestall another Zanu PF…

Ketty Nyoninyonikl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has set the producer prices for the 2022/2023 farming season in US dollars, with maize set at US$335 per metric tonne (MT). Addressing journalists at a joint press briefing, the minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, and his Finance counterpart, Mthuli Ncube, said the marketing and pricing system proposed is consistent with…

Regis Chingawochingawor@dailynews.co.zw WOMEN’s rights organisations say although the proposed new law that will impose a 15- year mandatory sentence on rapists is a step in the right direction, this is not deterrent enough. In this regard, they are urging authorities to consider imposing a minimum 20-year sentence on convicted criminals, arguing that if the sanction…

Brighton Muronzereyimuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) says it has put in place measures to address water challenges currently being faced by residents after getting funding from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). Speaking in Harare during his end-of-year message yesterday, HCC city mayor Jacob Mafume said the water supply was being affected by the erratic…

Regis Chingawochingawor@dailynews.co.zw RESIDENTS are up in arms with Masvingo City Council over ‘exorbitant’ monthly bills, in spite of erratic water supplies worsened by the ongoing electricity load-shedding schedule. Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Alliance, (Murra) says the new billing system, which is based on a forex rebasing payment system, needs to be revisited as some…