GOVERNMENT anticipates a continued decline in funding from development partners during the second half of the year. This follows the recent decision by the United States government to cut 83 percent of the US Agency for International Development (USAid)’s global programmes, raising concerns about the impact on health initiatives. In his Mid-Term Budget Review last…

AUTHORITIES are intensifying their fight against child marriages, including through engaging traditional and religious leaders. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Women Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa also stressed that the law did not permit adults to marry people who had not yet reached the age of 18. “I would like to inform the House…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF’s Harare Province has apparently been given the green light by the party’s politburo to restart the process of co-opting businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei. This comes after the province failed to follow due process when it initially co-opted Tagwirei, leading to his miscarried recent bid to participate in the former liberation movement’s…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF will convene a meeting of its powerful politburo in Harare today, amid ongoing tensions that are threatening the cohesiveness of the former liberation movement. Party spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, confirmed the meeting yesterday, but was coy about sharing its agenda. However, insiders had earlier told the Daily News that the politburo…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashaya@dailynews.co.zw THE government, workers, and employers will hold an emergency Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) meeting tomorrow to negotiate incomes that align with the escalating poverty datum line (PDL) as people’s disposable incomes continue to shrink. This urgent meeting comes as the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) reported a significant rise in the…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw YOUTH minister Tino Machakaire has touched another raw nerve by claiming that government officials are misleading ministers with inaccurate information regarding the goings on in various departments. This comes after Machakaire recently said it was important that Zanu PF followers tell President Emmerson Mnangagwa the truth about what is happening in the…

THE long mooted plans to heal the deep-rooted divisions among the country’s opposition leaders have now taken a significant step forward. This comes as brawling factions of the MDC have kick-started the process, after agreeing to meet in Harare tomorrow in a bid to mend their rifts — before inviting other opposition bigwigs for talks…

INCESSANT power cuts and delayed payments from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) continue to burden farmers across the country, the parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands and Agriculture has revealed. In its latest report on the operations of the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda), the committee said there was a need for the government to…

SENATORS have called on the government to urgently address the issue of reckless driving in cities across the country, demanding decisive action against offenders. The concern was raised in the Senate last week by Manicaland Senator Irene Zindi who criticised authorities for delaying action against unruly drivers. “We asked this question three or four months…

A HEATED debate erupted in Parliament this week, after male legislators said violence perpetrated by women against men in the country was rising. This followed a report on gender-based violence (GBV) that has been presented by the parliamentary portfolio committee on women’s affairs. Zanu PF chief whip, Pupurai Togarepi, said existing national laws predominantly safeguarded…