DUE to threats of Tropical Storm Freddy, the government has suspended learning in schools today in six regions. Director of communications at the Education ministry Taungana Ndoro, reaffirmed this yesterday. The affected provinces are Masvingo, Manicaland, Matabeleland South, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East and Harare. The Primary and Secondary Education ministry said in a statement that…

AS THE Zimbabwe dollar continues to weaken against the much-coveted greenback, economic experts want authorities to introduce new measures urgently to promote the stability and use of the local currency. Speaking to the Daily News this week, as poor people increasingly feel the pinch of the Zim dollar volatility, the experts said it was crucial,…

NINE former commissioners of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) are set to receive houses in the leafy suburbs of Harare as an appreciation of their work. Zacc chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo confirmed the development to the Daily News yesterday, saying the commission was already transferring the properties to the seven of the commissioners, among them former…

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is hot on the trail of three notorious drug lords who have allegedly made fortunes and acquired properties worth millions of American dollars around the country from their illicit activities. Documents seen by the Daily News this week show that among the alleged three drug kingpins — names known but…

WITH the country receiving good rains in the past few weeks, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) says most urban centres now have water supplies that will last until next year. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zinwa spokesperson Majorrie Manyonga said urban centres such as Bulawayo, Mt Darwin and Mutoko, however, still have critical…

THE government has regulated a five-year prison sentence for errant fuel service stations and others who sell petroleum products above wholesale or retail prices or fail to display prices. In the latest government gazette on the pricing of petroleum products, the minister of Energy and Power Development, Zhemu Soda, came up with the regulations following…

OVER US$35 million worth of wheat has already been delivered to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) by farmers nationwide, for the 2022–2023 growing season. GMB chief executive officer Rockie Mutenha said in a statement that the distribution of farming inputs for the Pfumvudza Intwasa programme was still ongoing. Wheat delivered to the GMB had a…