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AS THE economy continues to tank amid rampant public sector corruption, opposition parties have upped the ante by mobilising for July 31 anti-government protests. Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, pictured, however, has warned that government will introduce new measures, including a law which treats organisers of demonstrations as terrorists. He speaks to Daily News’ Senior Staff…

A BRITISH think-tank has warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s continued hold on power faces significant challenges unless his government acts to end the country’s worsening political and economic crises, the Daily News on Sunday reports. In addition, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) also says that the government will use security forces to repel the restive…

MARKETS are watching unfolding events closely after the court issued a surprise order empowering police to seize the data base and financial records of Econet subscribers. This follows yet to be tested accusations against one of the country’s biggest firms and corporate taxpayers that it has allegedly been engaging in money laundering. The court ordered…

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube will tomorrow morning headline the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) webinar on the 2020 Mid-Term Budget Review. ANZ are the publishers of the inimitable Daily News and the Daily News On Sunday. The discussion, to be live streamed on the Daily News Facebook page at 8.30am, will also feature Reserve Bank…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government stands accused of escalating its clampdown on critics ahead of the planned July 31 mass demonstrations, which have raised fears of potentially bloody clashes between protesters and security forces, the Daily News reports.   This comes as suspected State security agents have been raiding the homes of…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is concerned by the sharp increase in violence against women and children during Zimbabwe’s current national coronavirus lockdown, the Daily News reports. This comes as authorities are preparing to further tighten the lockdown, in the wake of rising…

Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw MDC leader Thokozani Khupe scored another victory in the ongoing battle for the party after Parliament allowed her to choose a new National Assembly chief whip ahead of bitter rival Nelson Chamisa, the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe and Chamisa have opened a new battlefront in their…

Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw TOP lawyer Thabani Mpofu has described his on-going prosecution as abuse of authority by the Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi. Mpofu is accused of conniving with other lawyers Tapiwa Makanza and Joshuwa Chirambwe in creating a fictious person by the name Simbarashe Zuze and filing papers at the Constitutional Court challenging…

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube will on Monday headline the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) webinar on the 2020 Mid-Term Budget Review which he delivered on Thursday. ANZ are the publishers of the inimitable Daily News and the Daily News On Sunday. The discussion will be live streamed on the Daily News Facebook page on Monday…