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TAPIWA CHIRUME PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Zimbabwe would continue to grow and persevere despite economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its Western allies. In his address at the 2025 Sadc Anti-Sanctions Day commemorations in Harare, Mnangagwa said embargoes have been a lesson, adding that the country would continue progressing. “Despite the effects…

THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced that more than 20 700 farmers across 15 districts in Manicaland, Masvingo, and Matabeleland South have benefited from hands-on climate smart agriculture (CSA) training under its Climate Resilient Livelihoods Project. In a statement yesterday, the UNDP said the training, conducted through Open Learning Days (OLDs) between August…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER ZANU PF has expressed grave concerns that some of its top officials may be under threat due to inadequate current security arrangements. This has prompted the worried former liberation movement to consider establishing its own dedicated VIP protection service, to safeguard the lives of its politburo members who are not deployed…

Tapiwa Chirume CHITUNGWIZA Central Hospital is currently holding 27 unclaimed bodies. In this regard, the hospital has given the relatives of the deceased 21 days to come forward before it conducts pauper burials for the corpses. Some of the bodies have been in the hospital’s mortuary as far back as November 2021. Speaking to the…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER CHINA has dismissed persistent claims that it is pushing Zimbabwe into a “debt trap” through its investments and financial cooperation, stating that the narrative is a politically motivated distortion aimed at undermining the country’s sovereign right to choose its development partners. Speaking at the 2024-25 National Journalism and Media Awards (NJAMAS)…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A MAN from Magaba Village in the Dolo area, Midlands Province, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for raping a 10-year-old girl in a misguided attempt to “cure” himself of HIV. According to court papers, the complainant tested positive to HIV after being raped. The convict, whose name is…

Tapiwa Chirume THE City of Harare has issued a seven-day ultimatum to residents and operators of guarded overnight car parks to remove broken-down vehicles, car shells, and scrap materials from shopping centres, open spaces, or streets outside residences. Acting town clerk Phakamile Mabhena Moyo yesterday said keeping such vehicles was illegal and contributed to urban…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER AUTHORITIES have now taken a definitive decision that allows private companies to source and sell electricity directly to consumers, in an effort to improve energy supply and ease the country’s relentless power cuts. This comes as the nation has experienced severe power shortages over the past few decades — caused in…

Tapiwa Chirume TEACHERS’ unions have sounded the alarm over an apparent worsening mental health crisis among the country’s educators. In this regard, they have also warned that the deteriorating psychological state of many teachers is crippling learning in schools and, as a result, threatening national development. The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) and the Progressive Teachers…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO POLICE in the Mid­lands Province are investigating a case of murder after a kombi conductor was fatally stabbed with a broken beer bottle following a dispute over fare payment with passengers on Wednesday. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Midlands provincial police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incident, which occurred at…