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Takudzwa DhambuSTAFF WRITERdhambut@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have arrested two suspects in Buhera and Bulawayo for attempting to sit ‘O’ Level public examinations on behalf of other candidates. This comes as authorities are considering a potential nine-year prison sentence for individuals convicted of leaking public examination question papers. Additionally, schools found guilty of such offences may face deregistration…

POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case where suspected illegal miners murdered two men in Luveve. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo assistant police spokesperson Thandekile Ndlovu said police were working hard to locate the killers. “On October 15, 2025, at around 2am, a male adult aged 39 years from Old Luveve was at…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER THE ongoing Zanu PF annual conference should focus on further lifting the country’s economy, rather than dwell on internal disputes that threaten the party’s unity, President Emmerson Mnangagwa says. Addressing a Zanu PF politburo meeting in Harare yesterday, which marked the official opening of the party’s conference, Mnangagwa also lashed “rogue…

Tapiwa Chirume CABINET has approved the Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Inga 3 Transmission Lines Project, a regional energy initiative expected to enhance power trade and supply stability across Southern Africa. Information minister Jenfan Muswere told a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yester­day that the project aims to transmit electricity generated from the…

Takudzwa Dhambu SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe has counselled its nationals operating businesses in the country to comply fully with local laws. In this regard, the embassy made it abundantly clear to Chinese citizens resident in the country yesterday that compliance with Zimbabwean laws was a “non-negotiable foundation of all operations”. “In…

Thabiso Mutirwara THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) says the recent isolated showers in most parts of the country do not signify the start of the planting season, and farmers should not be tempted to sow their crops. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MSD spokes­person James Ngoma said the country had experienced generally sunny conditions…

THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has revealed a worrying increase in fa­tal road traffic accidents, reporting a rise of 30,2 percent during the second quarter of 2025. In his presentation of the second quarter 2025 Transport Statistics Report yesterday, Zimstat manager of services statistics Mukoki Kureva said more effort was needed to curb accidents….

ANXIOUS authorities are ramping up their efforts to curb Zimbabwe’s worsening drug scourge and stop international cartels from running amok in the country. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, con­firmed yesterday that authorities were intensifying their work to protect members of the public from…

CHIEF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday sent a message of condolences following the death of at least 42 Zimbabweans and Malawians in a horrific bus accident near Makhado in Limpopo, South Africa, on Sunday. The bus was travelling from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape to Harare and onward to Malawi when it veered off the…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE High Court has ordered businessman Murombo Josiah Mimana to continue supporting his estranged wife, Marvel Mtisi, ruling that he has the financial capacity to sustain the family’s upkeep — previously pegged at US$20 000 per month. In a judgment handed down last week, Justice Fatima Maxwell directed Mimana to…