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muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has made significant progress in addressing some of the critical issues that were negatively affecting the country’s economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. In this regard, IMF senior economist, Silvia Domit, urged authorities on Monday to work even harder, and to implement more needed reforms to foster long term and sustainable…

POLITICAL EDITOR PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson, George Charamba yesterday said the government will holistically approach the country’s health sector crisis focusing on improving conditions at local clinics to alleviate the pressure on hospitals. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday visited Parirenyatwa and Sally Mugabe hospitals, where he witnessed first-hand the deteriorating conditions faced by health…

Staff writer in BULAWAYO THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (Mcaz) and the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (Zamra) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing the regulation of medical products between the two countries. In a joint statement yesterday, Mcaz and Zamra said the partnership aimed to enhance regulatory functions through collaboration….

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw POLICE yesterday pleaded with Zimbabweans to be more responsible as most of the armed robberies being recorded appear to be inside jobs.  This follows a shocking incident on Monday in which Harare businessman and former Dynamos chairman, Rafiq Adam, was targeted by armed robbers, resulting in him losing US$500 000 in cash. Speaking to…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi’s application for the cancellation of his warrants of arrest was dismissed yesterday, with the court ruling he was not bedridden when he skipped bail in 2018. Harare regional magistrate Donald Ndirowei said claims by Mzembi that he skipped bail because of illness was false….

THE government confirmed yesterday that the United States of America was set to deport 25 Zimbabweans soon, on account of their alleged violations of the USA’s immigration and visa regulations. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Raphael Faranisi, said they…

POLITICAL EDITOR IN A notable development, the ZiG has recently been gaining value against the US dollar. As a result, the local currency is currently trading at about ZiG33 to the US dollar on the tricky parallel market — compared to ZiG40 to the greenback a month ago. At the same time, the official exchange…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi yesterday told a Harare magistrate that he left the country in 2018 for cancer treatment. Before allegedly skipping bail, he was facing charges of theft of trust property and is reported to have been living in South Africa and Zambia interchangeably. Mzembi was arrested…

Staff writer in BULAWAYO AUTHORITIES have called on school authorities to prioritise the building of modern infrastructure at their institutions to create a conducive learning environment for pupils. Speaking during a handover of a classroom block and solar-powered water system at Sibombo Primary School in Lupane by World Vision at the weekend, the minister of…

Staff writer in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is dispensing medicines with a short lifespan to public hospitals due to low consumption of the drugs at council clinics. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting on Sunday, the BCC health services director, Edwin Mzingwane, said the council would give out the medication to hospitals for free. The…