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Brandon JosphatCHIEF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PLANS are afoot by authorities to compel big tech companies like Google and Facebook to provide financial support to under-pressure local mainstream media houses, as has happened in many other countries. Speaking at State House in Harare yesterday, at the launch of the Zimbabwe Media Policy, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the continuing…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the Tuesday Sebakwe road traffic accident a national disaster with the government providing assistance to the bereaved families. This comes as 12 people were killed in the road traffic accident along the Harare-Bulawayo road near Kwekwe. A petrol tanker collided with a two-tonne truck and a Nissan AD van, resulting…

By Yvonne Ncube A CHILLING crime has shaken the community of Gokwe in the Midlands Province after a female vendor was arrested for allegedly injecting and draining blood from a 10-yearold girl at her market stall. The accused has been identified as Mavis Sibanda, 33, and was arrested on Monday morning in Gokwe Town, where…

THE total consumption poverty line (TCPL) for one person rose to ZiG1 279,69 this month compared to ZiG1 263,41 in April, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has announced. According to Zimstat, if an individual does not consume more than the TCPL, he or she is deemed poor. The latest figures show that a family…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw EFFORTS to revive and unite the country’s opposition so that it can once again give the ruling Zanu PF a run for its money in elections are being frustrated by power hungry rival leaders. So say opposition stalwarts, Lovemore Moyo and Morgen Komichi, who stress that as long as there is no…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE United Kingdom has lifted sanctions on three former security chiefs, an ex-cabinet minister of State for National Security and the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI). This comes after the U.K imposed sanctions on four top Zimbabwean security officials on allegations of violation of various human rights abuses. According to a…

Staff writer in BULAWAYO POLICE in Filabusi, in Matabeleland South, are looking for the bestial killer of an infant who was found dead with a missing nose and right cheek at the weekend. The grisly murder of the eight weeks old baby — which happened on Sunday in Ukuzwisisa Village, in the Marubamba area —…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday took to task Harare regional magistrate Estere Chivasa over her failure to clear enough court cases this year. Chivasa was one of the 27 aspiring Labour Court judges who went through public interviews in the capital. Malaba quizzed her why she thought she was…

Takudzwa Dhambudhambut@dailynews.co.zw AT LEAST 12 people were killed in a road traffic accident along the Harare-Bulawayo Road near Kwekwe yesterday morning. A petrol tanker collided with a two-tonne truck and a Nissan AD van, resulting in the fatalities. According to police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi, the petrol tanker first hit the two-tonne truck and then…