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Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT has approved the Harare City Council (HCC)’s US$548 million budget for 2025, with mayor Jacob Mafume confirming that the budget will prioritise improving service delivery. This comes as most ratepayers have gone for days without tap water, while refuse remains uncollected and potholes are on the increase. In an interview with…

THE ruling Zanu PF is open to the fresh calls by the opposition for inclusive national dialogue to help mitigate the current economic challenges facing the country. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Zanu PF information director, Farai Marapira, confirmed yesterday that the former liberation movement was happy to…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE country has sufficient stockpiles of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to last six months, despite the recent withdrawal of key health funding by the United States of America (USA). Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the chief executive officer of the National Aids Council (NAC), Bernard Madzima, also said authorities were working…

DELTA Corporation, a leading beverages manufacturer, is investigating an alleged attempt by unknown persons to illegally access its premises at the Southerton, Harare, brewery through a pre-existing water storm drainage tunnel. In a statement yesterday, Delta said the attempt was discovered on Monday by its employees, although it has not caused any disruption to its…

Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw ABOUT 20 000 workers were retrenched last year from various sectors as the country’s economy continues to struggle, according to the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) acting secretary-general, Kudakwashe Munengiwa. Speaking at a Tripartite Negotiating Forum business environment dialogue in Harare yesterday, Munengiwa attributed worker retrenchments to economic challenges facing the…

LAWMAKERS have raised serious concerns over the state of the country’s health delivery system and infrastructure, citing dilapidated mortuaries and hospitals. This comes after the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health toured the country’s hospitals last year to get first-hand details on their state. “We went to different hospitals. When you look at the conditions in…

By Brandon Josphat IN A significant development, the ruling Zanu PF has dropped its much-debated push to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s stay in office beyond 2028.  In an interview with the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Zanu PF spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, confirmed last night that the party had ended its bid…

HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume was yesterday given an option of paying US$300 fine or serve three months in prison for lying under oath by the Harare Commission on Inquiry into suspected mismanagement and corruption at Town House. However, commission chairperson Justice Maphios Cheda wholly suspended the sentence on condition Mafume will not commit a similar…

By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw LENGTHY prison sentences — including life behind bars — will mitigate the country’s soaring murder and violent crime cases, authorities say. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the spokesperson of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Rachel Muteweri, said there was no doubt that tough penalties for violent crimes and murder would…

Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw AT LEAST 10 000 drug offenders were arrested across the country between September last year and January this year, the government has confirmed. Addressing the media at a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare yesterday the Information minister, Jenfan Muswere, said authorities also managed to destroy 79 illegal drug bases. “Cabinet considered an update…