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BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE infighting in Zanu PF’s Harare Province has turned nasty amid suspensions and counter suspensions by top executives for various reasons. This comes after a faction aligned to the provincial chairperson Godwills Masimirembwa suspended political commissar Kudakwashe Damson and nine others over misconduct allegations last Thursday. However, a day later, Damson and…

BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA THE minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, has warned urbanites against the invasion of land earmarked for agriculture without the necessary legal conversion procedures by other line ministries. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday after officiating at the Zimbabwe Online Agricultural College graduation ceremony last Friday, Masuka said land barons should desist…

MDC infighting continues unabated with the rival factions now embroiled in a serious battle over the name of the party and as they all claim that they were left in charge of the opposition outfit by its founder, the late Morgan Tsvangirai. In papers filed at the High Court recently, the MDC led by Douglas…

AUTHORITIES need to do more to boost businesses, which would help to lift the economy — including calming prices and creating much-needed jobs — experts said yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the experts lamented the fact that organised business continued to be weighed down by myriad challenges,…

ZANU PF Harare province yesterday suspended 10 senior members, including its political commissar Kudakwashe Damson and district chairperson Godwin Gomwe, over misconduct allegations. A letter dated yesterday and signed by the party’s Harare provincial disciplinary committee chairperson, Ephraim Fundukwa confirmed the suspension of the 10 provincial and district coordinating committee (DCC) members “Following the decision…

Stella Madzivanyika Madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw OVER 600 Kuwadzana families in Harare yesterday received food aid worth thousands of dollars that was donated by a Chinese charity organisation, Tzu Chi Zimbabwe. Each household received 10kg of rice from the aid organisation. Speaking to the Daily News after the donation, Harare Provincial Affairs minister, Charles Tavengwa said the Kuwadzana…

Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw THE USAid’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAid/BHA) has provided US$40,7 million to various local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to assist vulnerable communities mitigate against the El Nino-induced drought. In its latest report on Zimbabwe released yesterday, the USAid said it continued to support early recovery, risk reduction, and resilience (ER4) programmes…

THE Chitungwiza Town Council (CTC) is proposing a US$39 million budget for the 2025 financial year with the largest chunk of the funding set aside for service delivery. Delivering the city’s 2025 budget in Chitungwiza on Thursday, the council’s finance committee chairperson Peter Matiringe said the proposed budget would, among other things, also prioritise improved…

AUTHORITIES should make public the findings of a commission which probed the illegal sale of State land so that desperate home seekers are not exploited by land barons. So say Members of Parliament, who argued in the august House this week that publicising the findings of the Justice Uchena Land Commission would expose land barons…

PARLIAMENTARIANS put the government under spotlight on Wednesday, demanding answers on the continued power outages currently being experienced in the country. This comes as power utility, Zesa, has confirmed that Hwange Thermal Power Station is down, resulting in reduced power supplies in the country. It also comes as the country as of yesterday generated 1…