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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on industry to diversify and improve the quality of their exports in order to remain relevant in the global market.  In his address during the Zimbabwe’s Trade Development and Promotion Organisation (Zimtrade) conference yesterday, Mnangagwa said improving the quality of exports would propel industrialisation in the country. “Exports should serve…

THE government should urgently establish a cancer fund to alleviate the financial struggles of vulnerable communities who cannot access cancer treatment, says former deputy prime minister Thokozani Khupe. This comes amid concerns by Zimbabweans as cancer treatment remains beyond the reach of many owing to its cost which ranges between US$150 and US$1 000 per…

By Rutendo Ngara FOUR Harare City Council (HCC) senior employees who have been in remand prison since last July for allegedly conniving with businessman Moses Mpofu in a US$9 million botched street lights tender have been granted US$500 bail each. Never Murerwa, Jabulani Mukomazi, Denford Zhungu and Tawanda Mutenhabundo, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO FOUR men, including two police officers, who allegedly shot dead a man who was parked at a secluded area with his girlfriend in Malindela, Bulawayo, during the Covid19-induced lockdown in May 2020 have been summoned to the High Court for trial. Bigson Nyoni and Langton Makonye, who are police officers, Ross…

NEXT year’s national budget will focus on further stabilising the ZiG and prices of goods in the country, as well as promoting the wider use of the local currency in the economy. Speaking at the Development Cooperation Policy Dialogue Forum in Harare yesterday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, added that the 2025 budget would also put…

By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have recorded 503 hit-and-run road traffic accidents in the month of August alone across the country. Speaking during the official opening of the 2024 senior police officers conference in Harare yesterday, minister of Home Affairs Kazembe Kazembe said hit-and-run accidents were on the rise.“In August 2024 alone, a total of…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is working with the government to install smart water meters in the city and rectify the council’s flawed water billing system. This comes after a public outcry on council’s billing system with ratepayers citing the flawed system as the reason for late payment of bills.Issues raised by ratepayers included bills…

GOVERNMENT has called on stakeholders to come up with innovative ideas to feed into the National Diaspora Policy in a bid to boost investments into the country. Speaking to the Daily News on the side-lines of the policy review, the Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet on Policy Analysis, Coordination and Development Planning,…

By Tendai KamhungiraSENIOR STAFF WRITER THE United States of America (USA) has reaffirmed its commitment to the welfare of Zimbabwe and its people. Addressing senior journalists in Harare on Tuesday, US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Tremont said Washington had dedicated significant resources to the country in this regard.She added that the USA would continue to…

By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government will continue to import electricity from neighbouring countries, amid growing optimism that the pending better rainy season will further ease Zimbabwe’s power shortages significantly. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Energy minister Edgar Moyo confirmed that power utility Zesa would continue to source electricity from the region until…