By Stella Madzivanyika AUTHORITIES need to do much more to shore up the under-pressure ZiG and to stabilise prices, respected economist Eddie Cross has said. Commenting in detail at the weekend after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) devalued the ZIG from just under 14 to the US dollar to nearly 25, Cross said what…
POLICE and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe say they have intensified patrols on economic saboteurs who are continuing to fuel the rise of the parallel market. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week warned unnamed individuals and institutions that are allegedly bent on sabotaging the country’s economy during a Zanu PF politburo meeting. At…
Masimba Makwembere ZIMBABWE is continuing to grapple with high cases of dog bites, amid growing worries about the spread of rabies in the country. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, during the commemoration of World Rabies Day, a trustee of Friend Animal Foundation, Laura Bass, said it was thus crucial that all dogs…
A 35-YEAR-OLD Mutoko man has been sentenced at the Mutoko Magistrates’ Court to 30 years after he was convicted of raping his two daughters. “It was the State’s case that sometime between December 2023 and March 2024, the convict had been raping his two daughters aged seven and five on several occasions. “The accused person…
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has called on the government to strengthen policies meant to ensure that communities benefit from local mining activities. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZDAMWU secretary-general, Justice Chinhema, said the union was committed to working with the government to make communities benefit from local mining activities….
THE continuing senseless infighting among the country’s opposition leaders has virtually ended any hopes of the ruling party being given a run for its money by its political opponents in the 2028 national elections, analysts have reiterated. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, political experts added that as a result of…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWASenior Staff Writer THE National Aids Council (NAC) has started a pilot programme in Mashonaland Central of “moonlight testing” for HIV/Aids, targeting sex workers and their clients in hot spots. The programme is referred to as a moonlight initiative because the tests take place at night, in part to help protect those who…
BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA PROPERTY mogul Phillip Chiyangwa and his neighbour in the upmarket Helensvale suburb in Harare have ended their long running battle over a business stand after the latter withdrew a litigation process before the courts. This comes after Chiyangwa, the owner of Pinnacle Properties, last month told the commission probing irregularities into the…
BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA INDIAN companies have injected US$600 million in various business sectors such as food processing, beverages, mining and agriculture in Zimbabwe, creating over 5 000 jobs for the local market. This was revealed by the new Indian ambassador to Zimbabwe, Bramha Kumar, during his first public engagement in Harare last Friday. “Indian private…
A FEW days after Mavis Gumede gave birth at her rural home in Plumtree, Matabeleland South Province, she started experiencing intense bleeding. The new mother and her husband decided to head to the Plumtree District Hospital which was over 15 kilometres from their small, rural village. Gumede’s husband carried her on his bicycle and started…
