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Huge surge in tourist arrivals

By Shamaine Chirimujiri chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE experienced a massive 83,2 percent rise in tourist arrivals in the first three months of 2024, compared to the same period last year — with South African travellers contributing significantly to this marked growth. This good news is contained in the latest data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat),…

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‘Government set sights on irrigation expansion’

By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT says it is planning to irrigate over 490 000 hectares by 2030 as part of its move to guarantee food self-sufficiency. Speaking during a post-cabinet media briefing in the capital yesterday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said Cabinet was informed on the acceleration of irrigation development for national food security and…

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Zimbabwe facing ICU crisis

THE government says there are critical gaps in infrastructure provision in the health sector as only three out of eight provincial hospitals across the country have working Intensive Care Units (ICU). This was revealed by the permanent secretary in the ministry of Health Aspect Maunganidze in the latest resource mapping report where the National Surgical…

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Zanu PF youth stay the course… insist that it’s not ED’s call to retire in 2028

Blessings Mashaya and Jeffrey Muvundusi AN INSISTENT Zanu PF youth league says it is up to Zimbabweans and not President Emmerson Mnangagwa to decide whether he should continue in office beyond 2028. Speaking at a Mashonaland East inter-district meeting in Marondera at the weekend, youth league leaders took turns to make the point that Mnangagwa had…

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BCC partners Netherlands to address water challenges

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has partnered Wetskills Foundation, a Netherlands organisation, to equip academic experts and young professionals with skills meant to assist in tackling water challenges in the country. This comes as the country’s second largest city has been perennially struggling to supply adequate potable water—exposing residents to waterborne diseases. According to a recent…

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Job Sikhala now a free man

Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE HIGH Court yesterday overturned the conviction of opposition political activist Job Sikhala on charges of publishing falsehoods and incitement to commit public violence by a Harare magistrate. The quashing of the falsehoods case was heard in chambers whilst the incitement to commit public violence conviction was heard in court….

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Khupe fighting for cancer levy

FORMER deputy prime minister and opposition legislator, Thokozani Khupe, says the government should speed up the establishment of a cancer levy. A cancer survivor and prominent campaigner, Khupe told Parliament last week that this was critical as the treatment costs for the disease were well beyond the reach of many in the country. “There is…

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Government commits to computerising all schools

THE government says it is committed to ensuring that all schools get computerised as part of its relentless drive to ensure every learner acquires digital skills at a tender age. This comes after the Postal and Telecommunication Regulation Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz), through the ministry of Information Communication Technology (ICT), donated 60 computers, printers and…

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'No opposition hope for 2028'… Sipepa Nkomo says its level of chaos now farcical

Jeffrey Muvundusi and Blessings Mashaya FORMER Cabinet minister and MDC stalwart, Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, has become the latest top politician to fear for the worst for the country’s troubled opposition ahead of the 2028 elections. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the candid Nkomo said “nothing good” was expected from the current crop…

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