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By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE start of the ruling Zanu PF’s latest restructuring exercise has, as expected, been characterised by wrangling and jostling for positions. The party’s newly appointed national political commissar, Munyaradzi Machacha, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that he had received several reports of “differences” within the former liberation movement’s structures —…

ANOTHER team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected in Harare later this month. The visiting party will assess the country’s economy, as well as the impact of the ZiG to date, while also proposing other measures that would further strengthen Zimbabwe’s new currency. This comes as authorities are ramping up their efforts to…

By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE number of criminal activities continues on an upward trend in the country, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has said. This comes as a total of 221 704 criminal activities were reported in the first quarter of this year while 206 300 criminal activities were reported last year. “There were…

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has urged people to embrace the use of digital and electronic money when making transactions that require huge sums of money. Speaking during a Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) sensitisation seminar at the University of Zimbabwe yesterday, RBZ deputy governor Innocent Matshe said they had disbursed enough money for use in…

By Brandon Josphat  josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are mulling the reintroduction of the mandatory wearing of face masks in public, as well as the use of sanitisers, in a bid to contain the heavy influenza bug ravaging the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the deputy minister of Health, Sleiman Kwidini, said the government was carrying…

Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES yesterday confirmed that Zimbabwean citizens living in South Africa will from next month start applying for Zimbabwe identity documents (IDs) in that country. Speaking in Harare at a handover of vehicles to the immigration department, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said the training of officers from the Registrar General’s Office, to…

FOUR people died when a Tenda bus collided with a haulage truck and a Phils and Pats bus yesterday near Mutangadura along the Harare-Mutare highway. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the Tenda bus was on its way to Mutare, while Phils and Pats bus was heading to Harare. “The ZRP (Zimbabwe Republic Police) confirms…

TWO Plumtree men were this week sentenced to a combined 40-year jail term after they were convicted of gang-raping a 79-year-old grandmother after one of them was arrested while sleeping in the complainant’s bedroom. They appeared before the Plumtree Magistrates’ Court. The two men, aged 23 and 21, were convicted after a full trial of…