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IN A surprise but hugely significant announcement, American president Joe Biden yesterday announced the lifting of Washington’s two-decades-old economic sanctions against Harare. The move will be welcomed by many longsuffering Zimbabweans — including government officials, business leaders and analysts — who have long argued that the sanctions were having negative effects on the country’s economy…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government yesterday issued a stern warning to media practitioners who are accusing the First Family of being involved in corrupt activities, saying such allegations were baseless. This comes as the public has been fed with unsubstantiated claims that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family were linked to corrupt individuals plundering…

By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw INVICTUS Energy — a company which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, and which has been prospecting for gas and oil in Mashonaland Central — appears to have hit the jackpot. About a month after the company announced the discovery of gas in Mbire, its managing director Scott Macmillan said…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw LAW enforcement agents have arrested ‘John Doe’ in connection with the “bomb and firearm threat” that was directed at the country’s airports last week. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba confirmed yesterday that Cuan Reed Govender, who is apparently a South African national, had been nabbed in connection with the case. This comes…

THE World Obesity Atlas has expressed concern over the increasing number of children getting obese, projecting that by 2035, 41 percent of children in Zimbabwe will suffer from the condition. According to its report yesterday, the World Obesity Atlas said the increasing levels of obesity in children had to be urgently curbed. “The prevalence of…

By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been consulting all key stakeholders ahead of its pending new policy interventions to address the country’s currency and prices quandary. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the outgoing governor of the RBZ, John Mangudya, said the forthcoming monetary policy statement (MPS)…

BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE government has gazetted a revised Private Voluntary Organisations (Amendment) Bill, with an added provision that seeks to prevent money laundering disguised as philanthropy. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa sent the Bill back to Parliament last year in the light of some reservations about certain aspects of the proposed law —…

By Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw GOROMONZI Rural District Council (RDC) has given a seven-day ultimatum to illegal settlers to demolish their structures and vacate the area. This comes despite the government announcing last week that it had temporarily halted its countrywide evictions, ostensibly to resume in a more humane manner. In a statement yesterday,…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government says the cholera outbreak is still in the country despite a decrease in the number of cases that has been experienced in the past few weeks. This comes as the country as of February 29 2024, had recorded 26 708 suspected cholera cases, 2 723 confirmed cases, 25 928…

By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Wildlife Conservation Coalition (WCC) has warned of the spectre of an escalation of human wildlife conflict this year over water as the country is staring at a devastating El Nino induced drought. This comes as the country is expected to receive below normal rainfall with the cropping season having already…