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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday re-appointed Justice Priscilla Chigumba as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson for another sixy-ear term. She was first appointed Zec chairperson on February 1, 2018. In a letter to Justice Chigumba, the chief secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet, Martin Rushwaya confirmed the re-appointment adding it was effective…

AUTHORITIES plan to capacitate all civil servants with crucial skills for their life after retirement. This comes as most retired government workers are struggling to make ends meet due to their eroded pensions and failure to adequately prepare for life after retirement. This has now seen the government creating a retirement planning programme for civil…

By Ketty Nyoni THE United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) yesterday donated medical supplies worth US$ 265 000 to the Health ministry as part of efforts to halt the spread of cholera in the country. This comes as latest statistics from the Health ministry show that 20 678 suspected cholera cases, 2261 laboratory-confirmed cases, 389 suspected…

IN A dramatic development, Nelson Chamisa yesterday dumped the strife-torn Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), while also hinting that he will form a new political party going forward. The stunning move came after political analysts told the Daily News’s sister paper, the Daily News On Sunday last weekend, that Chamisa needed to seriously consider forming…

By Rutendo Ngara THE government has received US$120 000 from the World Bank to modernise and strengthen groundwater monitoring systems, Water minister Anxious Masuka has said. This comes as most household owners are drilling boreholes without following proper procedures such as registering with the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), putting groundwater levels at risk. Masuka…

By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have raised concerns over increase in livestock theft on farms near Bulawayo and are engaging local farmers to craft a way forward and prevent the criminal acts. Police spokesperson Abednico Ncube told the Daily News yesterday that most of the livestock thefts involved farm employees working with…

CHIREDZI sugarcane farmers are battling to control the spread of yellow aphid insects that are feeding on their sugarcane crops, causing stunted growth and low yields. Yellow aphids are tiny insects that are bright yellow in colour with pitch black legs which primarily infest weeds or plants. The yellow aphid insects have come at a…

THE main political parties in the country’s southern region yesterday snubbed the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera), with only five fringe parties and one civil society organisation turning up for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU is meant to be part of renewed efforts by Nera to push for electoral reforms…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are cracking down on businesses that stand accused of manipulating the value of the Zim dollar and triggering spikes in the prices of basic goods in the country. This has seen 25 such offending companies being fined heavily or having their bank accounts frozen this month alone — as State…

By Rutendo Ngara HEALTH minister Douglas Mombeshora says the government will commence a nation-wide cholera vaccination blitz on Monday in a bid to contain the spread of the disease. This comes as the country has so far received more than 800 000 cholera vaccines from the World Health Organisation (WHO). It also comes as to…