ZANU PF has issued a stern warning to its members, saying the governing party has enough support to win the coming elections and that any form of violence will only spoil its pending victory. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF secretary for security Lovemore Matuke said there was no room for perpetrators of violence in…
By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITER AUTHORITIES have urged parents, teachers and learners to make use of resources within their budgets for the Continuous Assessment Learning Activity (Cala) projects. This comes after parents have rejected Cala calling on the Education ministry officials to scrap it, arguing it is expensive and overburdened schoolchildren. Cala is any learning activity…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is lobbying Parliament to intervene and push for government to resolve the shortage of nurses at its health facilities as the brain drain in the medical sector is negatively affecting health provisions for local residents. According to the latest council minutes, councillor Siboniso Khumalo said the shortage of health workers…
ZIMBABWE’S foreign currency receipts increased by 4.26 percent to US$4.64 billion for the first five months of this year, compared to US$4.45 billion during the same time, a senior central bank official has said. In 2022, foreign currency receipts were the highest ever after reaching US$11.6 billion. Director for economic research and policy at the…
AUTHORITIES should not tinker with Zimbabwe’s current relative economic stability, which has seen the prices of basic goods in the country holding steady in recent days. This is the considered advice of prominent economist Eddie Cross to the government, who adds that having prudent, consistent and predictable policies in place will lift the country and…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned Indian businesses against hoarding basic commodities, adding his administration would not hesitate to confiscate not only their…
WAR veterans in presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere’s home province of Mashonaland Central are planning to toyi-toyi against the former Zanu PF national political commissar. The chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) in the province, Sam Parerenyatwa, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they would embark on protests against Kasukuwere, adding…
Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw WITH murder cases on the increase over the last few months, police have deployed specially-trained officers to deal with the scourge countrywide. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said law enforcement agents were concerned by the continued rise in murder cases, especially those related to domestic violence. “Week…
IN A surprise visit, British billionaire and philanthropist, Richard Branson, jetted into Harare from Johannesburg yesterday. The maverick global businessman, who owns his own mega private jet, came aboard a Fastjet budget airplane. He was said to have been accompanied by members of his family. The Daily News could not establish at the time of…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the sanctions imposed on the country by Western countries have made the nation united and resilient. Addressing Zanu PF women’s league in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said policies by his administration had managed to ease the impact of sanctions on the economy and the people of Zimbabwe. “When we distribute our land,…
