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INVESTMENT expert Lionel Marumahoko says the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) offers local small to medium enterprises (SMEs) an elastic market and vast growth opportunities. AfCFTA is the world’s largest free trade area bringing together 55 countries of the African Union (AU) and eight regional economic communities (RECs). Established in 2018 and operationalised in…

By Brandon Josphat ZANU PF says it is looking for a “thunderous victory” in this year’s crunch national elections, and will thus approach the polls in the same way it did for the historic independence ballot of 1980. Speaking last night on independent television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, voluble Zanu…

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has opened the floor for any member who wants to challenge party president Nelson Chamisa during internal nominations to choose aspiring candidates to represent the opposition in this year’s harmonised elections. This comes as the opposition party yesterday announced it was going to have their nominations on April 5. Speaking…

CLERK of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing charges of allegedly inflating a Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) tender for the purchase of laptops and desktops. Chokuda and Parliament’s procurement director Stanley Bhebhe were arrested by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials yesterday morning and were later brought to court…

GLOBAL broadcaster Al Jazeera yesterday aired the second episode of its four-part documentary alleging rampant money laundering and gold smuggling in the country. While the first episode focused on the alleged local “gold mafia”, yesterday’s instalment introduced another concept of the “diplomatic mafia”, while also broadening the documentary’s reach to the region. In this light,…

THE government is setting up child protection committees at every school across the country as they move to curb bullying, substance and drug abuse in learning institutions. This comes as cases of bullying in schools are on the rise and the scourge has resulted in learners committing suicide while others are indulging in rampant substance…

ZANU PF members who participated in, lost and raised complaints about the recent primaries will know their fate after a meeting of the party’s politburo in Harare today. The party’s secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, confirmed the meeting to the Daily News yesterday, adding that its deliberations would be communicated immediately after. “The politburo is…

Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned churches against being used by the country’s enemies to push for regime change. Speaking during the ordination of Pastors for Economic Development in partnership with Zimbabwe Union Council of Churches (Zucoc) in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the church’s association with detractors would affect the image of the…

FORMER Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson and Constitutional Court judge Justice Rita Makarau has been appointed as an acting Judge of the Namibian Supreme Court from April 1 this year to March 31 2024. The Judicial Service Commission of the Republic of Namibia announced yesterday, “Windhoek – The Judicial Service Commission announces that His Excellency…