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RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya is confident that authorities are now largely on top of the economic challenges which recently wracked the country, including price hikes of basic goods, high inflation and local currency volatility. Addressing parliamentarians in Harare on Friday, during a pre-2023 national budget seminar, Mangudya said the various economic…

By Ketty Nyoni THE government is working towards the improvement of maternal health care by providing free health care services for the poor with the support of the World Bank and other partners. Speaking during a sensitisation meeting with the media on the government’s Result Based Financing (RBF) programme at the weekend, Health secretary Jasper…

By Brighton Muronzereyi THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) has embarked on a nationwide infrastructure development initiative under which they are coming with new structures and rehabilitating old ones. Speaking during the handover of building materials in Uzumba, Mashonaland East, the Polad national coordinator Welcome Shumba said the platform had used over US$60 000 so far…

By Hazel Marimbiza THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) says it has commenced the implementation of social protection programmes which are aimed at safeguarding children from different forms of abuse. ZCC representative, Paida Maimbidza told the Daily News yesterday that the initiatives were focusing on child protection and gender- based violence. “We have already started…

By Ketty Nyoni AS THE 2023 elections draw closer, respected political analysts have reiterated that the country’s opposition parties will have to do something extraordinary if they are to give Zanu PF a run for its money during the polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after Zanu PF shellacked its opponents in five of…

By Dionne Kanyowa CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has set up a committee to investigate whether judges should continue wearing their judicial wigs when discharging their duties. This is following widespread criticism of the colonial relic’s relevance 42 years after independence as well as part of the transformation of the judiciary by the Judiciary Service Commission…

By Brandon Josphat ELECTION Resource Centre (ERC), an election watchdog, has implored three constitutional commissions to engage key actors in the electoral fi eld to address political violence to ensure credibility of next year’s general polls. This comes amid numerous reports of political violence across the country pitting Zanu PF and opposition Citizens Coalition for…

By Hazel Marimbiza A POLICE officer stationed in Beitbridge has appeared at Bulawayo Tredgold magistrates’ court for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. Steven Chanda from Mzilikazi in Bulawayo was not asked to plead when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda. He was remanded out of custody to November 11 2022 on condition he…

By Rutendo Ngara THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says although the country has started receiving some rains, it is probably too early for farmers to start planting their crops. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the said it was forecasting rains this week characterised by thunderstorms — especially in the south-western districts of the country….