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Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw Minister of Transport Felix Mhona says the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) will resume intercity trains following the easing of some of the Covid-19 restrictions. Mhona made the remarks while responding to  Chief Ngungumbane who asked in the Senate last week when the government would bring back intercity trains to ease pressure…

PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa will rue squandering the opportunity to hold dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other political leaders when there was such a window.  Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, Charamba also said that the dialogue ship had since “sailed”…

BRANDON JOSPHAT HOME owners in urban areas will only pay a token of appreciation to get their title deeds with the government paying a huge chunk of the costs, Zanu PF national spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa  has said. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa told a Zanu PF campaign rally in Epworth in February that his…

Ketty Nyoni ZIMBABWE has embraced the use of mobile technologies to curb the spread of HIV/Aids among adolescents and young people through the launch of a youth helpline project. The project which is being run by Youth Advocate Zimbabwe (YAZ) in collaboration with the ministry of Health and National Aids Council (NAC) with funding from…

PARLIAMENT will this week consult Zimbabweans on the government’s plans to reintroduce the national youth service amid concerns that the programme will be politicised. This comes as last week, National Association of Youth Organisations (Nayo) presented oral evidence to the parliamentary portfolio committee on Youth last week seeking a reconsideration of the reintroduction of the…

THE Criminal Investigations Department homicide section has taken up the matter in which a mental patient, Levy Musendo, died in unclear circumstances following an incident at the State House. CID Homicide is a specialised section of the police that deals with high profile cases of robbery and murder.The Musendo family through their lawyers wrote to…

LEGISLATORS have pressurised Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to increase their supplementary budget vote to $15 billion which will cater for their welfare and Constituency Development Fund (CDF). This comes after Parliament last week arm-twisted Treasury to avail an additional $2 billion budget which pushed Parliament’s vote to $4,8 billion. Debating the recently passed supplementary budget,…

Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITER WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni has called for a gender equality approach that is inclusive of men to avoid future gender imbalances against men. Speaking at the 30th anniversary celebrations of Care International in Zimbabwe held in Harare on Thursday, Nyoni said for the country to be able to eradicate poverty there…

A PIRATE taxi driver who hit pedestrians at a bus terminus while doing car burnouts in the Central Business District of Harare has been denied bail. Garish Tsamvi was captured in a video that went viral on social media while driving a white Toyota Fun Cargo vehicle with his door open and is shown being…