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Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITER UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe students have petitioned their dean after the institution increased accommodation fees without consulting students. week, the university announced that the accommodation fee had been increased from US$300 to US$616 for the August to December semester. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Students Representative Council (SRC) president Allan Chipoyi said…

FORMER Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has rebuffed calls for him and other exiled erstwhile Zanu PF top cats to return home and join a mooted splinter ruling party outfit, Zanu PF Original — warning that the governing party was “a beast not to be played with”. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mzembi said it…

Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE’S national population has increased to 15 178 979, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has revealed. The new population figure is a 16.2 percent increase on the 13 061 239 which was in the previous census held in 2012. Announcing 2022 population and housing census results yesterday, Zimstat director general Toguma Mahonde…

Rumbidzai NgwenyaSTAFF WRITERngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw HUMAN rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has called on the authorities to bring to book a cleric accused of inciting members of the public to murder Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa and his followers. This follows a video circulated on social media last week in which Habakkuk Apostolic Faith mission…

Blessings Mashaya and Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERS BOTH ordinary consumers and business are hoping that tomorrow’s mid-term budget statement by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube will address soaring prices of basic goods in the country and include more tax cuts. Those who spoke to the Daily News yesterday added that they were also expecting Ncube to stem…

Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERKunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw ZESA executive chairperson Sydney Gata, pictured, said the power utility is facing a headache over  US$ 62million and $17 billion debts which are crippling its operations. Gata made the remarks in a speech read on his behalf by Zesa chief financial controller Eliab Chikwe nhere at the handover ceremony to be used…

Farai MabezaSTAFF WRITERmabezaf@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are hoping that the first batch of 2 000 gold coins that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has rolled out will help to stabilise the under pressure local currency and rising prices of basic goods. Speaking in Harare yesterday, RBZ governor John Mangudya said the coins — worth US$1 823,80…

ALL is set for the much awaited revival of the Cold Storage Commission (CSC) Boustead Beef Zimbabwe after several years of refurbishing the country’s once biggest meat processor. CSC had been idle for years following decades of mal-administration and subsequent choking owing to the country’s poor economic performance. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Boustead…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reiterated that Zimbabwe will not yield to undue pressure from Western powers, lashing them for allegedly seeking to effect regime change in the country. Speaking at the burial of the late Harare Provincial Affairs minister Oliver Chidawu at the National Heroes Acre yesterday, Mnangagwa also called on Zimbabweans to remain resolute…

NEW fissures are emerging in Zanu PF after war veterans in Mashonaland Central wrote to the party leadership complaining against some district coordinating committee (DCC) members allegedly attempting to rig upcoming ex-combatants league elections. This comes as the ruling party is set to dissolve some structures which were established by the party’s secretary for ex-combatants…