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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged mining companies to improve the livelihoods of people living in mining communities, saying they must not concentrate on extracting resources from poor societies. This comes after several complaints by communities in mining areas over environmental degradation caused by mining companies that also do not plough back their revenues. Officially opening…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will seek to serve a second term in office, and will not be challenged at the Zanu PF congress scheduled for October this year, his spokesperson George Charamba said yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News in the light of sustained claims of fissures between Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Charamba also emphasised that…

Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzeyib@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT and Harare City Council yesterday agreed that the State will now pay Geo Pomona Waste Management Company until the municipality is capacitated to pay service fees for the Pomona deal. This comes after HCC failed to pay US$780 000 for the month of May which had already attracted a…

Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Primary and Secondary Education has called on Treasury to come up with ways, including introducing new taxation, to fund free education in the country outside donors This comes as in 2018 President Emmerson Mnangagwa pledged free basic education for all in the country in line…

Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw  PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the US$500 million Cyber City project in Mount Hampden, Harare, is a testimony of the success of the country’s efforts to re-engage with the international community. Dubai-based billionaire Shaji Ul Mulk is bankrolling the project. Speaking during a ground-breaking ceremony of the Cyber City yesterday, Mnangagwa…

Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw BONA Mutsahuni-Chikore and her husband Simba are fighting to reclaim a piece of their Mazowe farm after the High Court recently handed it over to Kencor Management, a company which was claiming its ownership. The piece of land was given to the firm in a default judgment after Bona, who is…

ZANU PF says the clergy, political parties and civil society pushing for inclusive national dialogue must engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the party directly, as opposed to issuing public statements. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi said this was a more productive route to take, especially as Mnangagwa’s office was…

Melisa Chatikobo STAFF WRITER chatikobom@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES  have approved the use of cannabis (mbanje) as a complementary drug among medicines currently regulated  under national laws. This comes after the government legalised the production of mbanje in 2018 for medical and scientific research purposes. The acting director general of the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), Richard Rukwata, announced the approval…

Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITER ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF Harare Province has recommended that the late Provincial Affairs minister Oliver Chidawu, 68, be declared a national hero. This comes after the untimely death of the former Harare mayor in the early hours of yesterday, with the cause of his death yet to be disclosed. After sitting for…

 Brandon Josphat  STAFF WRITER  josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw  ZIMBABWEANS must brace for continued power cuts until year-end owing to obsolete machines that require constant repairs after breaking down, Energy minister Zhemu Soda said yesterday.  Addressing the media after a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare, Soda said one of the reasons behind incessant power cuts was due to the loss…