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Melisa ChatikoboSTAFF WRITERchatikobom@dailynews.co.zw BANKERS warned yesterday that prices of basic goods would likely keep going up until authorities reined in growing market indiscipline and the abuse of the foreign currency auction system by errant businesses. They also said it would be difficult to stabilise the Zimbabwe dollar as some people were benefiting from the weakness…

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe have entered into an agreement which will see the price of bread in the country going down. This comes as consumers have been grappling with the price of bread which went up early this month from around $450 to $640 for a…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa warned anew yesterday that perpetrators of political violence in the country would be dealt with harshly. Speaking during the burial of the late retired major general Sydney Bhebhe at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, Mnangagwa also bemoaned the violent tendencies of some political actors, saying authorities would throw the book at…

PARLIAMENTARIANS Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, who are accused of fanning violence in the Nyatsime area in Chitungwiza, will know their fate regarding freedom on Wednesday. The two were arrested last week in the wake of the violence that followed the murder of Moreblessing Ali, whose remains were retrieved from a well.  Sikhala is accused…

THE High Court is expected to make a determination on the sharing of property between Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa next month. This was after Justice Owen Tagu postponed the matter to allow the parties legal representatives to file heads of arguments. Chiwenga’s lawyer Lewis Uriri apologised for the vice president’s absence…

UNIONS representing public sector workers have warned that they will join a planned strike by nurses beginning today, unless authorties urgently address all their grievances. Charles Chinosengwa, the spokesperson of the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) — the umbrella body for civil servants’ unions — also told the Daily News yesterday that…

Hazel Marimbiza POLICE have raised concern over the low conviction rate of corruption cases, saying unity amongst all stakeholders was crucial in ensuring corrupt individuals are brought to book. This comes as police statistics show that during the period August 2018 to May 2022, 495 arrests were made for offences such as criminal abuse of…

Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO POLICE are investigating a robbery case in which unknown suspects broke into a shop in Shamva, Mashonaland Central province, and stole more than US$ 30 000. In a statement yesterday, the police said the incident occurred after the suspects blasted two cash safes using explosives. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is…

ZANU PF deputy national youth league chairperson John Paradza has warned the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party against violence saying they would be forced to retaliate. Speaking during his familiarisation meeting with Harare provincial youth league in Harare yesterday, Paradza said Zanu PF youth were disturbed by increasing cases of violence in the…

ZANU PF youth league leaders yesterday accused some Cabinet ministers and members of the party’s central committee of sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of next year’s elections. Speaking in Harare, the league’s secretary for administration, Tendai Chiwetu, said ambitious party bigwigs were also frustrating youths so that they could turn against Mnangagwa without hindrance. “As…