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Emmerson  Njanjamangezi  SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw  RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says the retention schemes for gold producers, tobacco farmers and other exporters will remain at 40 percent US dollars and 60 percent local currency.  Speaking during the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) webinar hosted by the Daily News yesterday, Mangudya said the retention policy remains…

— Tamary Chikiwa BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) requires US$512 million to address its perennial water and sewage crisis by replacing dilapidated pipes. This comes as the city is going through one of its worst water rationing schedules, with residents going for at least 72 hours without running water. Other suburbs have gone for six months…

Nyasha Dube  STAFF WRITER duben@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE man has filed a High Court application seeking an order compelling the police to investigate an alleged abduction and shooting incident he endured at the hands of suspected cops earlier this month.  In his application, Victor Masunga cited Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga and the…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora will tomorrow name the MDC team that will lead the party’s planned national dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other key stakeholders in the country. In addition, the MDC’s standing committee will also consider the framework on the mooted talks tomorrow, which was recently presented…

Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITERS AUTHORITIES yesterday re-arrested former senior Cabinet minister, Ignatius Chombo, for alleged criminal abuse of office when he was serving in the previous administrations of the late former president Robert Mugabe. This also came as the director of epidemiology and disease control in the ministry of Health and Child…

Tamary Chikiwa in Bulawayo GENDER-based violence (GBV) cases are on the rise during this Covid-19 lockdown, a new report by Msasa Project has revealed. The report indicates that from the beginning of the first lockdown in March 2020, it recorded 6 200 cases, with an overall average increase of over 60 percent compared to the…

STAFF WRITER ASSOCIATED Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) — the  publishers of the inimitable Daily News and the Daily News On Sunday — yesterday paid a moving tribute to the company’s much-loved Assistant Editor, Maxwell Sibanda, who died in Harare late on Sunday. Sibanda succumbed to renal-related complications at Avenues Clinic, having complained of unbearable stomach aches in recent weeks….

Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw WHILE health experts have welcomed the country’s declining Covid-19 deaths and infections, they are urging continuing national vigilance and observance of all public management measures of the lethal disease. In addition, the experts have also advised authorities to further ramp up their awareness campaigns for coronavirus vaccines — to engender…

Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw MILLIONS of Zimbabweans, especially those living in rural areas, are facing hunger and starvation, a new report by relief agencies says. The report by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (Zimvac) — a grouping of representatives from the government, United Nations, civil society organisations and technical agencies working in collaboration…

STAFF WRITER THE Daily News webinar on the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) is set for tomorrow, amid calls by the organisers for participants to register early to avoid disappointment. To be officiated by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, the webinar is meant to provide the central bank chief with a platform to get feedback…