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‘Report sensibly on Gukurahundi’

AS HEARINGS on Gukurahundi are about to kick off, authorities have implored the media to report responsibly on the issue. This comes as traditional leaders are about to start holding public hearings on the killings and related trauma that were experienced mainly in Matabeleland and the Midlands in the 1980s, as part of the government’s…

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MPs demand action on prices, currency

By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has demanded an urgent ministerial statement from Finance ministry authorities detailing how Treasury is addressing spiralling prices of basic commodities and currency volatility. This comes as the prices of basic consumer goods in the country continue to rise sharply largely due to…

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Suspected rapist nabbed chasing next victim

A SUSPECTED robber, accused of raping a 13-year-old girl during a break-in, was arrested while chasing his second victim, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday. Freddy Kachirundu, 23, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei who remanded him in custody to February 15. He is also facing charges of unlawful entry and rape, and was advised…

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Bogus lawyer, cops imprisoned

THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed that a bogus lawyer and two fake police officers were jailed recently in Mt Darwin and Mutare respectively. Joseph Chigwedegwere, 49, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment by a Mt Darwin magistrate on a charge of pretending to be a legal practitioner. The State told the court that…

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Fresh charges for fake Lands ministry official

A SUSPECTED serial fraudster, who allegedly duped numerous people by pretending to sell farms in Zvimba, Mashonaland West Province, was rearrested this week at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts where he had appeared for routine hearing on similar charges. John Chakahwanda, 51, who was arrested on similar charges last year, was rearrested on Tuesday accused of…

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Two arrested with 19 stolen cattle

POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two suspects who were caught illegally transporting a herd of 19 cattle from Insiza in Matabeleland South Province. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube confirmed the arrests adding that the suspected cattle rustlers were intercepted by the police after they were tipped off by a…

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Mr and Miss Albinism Africa pageant on cards

AFTER successfully hosting the inaugural pageant Mr and Miss Albinism Southern Africa in Harare last year, the organisers of the event have shifted focus to a bigger challenge — the Mr and Miss Albinism Africa pageant. Pageant director Brenda Mudzimu told the Daily News that the success of the national and Southern African pageants had…

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Vendors not entirely to blame

WITH cholera amidst us, the Cabinet, chaired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on its first meeting this year — on Tuesday, resolved to unleash the security sector on illegal vendors. Cabinet was clear –— food vendors were part of agents spreading the mediaeval disease across the country. The government is spot on given the influx of…

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