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POLICE officers have been directed to stop forthwith from participating in the country’s passenger transport industry without authorisation.  This policy shift follows a string of public grievances and a formal inquiry which found that many law enforcement agents were associated with commuter minibus operations — violating regulations in the process. “The inquiry was instituted after…

By Rutendo Ngara TOP officials from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB), including chairperson Patrick Devenish, have applied for refusal of further remand at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday. Devenish, company secretary Tariro Chitsunge, and former chief executive officer (CEO) Meanwell Gudu are facing charges of fraud and abuse of office. The trio argued…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored Zimbabweans to shun tribalism and regionalism. Speaking at the burial of late national hero Sydney Gata at the National Heroes Acre in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa called for national cohesion to be promoted at all cost as Zimbabweans were related in one way or the other. “Gata’s revolutionary consciousness grew as…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE decades-long relationship between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is marked by such a high level of trust that no one can separate them. So says the ruling Zanu PF’s spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, who adds that there are no tensions between the two men over the recent…

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE late national hero, Sydney Gata, was an institutional developer who rescued the country’s energy sector from total collapse, the minister of Energy, July Moyo, has said. Gata died on Thursday after a short illness and will be buried today at the National Heroes Acre. Speaking in Harare yesterday during the late national hero’s…

BRANDON JOSPHAT THE proliferation of sub-standard, counterfeit goods in the country is getting worse. This has compelled under pressure formal businesses to approach security agencies to deal with the scourge as an emergency. Among other issues, counterfeit goods cause serious financial losses for companies, while reducing the government’s revenues, accelerating job losses and posing significant…