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By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zwTHE government has launched Zimbabwe multi-sectoral drug and substance abuse plan which is expected to reduce consumption and supply of narcotics in communities. President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched the national plan yesterday on the occasion of the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Harare yesterday.Officiating at the…

Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw HARARE city health authorities have revealed that the increasing number of influenza cases being recorded at its clinics have prompted them to carry out tests to find the source of the outbreak. The city’s chief epidemiologist and disease control officer, Michael Vere said the most affected were western suburbs such as Glen…

HARARE businessmen, Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, were yesterday consigned to a night in prison after being charged with committing a US$7 million fraud, relating to the multi-million dollar presidential goat pass-on scheme. Both Chimombe, 43 and Mpofu, 49, will be back in court today for their bail hearing. Yesterday the court heard that the…

ZANU PF will hold three crucial meetings this week, amid rising tension within its war veterans’ ranks and concerns over its latest restructuring exercise. The crunch meetings will start with today’s politburo gathering in Harare, which will be followed by a caucus of the party’s central committee and its national consultative assembly (NCA). This will…

By Cloud Fusire fusiref@dailynews.co.zw THE rot in local football under the Zifa normalisation commitee (NC) chaired by Lincolin Mutasa is worsening. This follows the latest shambolic preparations for the forthcoming matches for the senior men’s soccer team, the Warriors — who revolted against Zifa on Monday after they were made to camp at the association’s…

A COMPANY that won a tender to supply goats under a presidential scheme, Blackdeck, has profusely denied duping the government, adding the contract was not worth US$40 million as alleged on social media platforms. In a statement yesterday, Blackdeck said the tender was cancelled by the ministry of Agriculture despite that it had the capacity…

Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES yesterday signed a US$1 million agreement that will see the regularisation of informal settlements under the Kwangu\Ngakwami presidential title deeds programme. The programme was launched in Epworth by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last year. Speaking to the media in Harare yesterday after the signing ceremony by several ministries, including National Housing, Local…

THE government has taken over the collection of solid waste in the capital following a formal request from the city authorities. This was confirmed by Information minister Jenfan Muswere last night while addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare. “Cabinet highlights that in terms of Urban Councils Act, Harare City Council is obliged to remove…