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THE Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) says it has embarked on an awareness campaign in the country’s remote areas to ensure consumers stay alert against errant businesses that violate the rights of unsuspecting rural consumers. Speaking to the Daily News, during a Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) organised tour of Matabeleland South Province over the…

Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) is set to start testing blood using Nucleic Acid Tests (Nat) to enhance safety in line with global trends. Addressing the media yesterday in Harare, NBSZ chief executive officer Lucy Marowa said the new testing method would be in use in August. “NBSZ will start…

By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A GOKWE woman, 23, who sold her two day-old-baby in South Africa for R25 000 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Harare Magistrates Court. Pauline Maganga was found guilty of contravening the Trafficking in Persons Act. In handing down his sentence, magistrate Lazini Ncube said despite the…

By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw IT HAS emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been holding talks with the acting leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Welshman Ncube. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that Mnangagwa had quietly been engaging with Ncube and other political leaders over the past few…

BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has ramped up its roads rehabilitation programme countrywide. In this regard, it has disbursed about ZiG100 million to local authorities since the beginning of the year, with most of the money going towards routine road maintenance projects.  “The larger proportion of the disbursement constituted funding for…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw  A CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Jameson Timba has claimed that government funds provided for under Political Parties Finance Act belong to it instead of interim party leader, Welshman Ncube, camp. This comes after authorities last week said they will disburse to the Ncube faction. Timba, who took…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) says it is struggling to acquire water treatment chemicals because it has not settled a US$2 million it owes to Chemplex Corporation, the company that supplies them. This comes as the local authority has been struggling to supply potable water to residents owing to leakages and water…

By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has urged residents to settle their debts or make payment plans or face legal action against them. Speaking during a residents’ meeting hosted by the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) in Njube suburb yesterday, BCC legal officer Dickson Moyo said many residents were ignoring council…