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By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE and Iran signed 12 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) yesterday to boost trade cooperation between the two countries at the State House in Harare. The MoUs were signed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Some of the MoUs are in sectors such as manufacturing, agriculture, telecommunications, energy, social…

A CHINESE national who allegedly vanished with millions of United States dollars after creaming unsuspecting Zimbabweans via a Ponzi scheme, E-Creator, has been nabbed. Police confirmed the arrest of Zhao Jiaotong, 39, who allegedly pocketed over US$1 million from the make-believe investment scheme, leaving scores of people bankrupt. In a statement yesterday, the police national…

A ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) officer has appeared before a Harare magistrate after he was connected to a duo believed to have broken into Highfield 2 High School last month and stolen 97 Ordinary Level and 47 Advanced Level Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) certificates. Farai Chauke, 38, and his accomplices, Michael Sikaliveni, 51, and…

FORMER Zanu PF bigwig and aspirant State leader, Saviour Kasukuwere, has his back to the wall after the High Court nullified his nomination yesterday as a presidential candidate in next month’s national elections. In addition to voiding Kasukuwere’s bid to be a contestant in the crunch August 23 polls — on account of his absence…

By Ketty Nyoni FUNDING constraints by government are stalling the compensation of property owners whose houses or business premises were destroyed last year to pave way for the construction of the multimillion dollar Mbudzi Interchange along Simon Mazorodze Road in Waterfalls, Harare. This was confirmed by the permanent secretary in the Transport ministry, Theodius Chinyanga,…

Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court yesterday sentenced to death Tapiwa Makore (senior) and Tafadzwa Shamba for the gruesome murder and dismemberment of the former’s seven-year-old nephew and namesake in 2020 in Murehwa, Mashonaland East Province. Tapiwa Makore (junior) was killed in a ritual murder by Shamba and Makore (snr) who mutilated the boy’s body…

 Nyasha Kunyiswakunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s three major political parties — Zanu PF, MDC and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) — have called for tolerance and narrowing of differences to curb political violence ahead of next month’s general elections. Speaking during an inter-party workshop organised by 4H Zimbabwe in Harare yesterday, Zanu PF media officer Farai Mharapira…

By Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw THE government has called on the private sector to go into partnerships with public entities to inject US$200 million required to promote value addition in the country’s tobacco industry. This comes as 98 percent of Zimbabwean tobacco is being exported unprocessed with US$800 million having been realised so far this marketing seasonSpeaking…

By Blessings Mashaya and Brighton Muronzereyi THE country’s divided opposition is up against it as next month’s harmonised elections get ever nearer, analysts said yesterday. This comes after the latest Afrobarometer survey on the polls showed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his long-ruling Zanu PF are headed for re-election. At the same time, former Zanu…