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THE newly-rebranded Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) scrambled to play down simmering tensions among its bigwigs yesterday over candidates for the March 26 by-elections. This comes as the party’s controversial decision to choose its candidates through “consensus” continues to raise temperatures — resulting in the troubling fielding of double contenders in Bulawayo and Masvingo on…

HIGH Court judge, Justice Owen Tagu, yesterday reserved judgment in the matter in which Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, filed a chamber application seeking the termination of his marriage to estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa. The chamber application was filed with the High Court in November last year with Chiwenga seeking the termination of his customary…

Emmerson Njanjamangezi RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is going to continue with the foreign currency auction system as a dependable source of foreign currency for the productive sectors of the economy, governor John Mangudya has said. This comes amid calls for the central bank to return to the interbank market following a slew of allotment…

ZIFA president Felton Kamambo, accused of bribing councillors to vote him into office in the 2018 Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) elections, wants the charges dropped. Kamambo is alleged to have sent mobile money to Zifa councillors for their votes in an election he edged former association president, Phillip Chiyangwa, who is the complainant in the…

Rumbidzai Ngwenya and Andile Tshuma THE financial crunch ravaging most local authorities has seen most of them, including Harare and Bulawayo, suffering an acute shortage of ambulances and fire engines. In Harare, the municipality now only has two on-the-road ambulances and six fire engines servicing a population estimated at more than two million people. “The…

ZIMBABWEANS residing in South Africa have been urged to be vigilant in the face of escalating xenophobic attacks in the country. This…

THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says it is assessing the impact of a light earthquake which was felt in Southern districts on Tuesday evening. The MSD yesterday said the light earthquake was at magnitude of 4.1 and its epicentre was in Matobo District, Matabeleland South. It was also felt in Bulawayo. “An earthquake was felt…

THE Stage is set for a bruising battle in the March 26 by-elections across the country after the country’s three major political parties, Zanu PF, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the MDC Alliance led by Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, candidates successfully lodged their papers with nomination courts yesterday. This comes as the High Court last…

T RANSPORT minister Felix Mhona, pictured, says motorists can now access number plates at the country’s borders. Mhona told the Daily News yesterday that…