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Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF yesterday accused organisers of the planned July 31 protest of seeking to pull President Emmerson Mnangagwa down by ensuring that the country is overwhelmed by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s confirmed Covid-19 cases have been rising. As of Tuesday,…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts have warned that the recently announced lockdown measures will not be enough to contain the country’s rising coronavirus (Covid-19) cases given the rapidly deteriorating health system, the Daily News reports. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced further lockdown restrictions including banning the movement of people between…

CHIEF magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi will tomorrow give a determination in an application in which top lawyer Thabani Mpofu is applying for revocation of his placement on remand. Mpofu was placed on remand on counts of corruptly concealing a transaction from a principal and obstruction of justice. He is accused of conniving with other lawyers Tapiwa…

THE government has suspended face-to-face lectures across all tertiary institutions owing to the soaring cases of the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes as the country’s Covid-19 cases have surpassed 1 700 with 26 deaths and 472 recoveries from these. It also comes as the government recently deferred reopening of schools that had been scheduled for…

Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw FORMER vice president Phelekezela Mphoko, who is accused of corruptly ordering the release of two former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officials at a Harare police station, will stand trial on August 19. Yesterday, his application for exception was dismissed by regional magistrate Trynois Utahwashe. Mphoko, through his legal practitioners,…

HARARE City Council principal housing officer Edgar Dzehonye was yesterday slapped with another graft charge, accused of offering housing stands to public officials, among them a magistrate, prosecutor and senior and junior cops. The matter saw Admore Nhekairo, the city’s housing director, being denied bail on Monday. The State alleged the public officials who were…

Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw INTERIM MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has indefinitely postponed the party’s extraordinary congress that was scheduled for July 31 on account of the government’s lockdown measures, the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe found herself in the proverbial rock and hard place after the government barred her from holding…

Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Zesa Holdings group chief executive Joshua Chifamba, pictured, together with the company’s group secretary Saidi Sangula and legal officer Garikayi Churu, who are facing allegations of criminal abuse of duty, have been granted $10 000 bail each. The trio is accused of engaging a law firm to carry out…