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Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw DRAX Consult, the firm at the centre of a US$60 million procurement storm, has challenged the cancellation of its US$20 million deal in which it supplied medicines in December to state-owned National Pharmaceuticals Company (NatPharm). Drax, which had been supplying drugs to NatPharm since last September, was awarded two separate…

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has with immediate effect appointed his deputy, Welshman Ncube, as the acting party president till further notice. This comes after Chamisa recently lost his mother. Thousands attended the burial at his rural home in Gutu, Masvingo last week.  The new development is meant to give the embattled MDC leader time…

THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has called on the public to utilise its whistle-blower facility to assist its fight against corruption. In a statement on the whistle-blower facility, Zimra said it rewards up to 10 percent of the revenue that is recovered. “The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) wishes to inform the public that in an…

Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw BUSINESSMAN Tawanda Nyambirai’s TN Gold Arcturus Mine (Ptv) Ltd is battling to interdict a miner who has encroached onto its premises and is attempting to process the extraction of gold by obtaining an environmental impact assessment certificate. TN Mine is suing Zvanyadza Pari and the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) and…

Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO SIX police officers who allegedly assaulted two women from Cowdray Park suburb have filed an application to have their charges dropped. This comes as the case, which caused a huge uproar among residents and human rights activists, had suffered several false starts. The six, who are represented by Maclean Mahaso and…

A HARARE man has been jailed for an effective 10 years for trafficking six women to Kuwait on the pretext of securing them well-paying domestic jobs but instead subjected them to slavery and exploitation. James Marodza was lucky not to have been charged with a section which carries a mandatory 10-year sentence on each count….

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed to various stakeholders to participate in the development of a National Development Strategy in efforts to rebuild the ailing economy. This comes as Zimbabwe is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in a decade characterised by hyperinflation, cash, foreign currency and fuel shortages and…