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Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw SOCIAL Welfare minister Paul Mavima yesterday revealed that government is currently giving a $180 cushioning allowance to vulnerable persons instead of the initial $300 due to a shortage of funds. This comes as the government recently indicated that the cushioning allowance for vulnerable groups that have been affected by…

Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw HORRIFIC details have emerged in a court case in which a Harare man was allegedly found with a decomposing human head in December 2018. Emmanuel Anesu Matsika appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa and was indicted for trial at the High Court on June 8. Matsika declined legal representation for…

Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court has acquitted former Zesa Holdings group chief executive officer Josh Chifamba, pictured, of corruption charges. Chifamba was jointly charged with former Energy minister Elton Mangoma and the power company’s former managing director Tererai Louis Mutasa. The three were facing charges of violating the Procurement Act after…

HIGH Court judge Mary Zimba-Dube has reserved judgment in an application in which private bus operators and individuals in the informal sector are demanding permission to operate during the lockdown period imposed by government to curb the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). The Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA), the Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (Paz)…

LAST Saturday, on May 17, five winners walked away with $51316 each after sharing Pink Lotto’s first guaranteed must-be-won jackpot of $250 000. The winners included Ntokozo Ncube (Bulawayo) who played via Ecocash, Mufaro Masuka (Harare) and Marc McNaughton (Harare) and Knowledge Chipungari (Mhondoro) who took part in Pink Lotto via the mobile application. The fifth…

By Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER CASES of commuters being robbed and mugged are on the increase in major towns and cities, police have revealed. This comes as commuters are getting home at night as they spend a lot of time in Zupco bus queues. The government is still to lift a ban on the kombis, leaving…

By  Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER THE current national coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown put in place to curb the spread of the virus has hit urban councils hard as rate payers, most who are in the informal sector which remains closed, are not paying their rates. The local authorities are appealing to government to provide them with…