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Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court has ordered Local Government minister July Moyo to stop demolitions of houses, churches and tuck shops in Domboshava following an application filed by residents in the area, the Daily News can report. The applicants were Domboshava Residents Trust, Tineyi Munetsi and Tonderai Murape, while the respondents were Local…

CITY of Harare’s parking unit, City Parking (Pvt) Ltd has increased parking fees with effect from June 1, 2020, which will see people forking out $20 per hour for parking in the city centre. In a statement, City Parking’s finance manager, Itai Mavhera, said the new tariffs were necessitated by the need to survive country’s…

A HARARE woman’s plan to smuggle raw cocaine to Greece and Maldives through DHL was allegedly busted after the parcels were seized by detectives before shipping, a court heard. Matilda Mafofo, 37, of Old Canaan, Highfield in Harare confirmed that the parcels were hers when she was called in to identify them at DHL offices…

A RETURNEE from the United Kingdom escaped death by a whisker following a brutal attack by a fellow inmate at a quarantine facility where they were accommodated after recently arriving in the country, a court heard. Garikai Tawanda was denied bail and remanded to May 29 when he appeared before Harare magistrate Sheunesu Matova charged…

A MAPHISA man is battling for his life after he was shot in the head by another over a woman, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed. “A man has been arrested for attempted murder after grazing the victim with a bullet on the head. The suspect and the complainant had been involved in a brawl…

MPILO Central Hospital yesterday received a variety of personal protective equipment (PPE) from TelOne and NetOne under the two telecommunications companies’ $10 million Covid-19 response facility. The donation to Mpilo, which followed similar ones to Sally Mugabe Hospital (formerly Harare Central Hospital) and Beatrice Infectious Hospital last week by the two companies included chemical overalls,…

WORLD Food Programme (WFP) has introduced an e-voucher pilot scheme in Epworth, Harare aimed at reducing poverty levels in urban areas. According to WFP, if the project is successful, the programme will be extended to other urban areas in the country. The voucher system will ensure people have access to money electronically in both local…

Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO ZIMBABWE Christian Alliance (ZCA) says it is deeply concerned with the continued human rights violations, especially of women in Bulawayo by the police during the lockdown period. ZCA director Useni Sibanda said these unfortunate developments seem to be spreading nationwide as the organisation also notes with sadness the subsequent abduction, torture…

Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER kadirireh@dailynews.co.zw CHITUNGWIZA Residents Trust (Chitrest) and Citizens Rights Centre Trust have started an initiative to give breakfast porridge to children in Zengeza and Seke. Chitrest director Diana Kuvheya said the initiative was launched after the two organisations realised that most children were now begging for food. The initiative is also part…

THE Supreme and Constitutional courts will officially be separated this Friday in a development that will now see them operating independently. This comes as judges who preside over matters brought before the Supreme Court also perform the same functions for the Constitutional Court, hence the Judicial Services Commission seeks to address this. The event will…