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©️  TRIBUTES continued to pour in yesterday for the late veteran journalist and former Daily News assistant editor Ray Muzambiringa Matikinye who passed on in Bulawayo on Sunday evening. Matikinye, 66, a revered award-winning and prolific writer, succumbed to a heart attack on his way to hospital. Family spokesperson Bellaris, who is also his daughter,…

Government is behind the demolition of market stalls as well as illegal cabins in Harare’s high-density suburbs, including Mbare and Machipisa in Highfield over the weekend, it has emerged. The MDC-led Harare City Council was criticised by residents who accused the city fathers of being insensitive to the plight of vendors whose cabins were destroyed…

THE government has reviewed the maize producer price to $12 329,72 per metric tonne for the 2020-2021 marketing season, the permanent secretary for Agriculture, John Basera has said. The move is expected to encourage deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) for the replenishment of the grain reserve. “Cabinet approved reviewing of floor producer prices…

HARARE City Council (HCC) over the weekend demolished illegal structures in Mbare close to Mupedzanhamo Flea Market and at Machipisa Shopping Centre in Highfield. The structures had been erected by informal traders who had been evicted from the Central Business District in 2018. Since the lockdown was imposed three weeks ago, HCC has demolished illegal…

A MACHEKE man ran out of luck after he was arrested for stealing copper cables worth US$10 000 on Tuesday, the police have confirmed. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident saying the man’s accomplice is still at large and investigations are underway. “In Macheke on April 14, Artwell Jirikire, 40, was arrested by…

FOUR suspected fraudsters that allegedly manufactured fake proof of payment documents for $17 000 worth of beer appeared in court yesterday. Kudakwashe Nigel Hove, 34, Rolong Motsoane, 34, Rutendo Charlotte Mutyambizi, 34, and Kumbirai Maunganidze, 37, appeared before Harare magistrate Zanorashe Mundondo charged with fraud. They were released on $1 000 bail each and ordered…

FIVE Chinamhora men who allegedly ganged up and tried to kill a man suspected of having an extra-marital affair with their brother’s wife appeared in court yesterday. Lee Hufa, 24, and his brothers Ashton, 44, Nelson, 38, Valentine, 30, and Arthur, 37, and a family friend Silas Williams, 46, appeared before Harare magistrate Zanorashe Mandondo…