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© FLAMBOYANT businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s bribery al- legations trial failed to kick off yesterday because the regional courts handling anti-corruption matters were overwhelmed, the Daily News reports. Chivayo and his company Intratrek Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd and former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) boss Stanley Kazhanje appeared before Harare regional magistrate Bianca Makwande, who postponed the trial…

© PARLIAMENT’S Public Accounts Commit- tee (PAC) has given three Finance ministry officials an ultimatum to appear before it on Friday, November 15 or face arrest for contempt after they did not show up yesterday. MDC MP for Harare East, Tendai Biti who chairs the PAC, told journalists after the officials’ no- show that the…

© APOSTOLIC sect members have commended the Bulawayo provin- cial registrar, Jane Peters, for coming up with ways of ensuring they access national documents. Last week, Peters told the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) inquiry on access to documentation that her office has roped in church members who do not believe in accessing medical [GoogleAd…

© A VENDORS’ demonstration against alleged police heavy-handedness during the arrest and eventual death Hilton Tamangani was foiled by law enforcement agents yesterday. The vendors were quickly dispersed by the police, who swarmed the area around Jason Moyo Avenue and Rezende Street, where the vendors had intended to start their unsanctioned demonstration. [GoogleAd] The protest…

© THE government is set to roll out an outreach programme that will see citizens living outside the country acquiring Zimbabwean documents in their host countries, a Cabinet minister has said. Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema told journalists yesterday that his ministry had started working on the programme, which will facilitate easy and affordable access…

© A 29-YEAR-OLD Sakubva man who robbed another of US$70 before stabbing him on his private parts has appeared before a magistrate.Tapiwa Matende was not asked to plead when he appeared before magistrate Prisca Manhibi, who remanded him in custody to November 7. [GoogleAd] Matende is being charged with robbery. It is the State’s case…

© THE case involving the death of Sharon Munyonho, a woman who died together with her unborn baby in controversial circumstances in August this year at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (PGH), has been forwarded to the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council and Nurses Council of Zimbabwe for further investigations. This comes as Munyonho’s family had…

© AS THE country’s economic rot continues to deepen, police are warning the public about a sharp increase in crime relating to bank cards. This comes as Zimbabwe continues to experience serious shortages of cash, which have also seen a surge in unscrupulous dealers charging ordinary citizens a premium to convert their electronic money into…

© IT HAS emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s close confidantes have been meeting and “exchanging notes” with some of the leading lights of Zanu PF’s vanquished Gamatox and Generation 40 factions over the past few months, the Daily News can reveal. This comes as both the ruling party and its government are battling to deal…

© MATABELELAND South and Masvingo are among the provinces hardest hit by drought, hence the urgent need for animal food supplements and water, Veterinarians for Livelihood Development Trust (Veld Trust) has said. So far 1 167 cattle deaths have been recorded by the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS), with 291 in Matabeleland South, while 418…