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© AFTER a sobering rebuke from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) boss Loice Matanda-Moyo, the usually boisterous Zanu PF youth league made a major climbdown yesterday, saying it will immediately abandon its controversial “name and shame” strategy to fight corruption. [GoogleAd] This comes as Matanda-Moyo, who is leading a rejuvenated Zacc counselled the youth league…

© GOVERNMENT has given in to pressure from Parliament and other stakeholders to amend the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (Mopa) so as to democratise some clauses deemed unconstitutional by the Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC). Chaired by Zanu PF’s Jonathan Samukange and with members including Cuthbert Mpame, Misheck Mataranyika, MDC’s Kucaca Phulu and Maxwell…

© ASSOCIATED Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) — the publishers of the market-leading Daily News and the Daily News on Sunday — have appointed long-serving staffer Guthrie Munyuki, previously Deputy Editor, as the titles’ new Editor with immediate effect. [GoogleAd] He succeeds experienced newspaperman Hama Saburi, who distinguished himself beyond measure in his two years in…

© A Mutasa opposition party official has been killed amid an escalation of political violence after a row with political rivals. Maxwell Gwechekweche, an unflinching MDC supporter, was killed by unidentified people as he went home late on Monday evening, MDC Mutasa  central MP Trevor Saruwaka told the Daily News. [GoogleAd] It is the latest…

© THE country’s former coloniser, Britain, is turning more heat on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration with Number 10 Downing Street calling on Harare to implement electoral reforms that have for decades eluded Zimbabwe’s electorate. [GoogleAd] Through its embassy in Harare, Britain is urging Mnangagwa to fully implement recommendations by a commission that was headed by…

Millions in relief meant for victims of Cyclone Idai has been lost to theft and fraud, with bogus claimants spending the money recklessly, officials have been told. The fraud, exposed at a meeting of the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) where it unveiled a pupils’ feeding scheme, involves  staggering abuse of the cyclone assistance…

© Businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi’s 4-year-old child will not immediately be transferred from the custody of his biological father to his ex-girlfriend Chantelle Muteswa, the High Court has ruled. The ruling, which was made on Wednesday,  means that the son Daniel Sadiqi will stay for now with his dad, in South Africa. [GoogleAd] This comes…

© POLICE have arrested four suspects who were carrying 321 explosives believed to have been destined for neighbouring South Africa. The suspects identified as Kimberley Thandekile Samvura,33, Godwin Chikohora, 39, Phillip Huruva, 48, and Takunda Chiko, 29, were caught in possession of a bag containing 200 capped fuses and 121 EMEX 70 explosives. [GoogleAd] National…

© THE government yesterday said it had reached an agreement with South African power firm, Eskom for the resumption of more power supplies — in a move which is set to ease the punitive load shedding — once more payments are made next month. This comes as Zesa has paid US$2 million to the Southern…

© AS the country’s economic crisis deepens with seemingly no immediate solution in sight, the main opposition MDC is deeply divided over what course of action to take, the Daily News can report. Its leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, is said to be preferring dialogue over protests. However, a section of the country’s largest opposition party,…