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© THE trial of former Energy minister Elton Mangoma continued yesterday with lawyers “discrediting” the State’s second witness for testifying hearsay evidence. [GoogleAd] Mangoma is jointly charged with former Zesa Holdings chief executive officer Joseph Chifamba and Zesa Enterprises (Zent) managing director Tererai Mutasa and are accused of corruptly awarding a US$3 million tender to…

© RETAILERS have appealed to government to clamp down on downtown small businesses accused of rejecting bank cards and mobile money transactions as modes of payment. [GoogleAd] This comes as government has outlawed the multiple currency system which was introduced a decade ago to mitigate the currency crisis after the Zimbabwe dollar had been devoured…

© THE Municipality of Chegutu has finalised its supplementary budget and it is now open for inspection. [GoogleAd] In a notice by the local authority, the inspection is open for the next 30 days at the council civic centre during normal working hours. The notice for inspection comes as Chegutu has joined many other municipalities…

© THE State has set July 15 as trial date of former National Social Security Authority (Nssa) general manager Elizabeth Chitiga, who is facing allegations of swindling the pension fund of $31 million in a housing project scam. [GoogleAd] Chitiga allegedly fraudulently awarded contracts for the construction of an $80 million National Building Society (NBS)…

© OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa will this week launch an MDC economic recovery plan and then go for a soul-searching retreat to map the way forward in light of the worsening political and social situation in the country. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe’s economy is currently in free-fall, prices of basic commodities are shooting up, unemployment stands at…

© THE Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) will on July 23 converge for their first annual general meeting in the capital to lay the roadmap for 2019. [GoogleAd] In a statement, corporate secretary Pardon Magaya said a number of issues have been put on the agenda among them the financials, appointment of auditors and an update…

© ZANU PF and government have reacted angrily to loaded threats from the MDC that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be forced out of government before the expiry of his term in 2023, saying utterances from the opposition leadership border on treason. [GoogleAd] This comes after maverick MDC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala told the party’s…

© FIRE stations here are battling a critical shortage of staff, which has hamstrung their response to emergences.So bad is the situation that Nkulumane Fire Station has mothballed, with no fire equipment and only one staff member remaining to attend to emergence calls. [GoogleAd] With only Famona, Nketa and Northend operational, the city fathers have…