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© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially launched the State Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz), which he says will eliminate corruption from the country’s procurement processes. Praz, which was formed last year as a replacement for the State Procurement Board, came with new procurement procedures governing the awarding of tenders.  [GoogleAd Under the new procedures,…

© MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) on Wednesday grilled Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, over his budget surplus merriments which they said are being contradicted by the current state of the economy. Speaking in Parliament Ncube insisted government has been recording budget surplus courtesy of the austerity measures. [GoogleAd] However MPs grilled him questioning the logic…

© UNITED States (US) Embassy in Harare has urged Zimbabwe to respect human rights following the arrest of various civic leaders who are accused of being behind the plot to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa. [GoogleAd] In the last two weeks police arrested six activists who are facing charges of trying to overthrow a constitutionally elected…

© FORMER South African presidents Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki are among the high profile dignitaries who are expected to attend tomorrow’s burial of liberation war hero Dumiso Dabengwa in Ntabazinduna. The former Cabinet minister and Zapu leader, who has since been declared a national hero, died in Kenya last week on his way home…

© THERE is a fresh bid for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to meet and work together to resolve Zimbabwe’s worsening political and economic crisis — which has seen the prices of basic consumer goods in the country hitting the roof over the past few months, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd]…

© HARARE West MDC Member of Parliament Joanah Mamombe was yesterday arraigned in court over allegations of presenting a false residential address to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec).  [GoogleAd] Mamombe allegedly provided the false address during the National Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise in February last year.  Using the alleged false address, Mamombe contested for…

THE Zimbabwe netball team’s journey to Liverpool received a boost after local telecoms company TelOne unveiled a  $40 000 sponsorship package to assist the ladies in their preparations for the world cup tournament. Earlier, the Gems’ road to the World Cup was characterised by very quiet preparations akin to neglect as the team struggled to…

© GOVERNMENT has blamed the lack of public confidence in the system as well as the existence of unscrupulous dealers for the fuel current shortages. Energy minister Fortune Chasi and Reserve Bank governor John Mangudya while under grilling by the Energy and Power Development parliamentary portfolio committee yesterday blamed stakeholders in the downstream fuel value…

© JAILED former Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke, pictured, will remain in prison after the High Court on Wednesday threw out his appeal against a 14-year jail term for raping his then 11-year-old relative at gunpoint. Kereke, who was jailed in 2016 after a protracted litigation which was eventually settled through private prosecution, told the…

© FIVE police officers who allegedly under declared money seized from foreign currency dealers appeared in court yesterday charged with criminal abuse of office. The police officers, who are all stationed at Criminal Investigations Department’s Theft from Car (TFC) section allegedly pocketed more than US$14 000 after they raided US$200 000 from the traders. [GoogleAd]…