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© A Harare magistrate yesterday deferred delivering a ruling on former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje’s application for acquittal after the State failed to respond on time. [GoogleAd] Kazhanje is accused of corruptly concealing his personal interest in a US$10 000 transaction with businessman Wicknell Chivayo, which the State alleges influenced him not…

© ANALYSTS are unanimous that it is within the MDC Alliance’s rights to proceed with its elective congress in Gweru on Friday because the vexatious ruling delivered by the High Court early this month applies to the MDC-T. [GoogleAd] This follows a controversial High Court ruling by Justice Edith Mushore which declared Nelson Chamisa’s leadership…

© RESIDENTS here are fuming at the decision by the city fathers to disregard their plight after going ahead to propose a 42 percent adjustment of all tariffs across the board. [GoogleAd] Chairperson of the finance and development committee Silas Chigora last week presented a $454 million supplementary revenue budget for 2019 at the council…

CHIPINGE town council has sensationally revealed that its two clinics are not receiving medication to assist in dealing with the adverse health effects from Cyclone Idai. Town secretary Susan Dube told the Daily News in an exclusive interview that while all other clinics in the cyclone-hit region were receiving aid they were not receiving any…

© INCARCERATED Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura who stands accused of masterminding a foiled jail break from Chikurubi Maximum Prison in 2013, has applied for acquittal at the High Court. [GoogleAd] Gumbura approached the upper court after magistrate Francis Mapfumo dismissed his application for discharge at the close of the State’s case….

© NEWLY-APPOINTED Energy minister Fortune Chasi has called on all stakeholders to play their part in ending the energy crisis besetting the country’s economy. [GoogleAd] Chasi, who was addressing delegates at an ISO Certification event organised by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera), said resolving the fuel and electricity crises plaguing the local economy is…

© THE Department of Immigration has disassociated itself from a bogus website, reportedly accepting visa applications online. In a statement, the department advised all clients wishing to obtain online visas to use www.evisa.gov.zw which is its official website. [GoogleAd] “It has come to the attention of the Department of Immigration that some of our clients…

© ZIMBABWE is among southern African states with the least Internet freedoms, according to the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa). [GoogleAd] Out of a scale of 100, Zimbabwe is rated at 53, from a measurement where zero is the most-free country to 100, being the least free country on Internet freedom. Zambia scored 42;…

© ZIMBABWE’s Tourism ministry and Chinese firm Touchroad International Holdings last week hosted the Zimbabwe – China Business Forum in the capital under the Tour Africa – New Horizon project. [GoogleAd] Operating under the Zhenjiang – Zimbabwe cultural and tourism exchange banner, the country recently received 343 Chinese tourists among them business delegates coming in…