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© Beitbridge Municipality has started setting up solar tower lights. The construction of the solar tower lights will be done by private civil engineering contractors. [GoogleAd] “The municipality… invites bidders from suitably qualified and experienced civil engineering contractors for the two solar-powered tower lights,” said the municipality in a notice. This comes as many municipalities…

© CIVIL Aviation Authority Zimbabwe (Caaz) has embarked on a major drive to increase duty-free shops at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe and Victoria Falls airports. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe currently has four duty-free shops, two at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and another two at Victoria Falls Airport, among others. Caaz said it is inviting interested companies…

© METBANK has announced the appointment of  a new chairperson who takes over from Wilson Manase whose tenure has expired. [GoogleAd] In a statement, the bank said Darlick Marandure took over from Manase in June 2018. “Metbank would like to announce the appointment of …Marandure, as the new chairperson of the bank with effect from…

© ZESA Holdings (Zesa) bosses and former Energy and Power development minister Elton Mangoma’s trial was yesterday remanded to April 29 on grounds that the State counsel’s evidence lacked authenticity. [GoogleAd] The trio is facing criminal abuse of office charges, and appeared before magistrate Francis Mapfumo represented by their lawyers Tonderai Bhatasara, Admire Rubaya, and Givemore…

©  THE National Consumer Rights Association (Nacora) has called upon the Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) to investigate alleged cartels that are responsible for “speculative price increases of bread” in the country. [GoogleAd] Nacora, a consumer rights watchdog, claimed that some of the actors are “vertically integrated, allowing them freedom” of unlawfully increasing prices. “We…

©  THE government has said Cyclone Kenneth will not affect Zimbabwe and that no evacuations will take place so far, though the Department of Civil Protection (DCP) will remain on high alert. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi said information will continue to be dished if there are any new…

©  AFRICAN countries can have more influence on the global stage if they coordinate and work closely together, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said. [GoogleAd] Officially opening of the 60th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair, (ZITF), Museveni said African nations are much stronger than they were in the 1960s but successfully fought colonialism….

©  An artisanal miner was shot and killed in cold blood during a scuffle with police at Giant Mine, 10 kilometres north of the mineral-rich town of Chegutu yesterday. [GoogleAd] Witnesses said police and the deputy sheriff arrived at the mine armed with a High Court writ of execution to vacate about 6 500 artisanal…

© CANDIDATES nominated to contest for various national executive and nationals standing committee positions when the opposition MDC holds its elective congress in May will next week start campaigns together during provincial caucuses, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] With the party’s provincial nominations concluding tomorrow with the Province of South Africa making its choices…

© THE family of a Chitungwiza man, Tinashe Choto, who was killed during the January fuel price hike protests, has approached the High Court demanding the release of a post-mortem report and the outcome of investigations by the police on circumstances surrounding his death. [GoogleAd] In the application filed on Tuesday, Julius Choto, who is…