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HARARE City Council (HCC) has expressed concern over water being drawn from Cleveland Dam by Zimbabwe Phosphate Industries (ZimPhos). According to audit committee minutes, committee chairperson Ian Makone advised the acting director of Harare Water Mabhena Moyo to see whether there was an agreement with the chemical company. [GoogleAd] ZimPhos, which is the manufacturing division…

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has issued licences to 26 institutions to operate as Bureaux de Change. In a notice, the RBZ said this is line with foreign exchange guidelines in the 2019 Monetary Policy Statement announced earlier this year. [GoogleAd] “Members of the public can buy and sell foreign currency through these institutions…

Nelson Chamisa’s MDC has reacted angrily to secretary- general Douglas Mwonzora who triggered a storm when he claimed that the party’s founding father Morgan Tsvangirai is turning in his grave because of the toxic politics obtaining in the opposition party. Ahead of the MDC congress slated for May, Mwonzora has emerged as the biggest challenger…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday applauded the immense contribution of India to Zimbabwe’s economic reconstruction, diplomacy and international politics.  Represented by Patrick Chinamasa, Mnangagwa told the first Diaspora convention for Indians in Harare yesterday that the country’s developmental trajectory will be smoother and softer with support from friends like India, its corporate citizens and its Diaspora. [GoogleAd]…

  Businessman-cum politician Gilbert Muponda faces the prospect of losing his school in Belvedere which a housing association claims was built on their land which he had failed to service. [GoogleAd] The Harare City Council (HCC) said it is processing a demolition order which could potentially see the school — GMRI Academy — being razed…

With  Zimbabwe still reeling from the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Idai — which killed hundreds of people mainly in Manicaland — as well as the country’s escalating economic challenges, long-suffering citizens must now also brace for debilitating power cuts, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes as the demand for electricity in the country…

UNITED High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) yesterday handed over to government 80 metric tonnes (MT) of relief items to support 10 000 people affected by Cyclone Idai. The consignment which arrived at the Harare International Airport at the weekend includes, family tents, plastic tarpaulins, mosquito nets, sleeping mats, solar lamps and kitchen sets.  “The devastating…