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Harare City Council has begun construction of a recycling centre in Budiriro through a donation from Econet wireless. According to HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme, the recycling centre is being constructed at Budiriro 1 shopping centre and will cater for surrounding communities. The recycling centre comes as the city is struggling with containing the large amounts of garbage…

SECURITY agents, war veterans and Zanu PF youths are reportedly intimidating teachers ahead of their planned industrial action starting today in a move they allege is meant to cow them into submission, the Daily News can report. The country’s educators represented by two of the biggest teachers’ unions, the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ)…

NORTON independent MP Temba Mliswa has dared Vice President Kembo Mohadi saying he is ready to meet him in court over recent Twitter utterances by the legislator. The fight between Mliswa and Mohadi started when the former Zanu PF Mashonaland West chairperson applauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa for dissolving the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission board saying he…

JAILED former Zanu PF Bikita West MP Munyaradzi Kereke is set to lose his Mount Pleasant hospital to settle a $3 million debt owed to a local bank (name withheld), after the financial institution filed a High Court application seeking to attach the infirmary. Kereke’s company, Fairdrop Trading (Private) Limited, which trades as RMC Hospital,…

Rights groups have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to immediately send the country’s soldiers back to their barracks, amid heart-rending claims of continuing savage beatings and harassment of innocent civilians. This comes as authorities are readying for a potential second wave of riots, which the government claims are being sponsored by the opposition and “hostile” Western governments….

JITTERY authorities are bracing for another mega protest by angry labour unions and the opposition — who fear that authorities are planning to tighten the country’s repressive laws to stop a repeat of last month’s violent mass actions which left at least 12 people dead and hundreds others seriously wounded. This comes as President Emmerson…

HARARE- The price of bread has gone up by almost 70 percent the highest increase since the introduction of the multi-currency regime in 2009. It’s the fourth increase within a space of 12 months, and the first this year. In terms of the latest price adjustment, a standard loaf of bread which was going for $1,40…

CHEGUTU -Police have launched a manhunt for 15 armed robbers who are masquerading as members of the uniformed forces after stealing uniforms from law enforcement agencies and soldiers, the Daily News can report. One of the suspects Tinaye Rice has since been arrested after he was shot on the leg by the police during apprehension. He…

As part of the inquiry into the country’s human rights abuses, at least four witnesses are tomorrow set to give evidence to the United Kingdom’s International Development Committee as the organisation explores possible steps that can be taken in response to recent developments in Zimbabwe. This comes after several reports of human rights abuses following a…

HARARE- former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi’s lawyer Job Sikhala has told the courts that his client is “seriously indisposed” in the neighbouring South Africa, a video showing the former Tourism minister fit as fiddle has emerged and has since gone viral on various social media platforms. Mzembi is facing various corruption-related charges which are pending…