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HARARE – The Procurement Authority of Zimbabwe has nailed former University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura for allegedly abusing his office to prejudice the university of thousands of dollars. Nyagura was arrested on Thursday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission following an investigation into the matter. He appeared before a Harare magistrate yesterday facing…

HARARE – Government’s new monetary policy is adversely affecting the quality of life of women, the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) has said. WCoZ said the new tax on electronic payments has overburdened already suffering women, who are overrepresented among the poor and among those that hold low paying jobs. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on…

HARARE – Under performing companies that were awarded contracts to install solar lights in the capital city risk having these terminated by the Harare City Council (HCC). A few years back, five companies, namely PriMedia; MED Lighting; Sonic Ray Investments; Satewave Technologies; and AXA Holdings were awarded contracts to implement the city’s solar lighting project….

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa was yesterday left with egg on the face after a company he claimed had discovered oil and gas deposits in Muzarabani dismissed the claims. An excited Mnangagwa told journalists on Thursday that oil and gas had been discovered in Muzarabani through explorations by the Australian-listed company Invictus Energy Limited (Invictus)….

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga appeared together to announce that Australia’s Invictus Energy had found oil and gas deposits in the northern Muzarabani area, showing a united front in the face of widening divisions in the presidium.  Mnangagwa and Chiwenga attempted to paper over their divisions as they addressed…

HARARE – Kwese’s satellite television is shutting down after 18 months in operation. In a statement yesterday, Kwese’s parent company — Econet Media — said the development had been necessitated by a review of its business strategy and service offerings. It added that the company was also aligning itself with changes in the global digital…

HARARE – In a surreal development, Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder, Walter Magaya, appeared in court yesterday — where he was charged with distributing and advertising his controversial HIV/Aids herbs without regulatory approval. This happened after Magaya was arrested on Thursday — moments after the charismatic preacher had appeared at a press conference…

HARARE – In a surreal development, Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder, Walter Magaya, appeared in court yesterday — where he was charged with distributing and advertising his controversial HIV/Aids herbs without regulatory approval.

HARARE – A Zimbabwe prison officer on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges of undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa through posting some political comments on social media and to some misconduct charges. John Mahlabera’s trial commenced at the Chiredzi Prison facing charges of unlawfully making some political comments on his Twitter account after an MDC Alliance…

HARARE – Zimbabwe will soon get more radio stations approved and may soon see its dream of comprehensive media reforms come true, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said. She said the March 2002 draconian press law, the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Aippa), which restricts media freedoms and…