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HARARE – At least six milling companies have suspended operations following government’s failure to timeously pay for wheat currently held up in Mozambique, adversely affecting bread production in the country, Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara has said. The six companies are Victoria Foods, Uni Foods, Wheat Star, Power Foods, Falcon Foods…

HARARE – Treasury is set to splash over $20 million on top of the range vehicles for Members of Parliament and Senators in the ninth Parliament. This is at a time when government is struggling to mobilise resources to contain a cholera outbreak that has since been declared a national disaster.   [Adz] [GoogleAd]

HARARE – Women rights organisations and politicians have condemned MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s penchant for denigrating women saying this was reflective of an unrepentant male society trapped in a time warp. Chamisa, a 40-year-old politician, has often made remarks that seemed to degrade women. He once jokingly promised to ‘‘give’’ his 18-year-old younger sister…

HARARE – The new minister of Health and Child Care Obadiah Moyo has been thrown right at the deep end as his appointment last week came at a time when the country is in the throes of a cholera outbreak. Unlike other ministers who had the luxury of first familiarising themselves with their portfolios as…

HARARE – Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed National Tyre Services (NTS) is recruiting a managing director to replace Kennedy Mandevani who resigned last month. Mandevani resigned in August following the company’s 56th Annual General Meeting which was held on August 29. Mandevani had served as NTS managing director from 2009. NTS specialises in the reprocessing and retailing…

HARARE – Former Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa was hauled before the courts yesterday, charged with criminal abuse of office. Parirenyatwa was at the helm of the Health ministry between 2013 and July this year. He is one of the Zanu PF heavyweights dropped from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Cabinet last week. Barely a…

HARARE – A Mutasa teenager has been arrested for the gruesome murder of a mother and her child by bludgeoning with a log. The baby was strapped on her mother’s back. Clayton Dekaurendo, 18, of Rori Village under Chief Mutasa appeared before Mutasa magistrate Annie Ndiraya on Monday over the murder of his fellow villagers….

HARARE – Treasury is set to splash over $20 million on top-of-the range vehicles for Members of Parliament and Senators in the ninth Parliament. This is at a time when government is struggling to mobilise resources to contain a cholera outbreak that has since been declared a national disaster. The Daily News is reliably informed…

HARARE – Red Cross has deployed volunteers to support communities affected by the cholera outbreak which has so far claimed 25 lives. There are fears that the outbreak might spread across the country as it started in an urban area with high density and high population mobility. Sporadic cases have already been reported in Midlands,…