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Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERchirumet@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has dispatched a reaction team to track and capture a stray lion that reportedly escaped from the Sango Wildlife Conservancy in Chegutu. This comes after a stray lion was sighted last week near a brick moulding site in Chegutu. ‘’ZimParks has confirmed a lion sighting…

Rutendo Ngara A HARARE man has been remanded in custody after he allegedly duped jobseekers more than £20 000 by facilitating fake certificates of sponsorships (CoS) to the United Kingdom (UK). Gabriel Kundai Dzangare appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Ruth Moyo last Friday who remanded him in custody to today for his bail application. He…

Tapiwa Chirume STAFF WRITER chirumet@dailynews.co.zw  KARIBA municipality has reached an agreement with over 300 beneficiaries of the Kasese Housing scheme who were threatening to occupy unserviced land earlier this month citing a prolonged servicing timeline. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Kariba mayor Ralph Maonei said the council managed to settle the dispute after engaging…

YVONNE NCUBE A FARMWORKER from Binga has been jailed for five years after being convicted of two counts of attempted murder for poisoning his two colleagues during a shared meal at a farm in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North Province. Robert Muleya, who was employed at Chechire Farm, pleaded not guilty to the charge when he was…

A MAN from Killarney in Bulawayo has been sentenced to three years in jail after he was convicted of kidnapping his former girlfriend. Elder Kaseke appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga facing two counts of rape and kidnapping. He pleaded not guilty to both counts, but was convicted of kidnapping after a full trial….

THE Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, has called out unschooled council officials for running down local authorities countrywide. Speaking during the just-ended Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce congress in Victoria Falls, Mudenda said the auditor general’s reports continued to paint a bleak picture with local authorities failing to present clean financial statements in recent years….

THE Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) says accountants should be at the forefront of safeguarding the country’s financial reputation by fighting money laundering, terrorist financing and the illicit funding of weapons of mass destruction. Speaking during the 25th Annual Conference of the Southern African Association of Accountants (SAAA) last week, FIU representative Regiment Gwete described the…

BULAWAYO City Council has commenced a review of its urban agriculture policy to align it with modern trends in the food systems value chain and address challenges in sustainability and policy enforcement. The existing policy, adopted in 2011, was originally crafted to promote urban agriculture as a strategy for food security, poverty alleviation, and income…

AUTHORITIES have warned that the country’s economic transformation goals risk being derailed by entrenched bottlenecks in local government systems, urging councils to urgently modernise operations and adopt private-sector friendly reforms. Addressing delegates at the just-ended Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) annual congress in Victoria Falls, the deputy minister of Local Government, Benjamin Kabikira, said…

BY TAPIWA CHIRUME MASVINGO City Council is seeking about US$60 million to revamp its water infrastructure and end the perennial water challenges plaguing the metro. This comes as the plant was created to cater for 20 000 residents but the population has since shot to over 120 000. This also comes as the council last…