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Masimba Makwembere NURSES have rejected the recently-conducted government job evaluation exercise, saying it failed to address the realities and demands faced by healthcare workers in the country.This comes after the government last week announced the establishment of an appeals committee to address anomalies that may have arisen during the job evaluation exercise in the public…

Masimba Makwembere THE government says a strong and well-regulated seed system is critical to achieving the country’s ambitious agricultural production targets and boosting food security.Speaking during the Zimbabwe Business Summit and Seed Roadmap Workshop in Harare yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Agriculture, Obert Jiri, said improved seed varieties have the potential to…

Hazel Marimbizain CHINA THE government says strategic communication must be closely aligned to national development goals, with the media expected to play a central role in promoting economic transformation, national cohesion and Zimbabwe’s global visibility.Speaking during the closing ceremony of a Seminar for Media Professionals for Zimbabwe in Beijing yesterday, the ministry of Information chief…

Tapiwa Chirume CHITUNGWIZA Municipality says it needs an estimated US$426 million to fully rehabilitate its ageing sewer reticulation system, as persistent bursts and infrastructure collapse continue to plague the dormitory town, raising fears of a looming public health crisis.Council engineer Talent Mashinga told the Daily News yesterday that the local authority’s long-term sewer rehabilitation programme…

Tapiwa Chirume AN 18-year-old man from Gweru has been jailed for 20 years after he fatally stabbed his colleague in a revenge attack following a workplace dispute.In a statement, the NPA said Tapiwa Mahara was convicted by the High Court of Zimbabwe sitting in Gweru for the murder of Kudakwashe Mhlanga and handed an effective…

Tapiwa Chirume A 43-year-old Chipinge man has been sentenced to an effective three years in prison after he stabbed his nephew multiple times with a kitchen knife during a domestic dispute, the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPA) has said.Edmore Sibanda of Mwandifura Village was convicted by the Chipinge Magistrates’ Court on attempted murder charges…

Rutendo Ngara CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu is facing eviction from a Bulawayo property after allegedly failing to pay the agreed purchase price of US$260 000.According to papers filed at the Bulawayo High Court, the owner of the property, The Williams Trust, entered into an agreement of sale with Tshabangu in…

Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO TWO Bulawayo Fairy Café employees accused of stealing more than US$4 700 through alleged manipulation of computer records have been acquitted after the court ruled that the State failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.Theophelous Moyo and Loke Dube appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Taurai Manuwere, who found them not guilty…

Rutendo Ngara FORMER Allied Timbers chief executive officer and former president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), Joseph Kanyekanye, is expected to know his bail fate on Friday following two days of court proceedings.Kanyekanye appeared before Harare magistrate Jesse Kufa facing allegations of forging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s signature, as well as extortion, fraud and…

Yvonne Ncube TWO Bulawayo men have appeared in court in separate violent incidents involving murder and attempted murder charges arising from alleged disputes.In the first case, a 48-year-old man from Pumula South suburb appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Jeconia Ncube facing a murder charge after he allegedly stabbed another man to death with a spear. Nhlanhla…