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CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu says he will soon embark on a national tour and “decisively” deal with issues of imposition and double candidate selection ahead of the December council and parliamentary by-elections. This comes after Tshabangu recalled 24 parliamentarians and 17 councillors on the grounds that they fraudulently became party…

MARRY Mubaiwa’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, yesterday left the court in a huff after the magistrate refused to grant her client postponement of her trial as she has just under gone another medical operation. Mubaiwa, who is currently on trial facing attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to kill her former husband, Vice President Constatino Chiwenga,…

THE more than month-old “Tame the Traffic Jungle” operation is permanent and the police have been directed to intensify their duties to night patrols, as most motorists defy road rules during late and early hours of the day. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province, the deputy minister of Transport, Joshua…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the new Parliament building in Mt Hampden will enhance the 10th legislative agenda. Speaking at the handover ceremony of the China-built Parliament building, Mnangagwa said the new building will be an enabler for MPs to fully execute their legislative roles in a more tranquil environment adding that the completion of the…

AN ALLEGED armed robber, believed to have been involved in a robbery in Waterfalls, Harare, that ended in a shootout with security guards, reportedly turned himself in to the police after he failed to get medical treatment for a gunshot wound. Godfrey Magadu, 31, of Chemhondoro, Murewa in Mashonaland East Province, who is currently admitted…

A MAN from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North Province was yesterday acquitted of raping and impregnating his 16-year-old niece after it emerged that the alleged rapist had been wrongly implicated. Hlonipha Sibanda, 38, who appeared before Bulawayo regional has never been involved in any sexual activity with her uncle,” the magistrate said. magistrate Collet Ncube had…

THREE teenagers, who are reportedly part of a six-man gang that has been terroris ing residents in Lowdale and Christon Bank, Mazowe, are now facing murder charges after they allegedly stabbed a man to death. Nelson Mugada, 18, Calvin Furusa, 18 and Tinashe Ngwerume, 15, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday where they…

LOCAL food manufacturer, Efoods, says it has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of 100 percent of the Natural Forest honey brand. In a statement, marketing director of Efoods Justin Evans said the better-for-you food company would take over the brand, staff, and processing equipment at Harare’s Workington-based premises.“The Natural Forest brand has a…

TRANSFORM Zimbabwe (TZ) president Jacob Ngarivhume, who was early this year sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of inciting violence, has approached the High Court seeking an appeal over the ruling. He was sentenced to an effective three years in prison after Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka suspended 12 months of the…

BULAWAYO’s acting mayor Ntombizodwa Khumalo has called on residents to settle their bills in foreign currency to aid the local authority in improving its service delivery. The call by Khumalo comes after the city council recently started billing ratepayers in United States dollars, though the option of paying in local currency remains open.Speaking to the…