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By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw SENIOR Health ministry officials have appealed to the Treasury for more financial resources in the 2024 National Budget, arguing that relying on foreign donor funding was risky for the country. Speaking at a pre-budget consultation meeting with the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health, the ministry’s acting finance director, Lynette Tennis, said…

FORMER Miss Princess Zimbabwe Mercy Mushaninga, who was recently convicted of over US$10 000 fraud, has been ordered to refund her victims and perform 350 hours of community service at the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) Belvedere in Harare. She was convicted on October 20 after being found guilty of defrauding five models of US$10 200…

FORMER Pensioners Union Trust of Zimbabwe (PUTZ) chairperson, Pukunyukai Musenza is facing theft charges after he allegedly stole US$90 000 from the union. He was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday before being granted US$200 bail and he was remanded to November 27 for routine remand. The court heard that Musenza was elected chairperson…

THE government says it is pushing to acquire new cattle breeds from outside the country to boost the national herd and improve quality. In a recent report, the ministry of Lands said the national beef cattle herd had a growth rate of two percent in 2022, increasing from 5 509 983 in 2021 to 5…

TWO police officers have been hauled before a Harare court after they allegedly lost a police-issued service weapon, which ended up being used by an alleged chicken thief. Donald Chenjerai Bumhira, 40, and Edwin Tinashe Chiora, 38, both stationed at the Police Protection Unit (PPU) at Tomlin son Depot in Harare, were arraigned before magistrate…

FORMER Miss Princess Zimbabwe, Mercy Mushaninga, who was recently convicted over a US$10 000 fraud charge, yesterday pleaded with the court to treat her with leniency. The convict was found guilty of duping five models of over US$10 000 in a botched Dubai modelling event. During her trial, the State, represented by Bornface Masvaire, proved…

A HARARE woman, 32, who was arrested in June for running a drug base in Glen View suburb, has been sentenced to five months in prison. Sharmaine Haiza pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of dangerous drugs when she appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure. During the trial, the State proved that the convict was caught…

By Rutendo Ngara ACTING Auditor General (AG) Rheah Kujinga says inadequate funding is crippling the operations of the organisation, which is man dated to promote transparency in government ministries and para statals. Tabling her office’s expectations from the 2024 National Budget before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday, Kujinga noted that they had been given…

SENGEZO Tshabangu, the purported interim secretary general of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has dismissed a High Court appeal filed by opposition MPs who are contesting their recall from Parliament on the grounds that their request is ineffective. The CCC is neither an applicant nor a respondent in the application filed over a week…