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THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) has partnered with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to equip small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) as part of boosting their business operations and contributing to the country’s economic growth. Speaking at a training workshop yesterday, the ILO national project coordinator, Jairos Chanetsa, said the initiative is set to foster growth among entrepreneurs.“We…

By Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw SIX wholesalers and four individuals have had their permits revoked by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) after they breached the Medicines Control Act by allegedly promoting drug abuse. According to MCAZ, the organisations and individuals who had their licences cancelled were promoting abuse of histalix, a locally produced cough…

By Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’S elephant population stands at over 65 000 up from 57 398 in 2014, a latest survey by the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (Kaza TFCA) shows. Kaza TFCA includes Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe which have common international borders along the Okavango and Zambezi River basins and the latest…

THREE police officers were arrested over the weekend after they were connected to a man who allegedly tried to use a fake Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) identification card in a car sale deal. The three, Peter Maodzeka, Nyasha Ndumo, Luckmore Makwara, together with their accomplices, Tinashe Mhere and Raymond Banda, were arraigned before Harare Magistrate…

THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) has suspended director General Taguma Mahonde pending finalisation of his alleged abuse of office charges. Mahonde was arrested last week on Tuesday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission for alleged fraud and flouting tender procedures. He appeared in court on Friday and was remanded in custody to today. In a statement yesterday,…

A WOMAN from Budiriro, Harare, reported her husband of less than two months to the police after he allegedly raped her eight days before they began co-habitating. The man, Owen Goche, 38, appeared in court on Friday facing a rape charge before he was granted US$50 bail by magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa and remanded to November…

A WOMAN from Mutare allegedly hired the services of a suspected forger to create fake documents that could get her daughter enrolled at a nursing school in Cyprus. Lilian Mafuso, 51, of Datvest in Mutare appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa last week facing fraud charges before she was granted a US$100 bail and remanded…

By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A QUEENS Park woman in Bulawayo has been nabbed for stabbing a patron with a broken beer bottle following a misunderstanding at a local bar in Bulawayo last Thursday.Patricia Ncube, 45, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Vivian Ndlovu facing a charge of attempted murder after she stabbed Samukeliso Chiremba, 39, three times…

VETERAN public relations administrators George Manyaya and Constance Makoni won the best Public Relations Officer (PR) and the PR practitioner of the year Awards respectively at a glitzy event hosted by the Marketers Association of Zimbabwe (Maz) last Friday. Speaking to the media after receiving the award, Manyaya, who is currently the general manager for…

By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A MAN from Queens Park West suburb in Bulawayo who robbed school pupils of their cellphones on numerous occasions has been sentenced to an effective 19 months in prison. Leornard Tafirenyika Nyabadza, 43, appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Learnear Khumalo last Friday facing two counts of theft. He pleaded not…