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Austin KarongaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkarongaa@dailynews.co.zw MUTARE City Council has suspended the seven percent tariff quarterly adjustment it introduced this year after realising how it was straining its already overburdened residents. Council spokesperson Spren Mutiwi said after deducting the seven percent in the first and second quarters, the local authority had realised that, with the ongoing inflation…

AN alleged serial house-breaker in Victoria Falls was nabbed in the city over housebreaking and  stealing household goods. Police said Member Mudenda’s arrest had brought relief to residents who were losing sleep over housebreaking cases. He has so far beenlinked to eight cases. “During the period extending from 18 to 28 July 2022 the lone…

Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERmuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw The United Kingdom, through its Department for International Development (DFID),has provided US$1 million to the Zimbabwe education sector  to mitigate the impact of Covid -19 on the sector. In a statement, the British embassy said the contribution is an acknowledgment that education is n critical for the stabilisation and recovery of the…

Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITER ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw FIVE people drowned in Mupfure River after a haulage truck they were travelling in sideswiped with an excavator and fell into the river last  Friday. The incident took place at the 54 kilometre peg along Harare- Masvingo Road. Police said only one person managed to swim to safety while five…

THE High Court has temporarily interdicted Peterhouse Boys High School from expelling a student over misconduct allegations after his parents challenged the disciplinary hearing conducted in their absence. The parents approached the court on an urgent basis, applying for the school to be stopped from expelling their son. They also sought for his readmission pending…

Hazel Marimbiza THE Environment Management Agency (Ema) has warned the public to prevent veld fires by constructing standard fireguards or else they risk being imprisoned during this fire season. This comes after property worth US$370 837 was destroyed by veld fires during last year’s fire season while eight lives were lost. According to the veld…

Rutendo ngaraSTAFF WRITERZngarar@dailynews.co.zwZIMBABWEAN children as young as nine years have resorted to making illicit brews from cereals in order to intoxicate themselves, police have said. Speaking during an awareness campaign in Harare over the weekend, officer commanding Harare suburban, Raudzi Chuma, said children were now using food items to create highly intoxicating brews to supplement…

GRAIN Marketing Board (GMB) chief executive officer Rockie Mutenha says  it has so far  seized close to 1 500 metric tonnes of grain from side marketers, representing a 10.7 percent  increase during the same period last season. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday at the weekend, Mutenha said the majority of the seized grain…

FARMERS have been urged to conduct thorough research before exporting their products as they risk running losses. The poor prices being offered to farmers locally have prompted an increasing number of farmers to consider the export market. Some of these farmers, however, according to Matabeleland North Agritex provincial officer Dumisani Nyoni, are plunging into the export market…

A XIMEX Mall, Harare, dealer, who was wanted for the murder of his girlfriend has committed suicide, the police have confirmed. Tafadzwa Rusell Murengwa allegedly shot and killed Samantha Dzapata in Waterfalls on Friday morning following cheating allegations before he went into hiding and only to commit suicide by downing a pesticide. “The Zimbabwe Republic…