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Tanyaradzwa Marabada ENTERTAINMENT WRITER marabadat@dailynews.co.zww YOUTHFUL model Alicia Thomas, from Harare, was on Saturday crowned Miss Teen Universe Zimbabwe in Bulawayo after shrugging off stiff competition from 19 other girls drawn from the country’s 10 provinces.   At the event held at the Art Gallery, the Bulawayo-based Laura Nyathi, 18, was adjudicated the first runner-up while…

TWO suspected bogus anti-corruption commissioners, who were allegedly targeting public figures in attempts to extort money from them on the guise that their employer the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission was investigating them on corruption, have been denied bail. Felix Rimaunga and Brian Nyazamba are facing nine counts of extortion and the court ruled that they were…

Nyasha Kunyiswa STAFF WRITER Kunyiswan@gmail.co.zw VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has called on southern African countries to manufacture their own drugs and medical equipment which can be used to fight malaria. This comes after the country recently recorded a 70 percent decline of malaria cases. Speaking on behalf of Chiwenga during the official opening of the…

SENTENCING for two Mashwede Holdings employees convicted for stealing fuel coupons worth over US$16 000 and claiming they had been stolen during a robbery at the company’s premises has been shelved after one of them raised constitutional issues.  Ernest Nevanji Madanhire and Edson Mashamhanda were convicted of theft of trust property and were remanded in…

A HARARE couple has been nabbed on allegations of rape with the wife accused of luring a nine-year-old girl for her husband to violate while she watched and provided cover. Edmore Matanyange and his wife Tecla Tshuma have both been slapped with a charge of rape. They were not asked to plead to the allegations…

Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITER ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw INFORMAL traders at Billuz Mall along Leopold Takawira Street, Harare, were yesterday left counting their losses after goods worth thousands of dollars were burnt in a fire accident. The three-storey building, which housed different business people, including cross-border traders, tailors and book shops, was almost razed to the ground in…

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has moved to capacitate integrity committees in various institutions with the required skills to curb corruption. Integrity committees are coordinated anti-corruption initiatives that are being implemented in compliance with terms which prescribe state parties to initiate corruption prevention measures that promote the participation of citizens and society. In a statement…

A BOOKKEEPER and an information communication technology officer have been convicted for stealing fuel coupons worth over US$16 000 from their employer Mashwede Holdings and claiming they had been stolen during a robbery at the company’s premises in Harare. Edson Mashamhanda and Ernest Nevanji Madanhire were convicted yesterday of theft of trust property and were…

Rumbidzai Ngwenya ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw AN EPWORTH man, Tawanda Tomu (42), was murdered after he was attacked by two armed robbers on Saturday night. The police yesterday said the robbers attacked Tomu with iron bars and knives before stealing his Nokia cellphone.  “The police in Epworth are investigating a case of murder which occurred in Makomo Extension,…