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Melisa Chatikobo chatikobom@dailynews.co.zw THE first ever Boran cattle breed quarantine centre in Zimbabwe will open doors for the country to export genetics and reduce livestock mortality, Zimbabwe Boran Breeders Association chairperson Mark Hook has said. The quarantine centre is where selected livestock for breeding are isolated and checked for diseases, before semen is collected from…

THE trial of Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume accused of influencing council officials into giving his sister and workmate residential stands failed to start as the key witnesses were in another court as suspects on land- related charges. Trial was set for yesterday but had to be postponed to July 13. This came after another magistrate…

POLITICIANS Job Sikhala, pictured, and Godfrey Sithole, who are accused of fanning public violence in the Nyatsime area in Chitungwiza allegedly as vengeance for the murder of Moreblessing Ali, have been denied bail. Deputy chief magistrateGibson Mandaza said Sikhala had shown disregard of High Court orders having allegedly violated a condition from his previous bail…

THE cotton selling season has begun on a smooth note as paying on the spot and the 75 percent foreign currency retention…

OVER 500 residents in Chitungwiza are in a quandary after they were allegedly duped into purchasing stands with offer letters issued by…

Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT has expressed concern over the dereliction of the country’s recreational facilities after the government channelled only two percent of the ministry in charge’s 2021 budget towards their renovation and construction. In a report presented in Parliament on Tuesday, the parliamentary portfolio committee on Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation chaired by MP…

EX-PUBLIC Service minister Prisca Mupfumira and her then permanent secretary in the ministry Ngoni Masoka will now stand trial on September 15. The two are facing allegations of abuse of duty as public officers and corruptly concealing a transaction involving a US$90 000 loan application from Nssa for the purchase of a supposed ministerial vehicle…

FORMER Zesa Holdings group chief executive Joshua Chifamba together with the company’s group secretary Saidi Sangula and legal officer Garikayi Churu have been cleared of allegations of criminal abuse of duty. The trio was accused of conniving to engage Chihambakwe, Mutizwa and Partners Legal Firm to carry out debt collection services for the Zimbabwe Electricity…