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INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere, says Zimbabwe will fulfil the promise to contribute towards the construction of the Pan African Postal Union (Papu) House and its headquarters made in June this year. Speaking in Tanzania during the handover-takeover ceremony between the outgoing Papu secretary-general (SG) Younouss Djibrine and the incoming SG, Zimbabwean national,…

Melisa Chatikobo  FORMER Gweru City Council (GCC) town clerk Daniel Matawu has appeared in court for allegedly defrauding the local authority of US$120 000.  This is the second time Matawu has been nabbed by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on fraud allegations.  In November last year, he appeared before Gweru magistrate Miriam Banda facing two…

THE State has withdrawn criminal nuisance charges against former Finance minister, Ignatius Chombo, following his arrest for allegedly wearing Zanu PF regalia with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s initials. Chombo was arrested together with former Zanu PF youth league leaders, Kudzanai Chipanga and Innocent Hamandishe, who are, however, still facing the charges. The charges against Chombo were…

A HARARE man, whose house was demolished by the Harare City Council (HCC) earlier this year, has dragged the local authority to court and is demanding US$69 000 as payment for damages incurred.  In the lawsuit filed at the High Court on Friday, Ernest Muduwa claims he received a residential stand in Donnybrook, Mabvuku, in…

TWO police officers, who were arrested for allegedly committing a spate of armed robberies in Bulawayo, have been granted bail by the High Court.  Bongani Mpofu, 33, of Cowdray Park, and Dalubuhle Ndlovu, 37, of Mpopoma, were released on $20 000 bail each by Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Evangelista Kabasa.  The two cops, who…

THE Zimbabwe Agricultural Show Society (Zass) is confident of successfully hosting the 111th edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show later this month despite the Covid-19 pandemic. This year’s edition of the event will run from September 27 to October 1 under the theme — Synergies for Growth — Cooperate. Collaborate. Complement.There will be strict Covid-19…