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ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo has praised Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) for launching two reports that focus on corruption and illicit financing in the country’s health sector.   The first report is titled ‘A report on corruption in the public health sector in Zimbabwe’ while the second one is named ‘Illicit financing in the public…

HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, has warned drug cartels and corrupt officials at the passport offices, saying the police will deal with them decisively. Residential areas have become havens for drug peddlers, while accessing a passport has become a nightmare for many Zimbabweans.   “May I take this opportunity to warn drug cartels and individuals…

FOUR people died in Gutu, Masvingo, on Saturday in a suspected case of food poisoning and police are on the ground to establish the food they ate. Gamuchirai Guta, 90, Eunice Gozhore, 69, Tawanda Murova, 34, and Jacob Ziracha, 18 died together with their two dogs. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi told the Daily News yesterday that…

LAWYERS representing incarcerated Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists have applied for bail at the High Court.  The application comes after several efforts to secure the freedom of the secessionist party members at the magistrate court hit a snag.   The nine activists, who have spent more than a month in remand prison, are facing charges…

HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has dismissed an application for bail by Fanuel Musakwa, who is alleged to have been the mastermind of the US$2,7 million bank heist in January. Justice Chitapi noted that despite Masakwa comparing his situation to his co-accused who have been granted bail, the allegations against him did not show…

FORMER Mutare City Council chamber secretary Cephas Vuta has taken Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Attorney General Prince Machaya to the High Court demanding US$220 000 in damages, claiming he was unlawfully arrested last year. Vuta was nabbed in June 2020 after he allegedly stole money he had been allocated to attend a meeting…

AN unlicenSed kombi driver has been jailed for four years after he ploughed into people at a bus terminus in Harare central business district, killing a nine-year-old child. Archford Chikoto, 18, was banned from driving and further slapped with a $10 000 fine for driving without a licence, while the four years in prison were…

FORMER University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor Levi Nyagura, who is accused of illegally awarding a doctorate degree to former first lady Grace Mugabe, has denied the allegations, arguing that the conferment was lawful. His trial opened last Thursday before chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi, with Nyagura, through his lawyers, telling the court the granting of the…

A FRESH Covid-19 storm could be brewing in the country, after St David’s Bonda High School in Mutare reported that 120 girls had tested positive for the virus. The jarring infections at the school are believed to represent the highest number of recorded positive cases at a single learning institution in the country to date. It…