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Rutendo Ngara PROSECUTOR General Loice Matanda-Moyo has expressed frustration over the level of corruption in the country’s justice delivery system especially amongst prosecutors with 18 of them under investigation. She shared her disgust as the National Prosecuting Authority officials signed an integrity pledge in Harare yesterday where they committed to effective justice delivery with zero…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AMID persistent power shortages in the country, the government has pleaded with private players to come on board in power generation saying authorities cannot do it alone. This comes as the authorities are currently validating the national energy policy that seeks to promote optimal and sustainable energy supply and utilisation…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF’s annual conference scheduled for October is set to provide a definitive position on whether the former liberation movement will implement its much-debated 2030 resolution. So says the ruling party’s spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, who also reiterates that Zanu PF is “too busy working to build a modern Zimbabwe” to…

Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw SEVENTEEN people were killed while several others were injured in a horrific road traffic accident that occurred yesterday involving a commuter omnibus and a haulage truck along Seke Road, near Hunyani Bridge. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said a haulage truck veered onto the oncoming lane resulting in the killing of two…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw VICE President, Constantino Chiwenga, has distanced himself from a purported business dinner touting him as the headline speaker. The purported event —Matabeleland Business Dinner — has several speakers and notable people said to be attending the gala in Bulawayo on Friday. But in a statement, the no nonsense VP brutally…

Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw MANY followers of the United Methodist Church (UMC) remain resolute in their opposition to same-sex marriages. This is despite the acceptance of such unions by the church’s global General Conference last year — which led to major ructions locally. Speaking at the Harare East UMC revival this past weekend, the lay leader…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Harare magistrate Sandra Mupindu is suing her husband’s mistress Cathrine Chitopota for home wrecking Mupindu claimed that Chitopota and her husband had three children since the affair started in 2014. On the other hand, Chitopota argued that Sandra demanded compensation under customary law which she received together with…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has started paying its service providers regularly, following lengthy delays that saw many companies closing or downsizing their operations, with dire consequences for hundreds of thousands of workers. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, confirmed yesterday…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw OK Zimbabwe says it will dispose of four of its supermarkets and other immovable assets to raise US$10,4 million in an attempt to stay afloat amid the country’s deepening economic challenges. The retail outlet’s company secretary Margaret Munyuru yesterday said the resolution was passed last Thursday at an extraordinary general…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge Justice Christopher DubeBanda has acquitted Jeane Pierre Dusabe, a pastor previously sentenced to 20 years in prison for allegedly raping a minor under his care. Dusabe had appealed both his conviction and sentence, arguing that the magistrate had erred. Dusabe was accused of raping a girl,…