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POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF will deal decisively with self-styled party “demigods” — who oper ate as power-brokers, while stoking fires of factionalism within the former liberation movement. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Zanu PF director for information, Farai Marapira, said yesterday that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had made…

Takudzwa Dhambu dhambut@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are fretting over the continuing rise in suspected ritual murders in the country. This comes after police arrested a Harare man following the weekend killing in the capital of a 10-year-old boy who was found with mutilated private parts. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, confirmed…

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT is set to establish a commissions of inquiry in Bulawayo, Victoria Falls and Gweru to investigate allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the councils, Local Government minister Daniel Garwe has confirmed. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa last month received a report on Harare City Council governance issues from a commission of inquiry…

Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw HARARE is struggling with over 190 000 illegal settlements, significantly hindering the city council’s ability to provide essential services to residents. Owners of these unauthorised structures are not contributing revenue to the municipality. “There are a lot of illegal homes that have not been brought into the stream or that have not…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A SECURITY officer from Cowdray Park, initially linked to the dramatic US$4,4 million Ecobank armed robbery, was yesterday denied bail and is now facing new money laundering charges. Sibonginkosi Sibanda, an employee of Safeguard Security, appeared in court last Friday and was remanded in custody. His bail application was heard and…

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Welshman Ncube has implored disaffected opposition constituencies to bury their differences and work together in the interests of the country. In this regard, the group wants all opposition stalwarts and the CCC camp’s erstwhile colleagues to shelve their disagreements and participate in the party’s congress that…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO BOTH teachers and pupils were left traumatised late last week after an educator apparently committed suicide in his house during school hours at Kwite Primary School in Mangwe District, in Matabeleland South. The deceased, Shelton Kasere Lubimbi, 34, was discovered hanging from a roof truss in his staff quarters during break…

Takudzwa Dhambu STAFF WRITER dhambut@dailynews.co.zw THE ministry of Health is aiming to train 7 000 healthcare personnel annually to combat brain drain and strengthen the country’s health delivery system. This initiative seeks to increase the total number of healthcare professionals to 32 000 by 2030. The minister of Health, Douglas Mombeshora, announced the target over…

By Rutendo Ngara FORMER Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono has told Harare regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje that a couple which he had employed to manage his properties swindled him of thousands of dollars. He was testifying against Clark Makoni and his wife Beverly, who are accused of siphoning $137 million from his…

Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER chirumet@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’S 28 urban councils are teetering on the brink of collapse, choked by unpaid rates and crippling government underfunding. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the acting president of the Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) and Harare mayor, Jacob Mafume, said this had resulted in a catastrophic failure in basic service…