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Sharmaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITERchirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are escalating their investigations into the disturbing security breaches this week at the Harare home of the deputy minister of Finance, David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said law enforcement agents were “seized…

TRADITIONAL leaders will gather in Bulawayo this weekend, as authorities ramp up their efforts to bring finality to the emotive Gukurahundi turmoil of the 1980s. The president of the Chiefs’ Council, Mtshane Khumalo, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they were stepping up their preparations for the keenly-awaited Gukurahundi outreach programme next month. Khumalo…

BY RUTENDO NGARA HARARE businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu spent another night in custody after magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa rolled over their bail application continuation to today. Chimombe, 43, and Mpofu, 49, are facing US$7 million fraud charges involving the presidential pass-on goat scheme following their arrest on Wednesday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)….

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored party structures to guard against people who want to manipulate the ongoing Zanu PF restructuring programme. This comes barely 48 hours after Mnangagwa called on war veterans who are squabbling over the holding of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) congress to close ranks for the good of…

BY RUTENDO NGARA CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) activists yesterday demonstrated at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts after 78 party members were denied bail by magistrate Ruth Moyo. The accused were arrested two weeks ago in Avondale, Harare, and are facing charges of allegedly participating in an unsanctioned gathering and also for disorderly conduct. Moyo passed…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday read the riot act to keyed up war veterans who have been toyitoying over their delayed elective congress. Addressing a Zanu PF politburo meeting in Harare, Mnangagwa ordered the restless former freedom fighters to cease their agitation immediately, saying this was not good for both the ruling party and the country….

OPPOSITION parties are cranking up their push for national dialogue, which they insist remains crucial to moving the country forward. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been engaging some opposition top cats over the past few months, including the interim leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Welshman Ncube. Speaking to the Daily…

By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zwTHE government has launched Zimbabwe multi-sectoral drug and substance abuse plan which is expected to reduce consumption and supply of narcotics in communities. President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched the national plan yesterday on the occasion of the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Harare yesterday.Officiating at the…

Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw HARARE city health authorities have revealed that the increasing number of influenza cases being recorded at its clinics have prompted them to carry out tests to find the source of the outbreak. The city’s chief epidemiologist and disease control officer, Michael Vere said the most affected were western suburbs such as Glen…

HARARE businessmen, Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, were yesterday consigned to a night in prison after being charged with committing a US$7 million fraud, relating to the multi-million dollar presidential goat pass-on scheme. Both Chimombe, 43 and Mpofu, 49, will be back in court today for their bail hearing. Yesterday the court heard that the…