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LAWYERS representing the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) told the High Court yesterday Sengezo Tshabangu, who asserts to be the party’s interim secretary-general, illegally used an MDC Alliance constitution to recall its legislators and councillors. Appearing before Justice Tawanda Chitapi after the CCC disowned Tshabangu as a bona-fide official, one of the CCC lawyers,…

SENGEZO Tshabangu, who asserts that he is the interim secretary-general of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is cranking up the heat on embattled party leader Nelson Chamisa and his key allies. This comes as Tshabangu has raised the stakes further in the strife-torn CCC, after he filed a High Court application yesterday — seeking…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday implored players in the construction sector to buy local products for the country’s economic growth. Speaking at the ground-breaking event of the phase four of Millennium Heights in Borrowdale West, Harare, Mnangagwa said his administration was creating a conducive environment for local businesses to grow. The construction is being done by…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it needs at least 900 new employees in its engineering department to fix sewer hotspots, which are posing as a health hazard across the city at a time the council is also on high alert over the resurgent cholera outbreak. Speaking at a council meeting yesterday, councillor Ntombizodwa Khumalo…

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), which was targeting to recover US$1 billion in ill-gotten wealth this year, has so far only managed to win back US$115 million. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zacc spokesperson Thandiwe Mlobane said despite the commission’s failure to meet that goal, it was intensifying its investigations in a bid to…

By Rutendo Ngara THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says most parts of the country have started receiving rains from yesterday, while more were expected throughout this week. Some of the areas that received rains yesterday were Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare, Mashonaland East, West, Midlands and Masvingo provinces. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MSD spokesperson James…

THE country’s opposition parties are making a fresh bid to work together after the ruling Zanu PF once again won the recent harmonised elections at a canter. In this regard, more than 10 opposition parties met in Harare on Friday to hammer out a common position on needed electoral reforms, as well as solutions for…

A GANG of six unidentified armed robbers pounced on a Chegutu family early Saturday morning and got away with over US$22 000 and car keys. In a statement yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi said they were investigating the case of robbery which occurred at a house in Rifle Range, Chegutu, early Saturday morning. ‘’Six…

NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda says the government should urgently table a Provincial Council Bill in line with provisions of the constitution to create provincial councils. This comes as the 2013 constitution created eight provincial councils with 10 councillors each, elected through proportional representation. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Mudenda said the provincial…