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By Ketty Nyoni FUNDING constraints by government are stalling the compensation of property owners whose houses or business premises were destroyed last year to pave way for the construction of the multimillion dollar Mbudzi Interchange along Simon Mazorodze Road in Waterfalls, Harare. This was confirmed by the permanent secretary in the Transport ministry, Theodius Chinyanga,…

Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court yesterday sentenced to death Tapiwa Makore (senior) and Tafadzwa Shamba for the gruesome murder and dismemberment of the former’s seven-year-old nephew and namesake in 2020 in Murehwa, Mashonaland East Province. Tapiwa Makore (junior) was killed in a ritual murder by Shamba and Makore (snr) who mutilated the boy’s body…

 Nyasha Kunyiswakunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s three major political parties — Zanu PF, MDC and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) — have called for tolerance and narrowing of differences to curb political violence ahead of next month’s general elections. Speaking during an inter-party workshop organised by 4H Zimbabwe in Harare yesterday, Zanu PF media officer Farai Mharapira…

By Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw THE government has called on the private sector to go into partnerships with public entities to inject US$200 million required to promote value addition in the country’s tobacco industry. This comes as 98 percent of Zimbabwean tobacco is being exported unprocessed with US$800 million having been realised so far this marketing seasonSpeaking…

By Blessings Mashaya and Brighton Muronzereyi THE country’s divided opposition is up against it as next month’s harmonised elections get ever nearer, analysts said yesterday. This comes after the latest Afrobarometer survey on the polls showed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his long-ruling Zanu PF are headed for re-election. At the same time, former Zanu…

THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has called on stakeholders to promote responsible population management in order to ensure all citizens have access to basic services. In a statement yesterday, Zimstat public relations officer Mercy Chidemo said as the country commemorates World Population Day, it was important to ensure every citizen had access to health…

By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) is meeting with all key stakeholders nationally ahead of the August 23 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZHRC chairperson Elasto Mugwadi said the first of this series of engagements — made to help facilitate peaceful and credible polls — was…

AN EPWORTH man is facing murder charges after he allegedly stoned a fellow imbiber over a commercial sex worker. The alleged murderer, Wenset Charuzika, 35, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday who remanded him in custody to July 26 before advising him to approach the High Court for bail.The court heard that Charuzika…

CABINET has resolved to sell 10 000 metric tonnes of maize to Rwanda as the country has sufficient grain to last for five-and-a-half months. Giving an update on the summer crops marketing and winter wheat production at a post-Cabinet press briefing, the Information minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, said wheat in stock would last for eight months…

SURVEYS by Daily News crews in Harare and Bulawayo yesterday confirmed that the Zimbabwe dollar prices of basic goods continue to ease, albeit slowly. Among the products whose prices are dropping in both major retail outlets and spaza shops are bread, cooking oil, mealie meal and sugar — bringing welcome relief to hard-pressed consumers. At…