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Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw AS PARTY leaders had feared, Zanu PF’s national cell day last weekend uncovered many fake structures around the country — especially in urban and peri-urban areas — forcing the former liberation movement to embark on a new verification exercise. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF secretary for security, Lovemore Matuke, confirmed that…

STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw ZESA has adopted the use of drones to curtail rampant vandalism and theft of its infrastructure which has resulted in the power utility losing millions of dollars annually and causing power cuts. This comes as both ordinary consumers and businesses alike have of late been reeling from power outages, which got worse…

CITY of Harare residents will endure three days without portable water as the local authority has embarked on refurbishing its pipeline along the Harare-Bulawayo highway. In a statement yesterday, acting town clerk Phakamile Moyo said the programme would require the shutting down of the Morton Jaffray water works from last night to Friday. “We hereby…

ZANU PF MPs have moved a motion to ban opposition party members calling for sanctions from holding public offices. This comes as Zanu PF is accusing the opposition of inviting sanctions against the country which, according to them, are causing untold suffering to Zimbabweans. It also comes as the government is planning to enact patriotic…

THE cash-strapped Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to peg its levies and service charges in United States Dollars. In a notice, yesterday, Bulawayo Town Clerk Christopher Dube said the local authority’s move has been necessitated by the continued depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar, making it difficult to cope with the ever rising cost of…

THE government is working on new mechanisms aimed at abating the continuing upsurge in the prices of basic goods, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Speaking at the burial of the late General Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi at the National Heroes Acre yesterday, Mnangagwa also called upon businesses to help authorities to develop the country’s economy. In…

Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITER ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw THE country has started rolling out fourth Covid jabs to people who want to further fortify their protection against the respiratory disease, the deputy minister of Health John Mangwiro has said. Speaking in the Senate last week, Mangwiro also said everyone in the country from the age of 12 onwards…

Melisa Chatikobo chatikobom@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council loses almost US$250 000 daily through space barons collecting money from vendors, the capital’s  Provincial Affairs secretary Tafadzwa Muguti has said. In a statement yesterday, Muguti said his office had embarked on a joint operation with relevant stakeholders to plug the leakages. “For some time now there has been a…

Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO FOLLOWING a recent spike in machete and armed robberies in the country’s second largest city, the police say they have nabbed eight robbers out of 13 wanted suspects. The robbers were reportedly terrorising victims with machetes before stealing their property or cash and in some instances murdering them. Addressing journalists yesterday,…

Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT has demanded an investigation into possible corruption regarding the distribution of Covid-19 grants to vulnerable groups by the Labour and Social Welfare ministry and a communications company. This comes as the government set aside Covid-19 relief funds to cushion vulnerable members of society during the hard lockdown to contain the spread…