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OVER 30 000 voters have responded to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s call to send in objections to MDCT leader Thokozani Khupe’s intention to replace MPs she recalled with nominees of her choice, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as Khupe has sent Zec names of 15 nominees to replace some of the…

Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again reached out to MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and other opposition leaders for dialogue to end the country’s myriad crises, the Daily News reports. In addition, the 77-year-old Zanu PF leader also said the country’s deepening challenges required unity of purpose among all…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw REELING from vandalism of its infrastructure, Zesa Holdings subsidiary — the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) — now plans to spend US$13,5 million on high-tech equipment to curb the scourge, the Daily News reports.   This comes as the country’s electricity crisis is worsening, following continuing breakdowns…

Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw CHIEF magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi yesterday said magistrates across the country will undergo training to improve the quality of judicial output. He said they were looking at improving the decisions that come out of the magistrates’ courts such as judgments and sentences. Several judgments and sentences have been taken up for…

Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have separately arrested three suspected carjackers who recently attacked motorists before fleeing with their cars. The trio has been identified as Obedience Mombeyarara, Justice Mabiso and a 16-year-old juvenile. Mombeyarara has already appeared in court charged with one count of robbery of a motor vehicle and was remanded in…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are considering lifting the current coronavirus curfew as the country records increasingly fewer infections and more recoveries from the lethal disease, the Daily News reports. However, medical experts — taking into account what the World Health Organisation (WHO) said earlier this week — have warned that it is…

Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, will spend more time in remand prison after he was denied bail yesterday. This follows the larger-than-life Zengeza West legislator’s arrest last month, during which police claimed that he had been found hiding in a ceiling at a house in Tynwald North…

Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge, Justice Pisirai Kwenda, yesterday roasted the State for preferring a fraud case against businessman and CAPS United owner Farai Jere, saying there is a disconnection between allegations and the charge. Granting Jere $20 000 bail, Kwenda questioned prosecutor Edmore Makoto the basis of charging Jere for allegedly…

Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw SUSPENDED Registrar-General Clemence Masango, who is facing theft charges involving fuel coupons worth $108 000, has been freed on $10 000 bail. The State had opposed his admission to bail and on Wednesday he, together with his alleged accomplices Arthur Mathews and Benjamin Makiwa, spent the night in remand prison….