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Tobacco buyer suspended for price manipulation

Rutendo NgaraSENIOR STAFF WRITER THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has suspended Country Agro International over alleged market price manipulation following farmer protests against low prices.The suspension follows demonstrations by tobacco farmers yesterday, with some reportedly forced to sell their crop for as little as US$0.40 per kilogram.In a letter to Country Agro dated…

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‘Do not bash prosecutors online’

Rutendo NgaraSENIOR STAFF WRITER ZIMBABWEANS should avoid insulting prosecutors on social media as they are simply carrying out their constitutional mandate, Prosecutor-General Loice Matanda-Moyo has pleaded.Speaking in Harare yesterday at a Superior Court Procedures Workshop on Appeals attended by senior lawyers, Matanda-Moyo emphasised that justice delivery remained apolitical and stressed the importance of professionalism and…

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New High Court judges sworn in

Rutendo Ngara THREE High Court judges were sworn in Harare yesterday by Chief Justice Luke Malaba and will be deployed to new stations in Kwekwe and Gwanda.The three judges, Custom Kachambwa, Doreen Hove, and Lawrence Masimba Murasi, were elevated from the Labour Court bench.Speaking to the media after the swearing-in ceremony at the Constitutional Court,…

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Trio up for gold ore murder

Yvonne NcubeTHREE suspected illegal gold panners have appeared in court facing murder charges following the death of a fellow miner in Filabusi, Insiza District, after a dispute over missing gold ore.The accused, Mbuso Dube, 28, Thembani Nkomo, 27, and Nkululeko Moyo, 31, yesterday appeared before magistrate Sukoluhle Nunu.They were not asked to plead and were…

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ED urges unity for economic growth

Brighton Muronzereyi ZIMBABWEANS must embrace unity and collective responsibility in rebuilding the country’s economy to attain upper-middle-income status by 2030, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Addressing mourners at the burial of Air Commodore (Rtd) Simon Bere at the National Heroes Acre in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa emphasised the need for peace to realise economic gains.“All of us…

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Two miners die in shaft accident

Masimba Makwembere TWO miners died after being trapped in a mine shaft in Chegutu, Mashonaland West Province, on Friday last week.National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident yesterday, noting that six other miners managed to escape.“The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms a fatal mine incident in which two miners were killed after being trapped in…

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‘Tread carefully on local exams’…govt urged, as it obliges all schools to enrol students for Zimsec

Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat A TOP-DOWN decision by authorities to discourage Cambridge examinations, without taking the concerns of key stakeholders into account, risks severe, long-term consequences for the country’s education sector. So warn educators, who emphasis that parents need to be consulted on the government’s move to make it mandatory for all schools to…

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Dynamos, Scottland suffer first defeats

Cloud Fusire at RUFARO STADIUM Scottland…………………………… (1) 1 Simba Bhora……………………….(0) 2 DEFENDING champions Scottland and Dyna­mos suffered their first league defeats of the season after falling to identical 2-1 losses against Simba Bhora and Chicken Inn, respectively. At Rufaro, Simba Bhora had to come from behind through second-half goals by Namibian Nawaseb McCartney and Harrison…

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Editorial Comment

Education cannot be a state-mandated monopoly

THE ministry of Primary and Secondary Education’s recent decree to phase out Cambridge examinations in favour of a compulsory Zimbabwe School Examina­tions Council (Zimsec) mandate is more than just a policy shift; it is a direct assault on parental agency and global competitiveness. By forcing every school — private or public — into a single…

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