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THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says it is waiting for a government directive to re-introduce its fleet of commuter trains to service Bulawayo and Harare.

ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) says it is more than ready to receive tourists after government recently gave the tourism sector the green light to reopen since the imposition of coronavirus (Covid-19) national…

POLICE are investigating the murder of a 7-year-old boy in Murehwa at the weekend.

THE government has gazetted regulations through Statutory Instrument (SI) 218 for the cultivation, possession, transportation and sale of industrial hemp (cannabis), with the application fee for a permit to cultivate the plant set at…

TWO thieves who went on a housebreaking spree in Mabvazuva, Ruwa, ran out of luck after an iPhone 11 they had stolen led detectives to their hiding place.

COMPANIES working on the first phase of Harare-Beitbridge highway rehabilitation are racing against time as they try to complete the project before the rainy season.

THE African Union (AU) has partnered with Unicef in a campaign aimed at improving birth registration amid declining figures owing to various factors, chief among them the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Daily News on Sunday reports.

TWO primary school pupils from remote Nenguwo Village in Manicaland who were unable to receive online or electronic lessons during the coronavirus (Covid-19)-induced lockdown period have sued the Education ministry for neglecting them…

TEN vendors who were arrested on allegations of bashing a cop before fleeing into the basement of a building in the capital where several police helmets were reportedly recovered have had their freedom bid fail.

PARLIAMENT has enacted a new rule which bans legislators from singing in the chambers, the Daily News reports.

THE Health ministry has been sued over increasing mortality rates and maternal deaths that resulted from alleged closure of municipal clinics since July.

CIVIL society organisations have expressed concern over government’s failure to provide promised coronavirus (Covid-19) cushioning allowances and social safety nets, a development which has left many vulnerable members of the community…

THE MDC has directed its interim president Thokozani Khupe to stop being part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) until she gets the mandate from the party’s congress, the Daily News reports.

WOES continue to mount for Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, after she was hit with a US$6 000 lawsuit for failing to pay for water supplied to her.

POVERTY has reached unprecedented levels in Zimbabwe, with more than 76 percent of children in rural areas living in abject poverty, a Unicef study has said.

THE late Harare businessman, biker and socialite Shingi Mukandi’s killer, Alfred Machipisa, has been sent to prison to serve a three-year jail term for culpable homicide.

HARARE town clerk Hosiah Chisango and his alleged accomplices, director housing and community services Addmore Nhekairo and acting town planner Samuel Nyabezi, were yesterday freed on $50 000 bail each.

NEWLY-ELECTED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume is putting on a brave face, saying the city’s operations will not be affected significantly by the recent recall of 21 councillors as they will be replaced soon, the Daily News reports.

MDC president Thokozani Khupe, pictured, yesterday shifted her focus to Bulawayo where she recalled eight councillors.

HARARE City Council (HCC) health director Prosper Chonzi has been appointed acting town clerk for the next two weeks following the arrest of Hosea Chisango in Gweru last week over land issues.

THE High Court yesterday questioned the State if there was a legal obligation for incarcerated MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala to surrender himself to the police after they issued a press statement that did not disclose any…

SEVERAL students were yesterday rounded up at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts while protesting against the arrest and incarceration of Zimbabwe National Students Union president Takudzwa Ngadziore.

SENIOR doctors say lifting of coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown restrictions — owing to economic challenges the country is grappling with — will avert starvation, the Daily News reports.

THE Public Accounts Committee (Pac) has recommended that Parliament introduces a raft of changes to the way it operates, including allowing the committee to sit continuously to complete analysis of reports and receiving of evidence.

THE Human Rights NGO Forum has bemoaned the government’s lack of responsiveness to incidents where the public’s constitutional entitlements were being infringed by suspected law enforcement agents.