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VICE President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has vowed to bring to book people who are selling fake Covid-19 certificates.

COUNCIL hospitals and clinics in Harare will retain this year’s fees structure in 2021 in a bid to improve access to health for residents.

SIX people who were arrested for a suspected money laundering scam involving $5 billion, have denied the allegations, claiming the money was free funds.

A PANEL comprising journalists, media lecturers and representatives of civic society has noted an improvement in relations between the Zimbabwe government and the media.

THE mystery surrounding the late socialite Genius ‘Ginimbi’ Kadungure’s wealth is nearing its end, after the Master of the High Court called for a meeting of family members and other potential beneficiaries on Wednesday.

ZIMBABWE’S central bank governor John Mangudya says official remittances from the diaspora were up 45 percent during the January- September period from 2019 at US$657,7 million as coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdowns forced people to send cash…

MATABELELAND North senator Sikhanyisiwe Mpofu has called for strict penalties to be meted out on people who are violating coronavirus (Covid-19) regulations such as social distancing and the wearing of masks.

A SOUTH Africa operation has prevented a man crossing the Beitbridge Border Post with explosives.

PANIC has gripped the country’s education sector as schools and other learning institutions battle to deal with the lethal coronavirus, amid fears of a second wave of the pandemic, the Daily News reports.

IN A significant milestone for the country, the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) yesterday licensed six commercial television stations — ending 60 years of monopoly by the State broadcaster, the ZBC.

THE fight between the late socialite Mitchelle “Moana” Amuli’s parents over control of her funeral service has taken a new twist after the mother, Yolander Kuvaoga, filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court to stop her burial…

A GANG of suspected robbers, who were pretending to be police officers, was recently busted after getting away with US$48 000 from a Harare man in a money exchange deal.

FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe has suffered a huge blow after the Supreme Court ordered the reopening of a case in which an ex-Gushungo Holdings employee is demanding US$588 000 for unpaid labour.

THE State yesterday asked the High Court to throw out Thanks Makore’s bail application, arguing he could fall victim to mob justice due to the heinous murder he is accused of having committed.

THE government insists it will not hesitate to demolish il- legal structures and homes as authorities step up their war on land barons who are allegedly parcelling out state land in Harare.

PUBLIC Service minister Paul Mavima, pictured, has praised Zimbabwe’s larges milling company — Na- tional Foods Limited (NFL) — for raising the profile of home-grown products and services for the past century.

DIVISIONS have rocked teachers’ unions again as some have ordered their members to return to work, while others remain defiant educators are still incapacitated, the Daily News reports.

THANKS Makore, 56, has applied for bail at the High Court as he claims he did not take part in the gruesome ritual murder of his 11-year-old nephew Tapiwa Makore (junior) in Murewa.

A GROUP of Bulawayo businesspeople, who are also related, are at each other’s throats after a botched US$1,4 million property deal went sour.

CHITUNGWIZA Residents Trust (Chitrest) wants certain sections of the Regional, Town and Country Planning Act repelled as they give local authorities power to demolish homes without a court order.

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) interrogated deputy Health and Child Care minister John Mangwiro on Tuesday, pending the finalisation of his corruption allegations docket relating to a coronavirus tender, the Daily News can…

HEALTH experts want the government to close all schools to prevent a second Covid-19 wave from spreading after 100 students at a single institution tested positive recently, the Daily News reports. 

SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation leader Henrietta Rushwaya insists she will not interfere with witnesses and is not a flight risk after applying for bail at the High Court in her 6kg gold smuggling case. 

AN MDC youth official, Tendai Muchekahanzu, yesterday appeared in court accused of trying to rape a party employee at the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House headquarters, popularly known as Harvest House. 

INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere says the government must always be abreast with the latest technology trends in order to fully regulate the cyberspace.