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Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw PROCHEM (Pvt) Ltd has been fined $3 000 for manufacturing substandard sanitisers that were being sold on the market. Prochem was represented by John Nhari the head of sales and marketing who appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko. The company pleaded guilty to charges of contravening statutory instrument 92/2020 which…

Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw CHINHOYI residents have dragged the Local Government minister July Moyo to the High Court seeking an order directing him to stop demolitions of vending stalls in the resort town. In the application, Tafadzwa Washington Marimo, Emmanuel Ngwaru, Richard Svosve, Pepukayi Marega and Devis Shopo, cited Moyo, Urban Councils Association…

POLICE recently recovered a double-barrel shotgun from a Harare woman who had allegedly hid it in a hole at her residence after the arrest of her boyfriend for armed robbery. Hazvinei Kashanga, 33, of Hatfield, Harare, appeared before Harare magistrate Richard Ramaboa charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. The recovered firearm has since been…

THE Community Newspapers Association of Zimbabwe (CNAZ) has called on the government to come up with a media policy aimed at empowering community newspapers through the devolution programme. This comes as Zimbabwe recently joined the rest of the world in celebrating the World Press Freedom Day under the theme “Journalism without fear or favour.” CNAZ…

A HARARE man, who allegedly bashed his wife after she sent pictures of his health card with his HIV status to his girlfriend, has appeared in court. Kudzanayi Kativhu, 32, was charged with physical abuse in contravention of the Domestic Violence Act when he appeared before Harare magistrate Richard Ramaboa at the weekend. When he…

Caroline Chiimba STAFF WRITER chiimbac@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company Limited (Zupco) has invited private commuter omnibus operators to join its franchise arrangement to carry passengers in urban areas to meet demand under the current coronavirus lockdown. This comes as Zupco acting divisional head Tito Chirawu said the company had few buses to cater for…

ZIMBABWE’S export promotion body, ZimTrade, says the country’s floriculture industry has been negatively affected by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic as exports have been affected in the short-to-medium-term. Flower exports used to be, at the height of production, one of Zimbabwe’s biggest foreign currency earners. By 2001, Zimbabwean flower exports ranked as the second…