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FORMER president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore has approached the High Court seeking acquittal on charges of unlawful detention. [GoogleAd] This comes after his bid for discharge at the close of the State case was thrown out. Chikore is represented by Jonathan Samukange and cited Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba and Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi as respondents. …

TWO Harare drug peddlers who were caught with mbanje weighing 700 kilogrammes (kg) have each been slapped with an effective eight-year jail term. Alphonse Mushanawami and Brighton Dinda were caught with the dagga which was stuffed into 29 bags and with a street value of $49 000. [GoogleAd] Their accomplice, Ranganai Samhembere, who was busted…

GOVERNMENT is facing renewed pressure on the economic front, with the parallel foreign currency market once again running amok — pushing the prices of basic consumer goods like bread beyond the reach of many Zimbabweans, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes as many leading schools around the country have also sharply hiked their…

Four people died on the spot while eight were injured after a lorry plunged into a river when it failed to engage a gear and lost brakes while going up the steep Honde Valley road on Sunday morning. Dayton Mudzingwa, who was driving the Nissan UD Truck registration number AES 4280 was carrying 15 passengers,…

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will have to go back to the drawing board after stakeholders, including residents and vendors, rejected its plans to hike rates by a whopping 57 percent. [GoogleAd] This comes as the city’s fathers have been holding consultative meetings with various interest groups, in the hope of getting support for the upward…

Zimbabwe’s annual inflation hit 66,80 percent in March this year up from 59,39 percent in February due to rampant increases in prices of basic goods. [GoogleAd] According to latest Zimstat figures, year on year food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation prone to transitory shocks stood at 78,55 percent while the non-food inflation rate was 61,19 percent….

THE late liberation war hero and army commander General Vitalis Zvinavashe’s son has been dragged to court for allegedly mistreating his father’s 56-year-old widow. [GoogleAd] Richard Zivanashe, 50, is accused of chasing his step mother Margaret Zivanashe from the Tynwald plot she inherited from the late liberation war hero. Richard and his friend Ellington Kanengoni…

THE UKAid has deployed 32 social workers to offer counselling services to children affected by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani. Through the Department for International Development (DFID) funding, the UKAid has deployed 32 social workers who have so far helped thousands of children with psycho-social and other counselling support in the cyclone hit area. [GoogleAd] In…

HARARE City Council is concerned with the increase in illegal settlements sprouting on top of sewer lines. In environmental committee minutes, the illegal settlements are said to be disturbing the normal flow of sewage and damaging infrastructure in the process. [GoogleAd] This comes as Harare has warned all people with illegal structures that they will…