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 MUTARE – Corrupt officials are feasting on illegal artisanal miners in Penhalonga, allegedly extorting money from them to avoid arrests, a leading anti-graft agency has said. Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) official Tracy Mutowekuziva told journalists in Mutare this week that her organisation was pushing for the formalisation of the sector to plug the corruption loopholes. [GoogleAd] “Unregistered…

HARARE  – Two Harare women are fighting over one man, with both claiming to be the official spouse. The fight came to light at the Harare Civil Courts where Viola Mawara sought a protection order against Chantel Tapera, whom she claimed was her husband’s former mistress. [GoogleAd] Mawara sought to bar Tapera from verbally abusing her…

MUTARE  – There has been an anthrax outbreak in Mutare and Vumba with confirmed cases at Leopard Rock and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service(ZPCS)’s Mutare Prison Farm, which has been forced to temporarily close its abattoir. SPCA’s Lynne James confirmed that all the animals at the ZPCS’s farm have been vaccinated and their horses are…

PENHALONGA – Corrupt officials are feasting on illegal artisanal miners in Penhalonga, allegedly extorting money from them to avoid arrests, a leading anti-graft agency has said. Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) official Tracy Mutowekuziva told journalists in Mutare this week that her organisation was pushing for the formalisation of the sector to plug the corruption loopholes. [GoogleAd]…

HARARE – National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) executive director and his deputy have appeared in court on allegations of corruptly allocating each other more than 18 000 litres of fuel. NMMZ executive director Godfrey Mahachi, 59, and his deputy Darlington Munyikwa, 52, were released on $100 bail when they appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai…

BULAWAYO – An Advanced Level student who is part of eight suspects arrested for looting at Choppies Supermarket in Luveve suburb yesterday claimed that police raided groceries that had been sent by his mother from South Africa. Desmond Pendamazuva, 22, testified before magistrate Ngoni Nduna at the Bulawayo Magistrates’ Courts yesterday. [GoogleAd] Pendamazuva and his seven…

HARARE – Borrowdale Police Station officer-in-charge Simbarashe Sibanda was yesterday slapped with four years’ imprisonment for scalding his lover with boiling water. Harare regional magistrate Jesse Kufa convicted Sibanda of attempted murder charges and sentenced him to four years before suspending one year on condition of good behaviour. [GoogleAd] The complainant was Stella Ruswa, a police…

HARARE – The Daily News will host a breakfast meeting at Cresta Lodge’s Sango Conference Centre tomorrow where Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya will discuss the monetary policy statement (MPS) he presented yesterday. Over 250 guests are expected to attend the high-profile event where Mangudya and his team from the central bank would…

HARARE – The government yesterday introduced a battery of measures aimed at bringing down the high prices of goods in the country, as well as growing the economy — including opening up foreign currency trading by banks and bureaux de change. Presenting his monetary policy statement (MPS) in Harare, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor —…