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HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday cleared four senior executives of any wrongdoing following their suspension on allegations of corruption and illegal foreign currency dealings. Their precautionary suspension was done after rabblerousing influence- peddler, William Gerald Mutumanje aka Acie Lumumba, the short-lived chair of the Finance and Economic Development ministry communications taskforce,…

HARARE – Government has ordered striking medical doctors to return to work, rejecting demands for salaries in US dollars, with the workers’ union also becoming inflexible in their negotiations.  Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo said government has ruled out doctors’ demand to be paid in US dollars and castigated the physicians for misplaced…

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s major wheat supplier has threatened to cut supplies due to non-payment, the Daily News can report. The cash-strapped government is reportedly failing to pay Holbund Limited, one of the few remaining companies that is still supplying wheat to the landlocked nation. In a letter seen by the Daily News, representatives of Holbund…

HARARE – Businessman Frank Buyanga has called on the United Nations (UN) – and greater western world – to give Zimbabwe a chance, and due recognition in global politics, as it was on a solid path to reform. The private initiative not only comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has vowed to vigorously pursue reengagement efforts, but is pretty much in…

HARARE – Intratrek Zimbabwe has won a $25 million lawsuit against the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and in which High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi has also ruled that the contract between the Zesa subsidiary, and Wicknell Chivayo’s firm was still valid, and binding. This comes as the flamboyant businessman has been charged with “criminal conduct”…

HARARE – The MDC will decide at a special meeting tomorrow the fate of vice president Elias Mudzuri, who is under mounting pressure to step down. The meeting of the national council, which has the power to demand that the Harvard-trained engineer step down, raises the prospect of a decisive showdown with a man girding…

GWANDA – Thousands of Zanu PF officials have descended on the sleepy town of Gwanda for the ruling party annual conference to be held at Mzingwane High School in Esigodini. All roads leading to the venue of the conference were festooned with police road blocks and check points as the security level remains high following…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa, blew his gasket on Wednesday and put his ministers on notice, after he received damaging reports that some of them were demanding bribes from investors to facilitate meetings with him and deputy president Constantino Chiwenga. So rampant was the corruption by his lieutenants that Mnangagwa told stunned Zanu PF bigwigs…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa, blew his gasket on Wednesday and put his ministers on notice, after he received damaging reports that some of them were demanding bribes from investors to facilitate meetings with him and deputy president Constantino Chiwenga. Sign up to receive DAILY NEWS mobile phone text alerts from 5 cents a day. Dial…

HARARE – Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) will be opening a licensing office at Kariba Post Office this month. In a statement, Potraz urged those with boats and walkie talkie radios to renew their licences between December 10 and 18. “Potraz advises residents that it will open a temporary licensing office at…