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HARARE – Public hospitals doctors yesterday staged another strike at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (PGH), which was joined by patients’ relatives, upholding their demands for better remuneration, among other demands to government. This comes as the striking doctors have refused to report for duty despite interventions by authorities — Health minister David Parirenyatwa, President Emmerson…

HARARE – Several companies that were last week named as having externalised foreign currency have approached government challenging the list which has strained the relationship between authorities and business. On Monday last week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa released the long-awaited list of alleged looters and externalisers which government said had failed to heed its 14-week amnesty…

HARARE – Allies of former president Robert Mugabe have sent desperate distress calls to both sitting and former heads of state on the continent, on fears that the government may arrest the nonagenarian and his unhinged wife Grace over festering allegations that he engaged in myriad criminal activities while in power. This comes as Grace…

HARARE – Allies of former president Robert Mugabe have sent desperate distress calls to both sitting and former heads of state on the continent, on fears that the government may arrest the nonagenarian and his unhinged wife Grace over festering allegations that he engaged in myriad criminal activities while in power. Read full story in today’s…

HARARE – A Mufakose woman was reportedly gang-raped by four men from her neighbourhood to fix her for accompanying her friend to file theft charges against one of the suspects. The four — Paddy Mlambo, 23, Simbarashe Mlambo, 28, Kelvin Chiromudzimu, 22, and Elson Tariro Masawi, 25 – appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande facing…

HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) has resolved to engage Local Government minister July Moyo over the recruitment freeze, which it wants suspended. The engagement comes as the local authority has been filling various posts on a temporary basis as it cannot permanently employ, which is affecting operations. The recruitment crisis came after HCC…

HARARE – The trial of police detective Joseph Nemaisa  accused of attacking a Central Intelligence Organisation informer – kicked off yesterday with the cop claiming he was empowered by the law to use force on the complainant. Nemaisa is answering to assault charges after he allegedly attacked Delish Nguwaya and broke his arm in an…

HARARE – A 21-year-old Harare woman reportedly disguised herself as a soldier before pouncing on a business premises in Belvedere and stealing $21 000. Mildred Makoto, 21, appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande charged with robbery. She was remanded in custody before her bail application is heard today. According to State papers Makoto is employed…

HARARE – At least 16 Marondera pupils have approached the High Court seeking an order overturning a decision by their school headmaster to cancel their 2017 ‘‘O’’ Level Mathematics Paper 2 examination results on allegations of cheating. Junior Mavule and 15 others — all former students of Nagle House School — have cited the Zimbabwe…

HARARE – Several female rangers have been promoted to management positions over the past few years in the male-dominated Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks). The “conservation queens”, as female rangers are popularly known, who have assumed senior management positions include regional manager (Northern) Kwanele Manungo and head of management services Doris Tom. The…