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HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday  clashed with his opposite number in the opposition MDC — Nelson Chamisa in the National Assembly after the Defence minister appeared to give an arrogant response to the youthful legislator’s question. Chamisa had asked Chiwenga during the National Assembly’s question without notice session why government was still failing…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said former first lady Grace Mugabe will not be spared from the corruption dragnet and will stand trial if she is found on the wrong side of the law. He said this in a globally-televised interview at the on-going World Economic Forum (Wef) in Davos yesterday. Since assuming office…

HARARE – Zimbabweans have been warned to stay out of the sun amid warnings over scorching temperatures. Alerts have been issued over “extreme heat” in parts of the country as the mercury is predicted to soar above 40C over the next two weeks. [Adz] Forecasters at the Sadc Climate Services Centre have issued a plea…

HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Aeneas Chigwedere’s younger brother, Godfrey, wept uncontrollably in court and pleaded with judges to fatally shoot him after the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) declined to hear his case in which he accuses the Censorship Board chairperson of witchcraft. Godfrey is one of the 31 members of the Chigwedere clan who approached…

HARARE – Manyame Rural District Council (MRDC) has embarked on a roads rehabilitation project after receiving $513 000 from the Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara). The local authority’s chief executive officer Farirayi Guta has flighted a tender for the project that advised that  documents should be submitted to the council’s offices no later that February…

HARARE – The Progressive and Innovative Movement of Zimbabwe (PIMZ) members have overwhelmingly backed renaming their PIMZ party The New Patriotic Front (TNPF) in a boost for party president Tendai Peter Munyanduri, who wants to use the re-branding as a springboard for the 2018 presidential election. With just months to go before the 2018 general…

HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said 5,021,295 voters have been registered for the vote so far. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe will hold elections in four to five months. With less than a fortnight before the end of the mop up biometric voter registration (BVR) blitz which ends on February 8, the…

HARARE – A senior Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer allegedly sexually abused a male convict and two suspects on separate occasions after illegally ordering their release from custody, the Daily News can report. It is being alleged that the senior cop, Jorum Ndlovu, would take his victims to his house, where he would sexually assault…