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HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday moved a motion in the National Assembly to reappoint Mildred Chiri as the auditor-general after she was unceremoniously dismissed from her job in July, triggering cheers from legislators. Former president Robert Mugabe was forced to concede defeat in the appointment of Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) boss Mike Ndudzo…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to deliver his inaugural state-of-the-nation address (Sona) today. The president will appear before Parliament upon its invitation, where a joint session of the lower and upper house will sit in the National Assembly. [GoogleAd] National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda told the house yesterday: “I wish to inform this…

HARARE – The good cheer that normally comes with the festive season risks being dampened by shortages of beer and soft drinks because of serious constraints in the supply chain, the Daily News can report. Due to acute foreign currency deficiencies gripping the country’s economy, Zimbabwe’s largest beverages manufacturer, Delta Corporation Limited, is struggling to…

HARARE – An elite crime-busting unit run by government is going after flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo over a string of energy deals entered with the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) — a unit of Zesa Holdings. Controversy around the mega deals between ZPC and Intratrek Zimbabwe (Private) Limited — a company owned by Chivayo — is…

HARARE – An elite crime-busting unit run by government is going after flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo over a string of energy deals entered with the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) — a unit of Zesa Holdings. Controversy around the mega deals between ZPC and Intratrek Zimbabwe (Private) Limited — a company owned by Chivayo — is…

BULAWAYO – The move by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to suspend litigation against defaulting residents has set city fathers and management on a collision course. While the move brought relief to scores of residents, who were being harassed by debt collectors, the local authority’s management is totally against it. In July this year, BCC resolved…

BULAWAYO – The MDC Alliance is calling for all opposition parties in Zimbabwe to bury their differences in order to fight Zanu PF as a single force, noting that the military’s intervention in the ruling party’s internal affairs has obliterated the divisions that had greatly contributed to the governing party’s misfortunes. Addressing a rally during…

HARARE – Government has established a mental health tribunal to assess the continued incarceration of mentally challenged patients in prisons. Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa set up a nine-member Mental Health Review Tribunal on Monday to assess the continued detention of both civilly committed and forensic patients in the mental health system. [GoogleAd]…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday effectively ended police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri’s 24-year tenure as boss of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) by sending the top cop on leave pending retirement as he rang several changes to the security sector in a major shake-up. Read full story in today’s paper. [Adz]

HARARE – The Justice ministry yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) to translate the national Constitution into all 16 official languages. The country’s new Constitution — which came into force in 2013 — is currently in English, and only provides abridged versions in only eight vernacular languages….