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SOUTHERN EDITOR THE Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) is urging local authorities to view compliance costs not as a burden, but as a cornerstone of ethical governance, amidst mounting concerns over procurement-related scandals. Speaking yesterday at a public procurement and governance conference in Bulawayo, PRAZ chief executive officer Clever Ruswa warned that persistent lapses…

RUTENDO NGARA THE driver of former Dynamos FC chairperson, Rafiq Adam, who allegedly received US$10 000 from a recent US$600 000 armed robbery in Harare, appeared in court yesterday. Samson Gora appeared before Harare regional magistrate Donald Ndirowei facing armed robbery charges. He was remanded in custody until July 16 for routine remand and advised…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A MAN accused of raping socialite Ashley Masendeke, also known as Mai Jeremaya, yesterday described graphic details of the alleged encounter in court, claiming the act was consensual. Martin Charlie took the witness stand during the defence case and told magistrate Letwin Rwodzi that he paid Masendeke before engaging…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO AN Umguza woman, Tanyaradzwa Chikwature, 32, has been convicted of defrauding three women of US$990 in a solar battery scam, but was spared a custodial sentence. Chikwature appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Challenge Mahembe facing three counts of fraud. She pleaded guilty to all charges and was subsequently convicted. She received a…

Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw THE country should widely adopt mobile toilets to combat the critical shortage of public ablution facilities, according to the Zimbabwe Mobile Sanitation Association (Zimsa). This recommendation aligns with the government’s call in March for greater use of mobile sanitation in public spaces to improve hygiene and prevent disease outbreaks. Speaking to the…

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has implored informal traders to adhere to licensing procedures to regularise the operations of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to restore order and cleanliness in the city. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting at the weekend, the BCC principal town planner, Shelton Sithole, said the council had launched a city-wide campaign…

Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERchirumet@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has dispatched a reaction team to track and capture a stray lion that reportedly escaped from the Sango Wildlife Conservancy in Chegutu. This comes after a stray lion was sighted last week near a brick moulding site in Chegutu. ‘’ZimParks has confirmed a lion sighting…

Tapiwa Chirume STAFF WRITER chirumet@dailynews.co.zw  KARIBA municipality has reached an agreement with over 300 beneficiaries of the Kasese Housing scheme who were threatening to occupy unserviced land earlier this month citing a prolonged servicing timeline. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Kariba mayor Ralph Maonei said the council managed to settle the dispute after engaging…

YVONNE NCUBE A FARMWORKER from Binga has been jailed for five years after being convicted of two counts of attempted murder for poisoning his two colleagues during a shared meal at a farm in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North Province. Robert Muleya, who was employed at Chechire Farm, pleaded not guilty to the charge when he was…

Rutendo Ngara A HARARE man has been remanded in custody after he allegedly duped jobseekers more than £20 000 by facilitating fake certificates of sponsorships (CoS) to the United Kingdom (UK). Gabriel Kundai Dzangare appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Ruth Moyo last Friday who remanded him in custody to today for his bail application. He…