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THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) yesterday announced a 10 percent hike on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) effective from the start of this month.  Zera said LPG would go up by 20 cents from US$1.85 or $158 to US$2.05 or $202,78 for a kilogramme. The price was calculated according to the Petroleum (Liquid Petroleum Gas…

FORMER Public Service minister Petronella Kagonye, will stand trial starting December 1 in a matter she is accused of illegally parcelling out of land to home seekers at Solomio Farm in Goromonzi after the court declined her application for exception.  Kagonye had sought to have the charges dropped, but regional magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti Guwuriro yesterday…

A HARARE woman has appeared in court on allegations of swindling a local agro-company of over $3 million on the guise that she had capacity to supply them with 30 000 litres of diesel.  Chenaimoyo Gwatidzo was not asked to plead to fraud charges and spent the weekend behind bars.  The State vehemently opposed her…

A HARARE magistrate last Friday declined to free Norton MP Temba Mliswa from charges he is accused of violating Covid-19 regulations by hosting a press conference at his Borrowdale home in Harare last February.  Mliswa argues that the press conference was not held at a public venue as everyone in attendance, including himself and the…