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STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw BUSINESSMAN and CAPS United boss Farai Jere, accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) of over US$3,5 million in a smart meters supply deal, has been denied bail. Jere, who is jointly charged with ZETDC employees Leonard Chisina and Freeman Chikonzo, were found to be improper candidates for…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE ghosts of factionalism and tribalism — which split Zanu PF in the middle during the troubled last few years in power of the late former president Robert Mugabe — are back with a vengeance, the Daily News reports. This comes as there are widening fissures in the former…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government is pushing the agriculture sector to approach farming as a business, and not as a “weekend and telephone” hobby, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country is grappling with food insecurity owing to poor planning and successive years of droughts caused by the effects of…

Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw HARARE magistrate Lazini Ncube yesterday threw out MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job ‘‘Wiwa’’ Sikhala’s application for refusal of placement on remand following his dramatic arrest last Friday in Tynwald North on allegations of inciting public violence. Dismissing the application, Ncube said the firebrand politician’s utterances calling for the foiled July…

Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THERE is no let-up to the mayhem devouring the divided MDC, with the party’s interim leader Thokozani Khupe now pushing to have her secretary- general Douglas Mwonzora disciplined, the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe and Nelson Chamisa have been involved in a similar and futile hammer and…

Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw IN A major breakthrough, police busted one of the country’s most wanted armed robbery gangs during a shoot-out in Beitbridge yesterday, the Daily News reports. The terror gang included Musa Taj Abdul, 46, — who police alleged was a notorious criminal who had been on the run for 20 years….

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has moved to centralise the procurement of coronavirus (Covid-19)-related materials through the National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm) in a bid to curb increasing corruption within its various institutions, the Daily News reports. This comes as former Health minister Obadiah Moyo was fired and arrested on allegations of corruption…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw    Government is in a dilemma on whether to retain or pay US$2 million to Drax SAGL International for the supply and delivery of medicines and consumables as part of a US$20 million contract it later cancelled citing over pricing, the Daily News reports. This comes as Drax has…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw IN A significant change of tactic — amid the ongoing crackdown on dissenting voices in the country by authorities — two prominent personalities linked to the foiled July 31 mass protests are calling for national dialogue to end Zimbabwe’s decades-long political and economic crises. This comes as several of…