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Takudzwa Dhambu STAFF WRITER dhambut@dailynews.co.zw A TOTAL of ZiG62 million has been set aside for today’s parliamentary and council by-elections for Gutu East, Insiza North, and in Chipinge and Binga rural district councils. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, the deputy chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Rodney Kiwa, said all the logistics…

Takudzwa Dhambu STAFF WRITER dhambut@dailynews.co.zw POLICE in Seke are investigating a suspected case of murder and suicide following the death of a mother and her two children this week. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the death of Ruth Ruvarashe Chidume, 35, and her two children, Tatenda Precious Blessings, 4, and Ira Makanakaishe Gumbo,…

BY TAPIWA CHIRUME HARARE City Council (HCC) has warned it will clamp down on lawlessness and illegal business operations in and around the capital as part of its revenue collection. To enforce the clampdown, the council’s acting town clerk, Phakamile Mabhena Moyo, yesterday said the council would disconnect water supplies from business properties with rate…

Mugove Tafirenyika NEWS EDITOR tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has made significant progress in addressing some of the issues that had strained its relations with the United Kingdom (UK) and other Western countries. So says the UK’s minister for Africa, Lord Ray Collins, who is further encouraging Harare to work on the remaining concerns about the country to…

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT has demanded that authorities review bank charges downwards by June 30 in order to encourage public use of the country’s banking system. This comes as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it is determined to keep both the ZiG and prices of basic goods in the country stable. In a report tabled…

SOUTHERN EDITOR THE National Council of Chiefs president, Chief Mtshane Khumalo, has appealed for patience from stakeholders as preparations for the long-anticipated Gukurahundi Community Outreach Programme, continue. This follows reports that the public hearings would start next Monday, a claim that Chief Khumalo dismissed yesterday. “I have heard people say that I had indicated that…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A KWEKWE man has been sentenced to life in prison after his conviction at the High Court for murdering his aunt before raping her corpse. Tapiwa Mereka appeared before Justice Munamato Mutevedzi who found him guilty of axing her aunt — Mary Mereka — in Kwekwe in 2023. Passing his ruling,…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A SELF-PROCLAIMED prophet from Inyathi in Matabeleland North Province has been sentenced to 15 years following his conviction of raping a 15-year-old girl during a “cleansing ritual” last year. Adfali Ndlovu appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga where he pleaded not guilty, but was convicted after a full trial. He…

THE ruling Zanu PF has once again warned errant party members with overweening ambition to behave themselves or risk facing summary dismissal from the former liberation movement. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Zanu PF’s no-nonsense political commissar, Munyaradzi Machacha, confirmed last night that members who were misbehaving and…

THE multi-million US dollar Nyore Nyore housing scheme, which is expected to deliver 1, 3 million houses upon its completion, is on course. So says the executive chairman of Pinnacle Property Holdings — Philip Chiyangwa — in the latest update on progress of the mega housing scheme. This comes after completion of servicing of Phase…