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By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have rejected the Harare City Council (HCC)’s budget proposal for this year citing anomalies that the local authority needs to address first. Local Government ministry yesterday said the HCC budget failed to address issues currently affecting the operations of council as well as bringing solutions to improve service delivery.“With respect…

SENGEZO Tshabangu, who asserts to be the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general, has continued to haunt former party president Nelson Chamisa after he won another court order barring the youthful leader and his alleged supporters to vacate the Bulawayo office. This comes after Tshabangu last month filed an urgent court application challenging Chamisa…

By Brighton Muronzereyi and Ketty Nyoni THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has refuted claims that it has issued higher denomination notes, amid the escalating weakening of the local currency. This comes after a picture of a purported new $1 000 note went viral on social media at the weekend, and as the seemingly jinxed…

UNITED Nations (UN) resident coordinator Edward Kallon says the international body will continue supporting Zimbabwe for it to achieve its set economic targets. Speaking during the Diplomat of the Year Awards ceremony in Harare at the weekend, he said the UN was working with the Zimbabwe government to find ways to help the country. “Here…

By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council says its aging infrastructure and the importation of water chemicals was worsening its inability to provide residents with potable water. Speaking during a state of the city address (Soca) yesterday, Harare mayor Jacob Mafume said there was a need to improve water infrastructure and the acquisition of…

By Ashley Moyomoyoa@dailynews.co.zw A Zimbabwean woman who trafficked nine women to Oman, in the Middle East, has been committed to an effective three decades in prison by the Harare Magistrates’ Court. All in all, Caroline Zinyanga received a 90- year jail term for her crimes before the court merged some of the counts — which…

SENATOR Chief Fortune Charumbira yesterday was re-elected as the president of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) in elections held in Midrand, South Africa. Posting on its official website, PAP, confirmed that Charumbira, the vice president of the national chiefs council, had polled 127 out of the 172 votes, while Massouda Mohamed Laghdaf from Mauritania was re-elected…

AUTHORITIES have reiterated that there are no plans to tinker with the country’s Constitution to allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his stay in power. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi underlined that extending presidential terms was neither on the agenda of the ruling Zanu PF nor its government. “We don’t…

THE government has reassured the people of Bulawayo that it is committed to helping the city to overcome its perennial water woes. Speaking in the second city at the weekend, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said authorities were seized with its water shortages and similar challenges around the country. “Treasury is working hard to avail funds…

ZANU PF has directed all provinces to stop district coordinating committees (DCCs) restructuring and instead focus on impending realigning of their cell and village committees. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, the party national political commissar, Mike Bimha, warned provinces carrying out DCC restructuring to stop with immediate effect. “The Zanu PF party has not…