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By Yvonne Ncube BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it is clamping down on space barons who have allegedly been collecting bribes from desperate vendors, while promising them trading bays at the soon-to-be opened Egodini Mall and Fife Street Market. This comes at a time the menacing space barons have been illegally issuing vending bays in…

AN ALLEGED serial robber, who is believed to have broken into over 10 houses in Mabelreign, Avondale and Bluffhill in Harare over the past two years, has been denied bail. Lamusi Nthula was arrested in January and on Monday applied for bail, but the application was tossed out by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi, who noted…

AS THE Zimbabwe dollar continues to weaken against the much-coveted greenback, economic experts want authorities to introduce new measures urgently to promote the stability and use of the local currency. Speaking to the Daily News this week, as poor people increasingly feel the pinch of the Zim dollar volatility, the experts said it was crucial,…

By Regis Chingawo and Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE is on high alert as the entire Sadc region braces for more rains and floods this week. This comes after last week’s deluge of rains killed two people and also left a trail of destruction in many parts of the country, including Harare. In an update, the Meteorogical…

ZIMBABWE has lost close to an estimated US$12 billion due to illegal trade in the mining sector since 2010, the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Mines and Mining Development, Edmond Mkaratigwa, told the Daily News yesterday. He said precious minerals, such as gold and diamonds, were the most affected due to their easy marketability…

THE late former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe’s son, Robert Tinotenda Mugabe (Junior), who was arrested on malicious property destruction charges was released from police custody yesterday. Mugabe spent Sunday night in custody at Avondale Police Station, Harare, after allegedly destroying property worth US$12 000 while attending a party in Strathaven, Harare. He was set to…