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VIOLENCE erupted again in the opposition last week after MDC Alliance youths attacked Kwekwe councillors they accused of aligning themselves with MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured.  MDC spokesperson Witness Dube told the Daily News yesterday that the incident occurred during the burial on Thursday of Kwekwe deputy mayor Shadreck Tobaiwa who succumbed to Covid-19.  Dube said the…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has tasked a group of business people led by Philip Chiyangwa to build a US$140 million war chest for the Zanu PF 2023 general elections campaign.  This comes as the ruling party has set itself a target to mobilise five million voters for the watershed elections in which Mnangagwa is set to…

MORE woes mount for a Harare woman, who is accused of swindling a local businessman of US$488 000 in a botched mining deal in which she name-dropped President’s Emmerson Mnangagwa’s name, after the State withdrew its bail consent.  Eustine Charambira is facing fraud allegations and the State had consented to her bail if she surrendered…

OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, has re-iterated his calls for urgent and inclusive national dialogue, warning that any elections that will be held in the country without needed reforms will be disputed again and will thus be ‘a waste of time’. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the MDC boss said stakeholders needed to agree…

ZIMBABWE yesterday received one more million Covid-19 vaccines from China, pushing the number of shots received so far to five million in a move to combat the spread of the virulent respiratory disease. This comes as the demand for vaccination is increasing at a time there is a surge in new coronavirus infections and deaths….

THE government has adopted the African Union’s Trusted Travel Platform as part of measures to minimise the risk of importation of new Covid-19 variants into Zimbabwe. The Trusted Travel Platform, developed by the Econet Group, PanaBIOS Consortium and Africa CDC as a public-private partnership, is a top-class digital solution to support African countries in verifying…

JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says there is need to impose stiff penalties to deter the general populace from committing crime. Speaking in…

AS AUTHORITIES continue to strive to contain the raging Covid-19 pandemic in the country, amid soaring infections and deaths, doctors have warned that hospitals are once again running out of beds for patients, while funeral parlours also say their operations are now overstretched. So bad is the situation in the country at the moment that…

DEPUTY Local Government minister Marian Chombo insists that police officers are not allowed to confiscate any wares during operations to drive vendors from the streets of urban central business districts.  This comes as there are running battles between the law enforcement agents and illegal streets hawkers on a daily basis.  However, police officers are seen…

A SOUTH African haulage truck driver, who was smuggling goods worth over R100 000, was arrested and got his vehicle impounded after several attempts to bribe Bulawayo police to let him go scot-free.  The Zambia-bound truck was intercepted along the Harare-Bulawayo Road on Thursday night.  The driver’s luck ran out when police noticed him offloading…