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Registrar-General Clemence Masango suspended for instructing CMED to buy 7vehicles without Cabinet approval for use at his farm. The Public Service Commission (PSC) has suspended without salary and allowances Registrar-General Clemence Masango who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office as a public officer after he allegedly instructed CMED to buy a double cab and six single cab pick-up trucks without Cabinet approval before using the vehicles at his farm.The suspension will run from…

Zanu-PF Politburo member and Veteran of the liberation struggle Cde Absolom Sikhosana died at the United Bulawayo Hospitals last night.The Bulawayo Minister for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Judith Ncube, said Cde Sikhosana died at the United Bulawayo Hospitals last night.“He died last night at the United Bulawayo Hospitals where he had been admitted since Monday,” said the Minister.“He was so friendly to everybody, free to talk to anytime, he was that type of a leader…

MDC YOUTH ASSEMBLY LEADERS C. Chimbiri, Hon. Joanna Mamombe & Netsai Marova were found badly beaten and dumped along Bindura Road. THE opposition MDC Alliance says its three youth leaders including Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe, who had reportedly gone missing, have been found ‘badly beaten and dumped along Bindura Road’.The three are Cecilia Chimbiri (youth assembly national vice-chairperson), Netsai Marova (national deputy organising secretary) and Mamombe.Badly assaulted, the three were later found at Muchapondwa…

THE European Union (EU) rules out budget support to the broke Zim gvt, citing “massive misuse” of public funds as exposed by various audits and the failure to ensure transparency and predictability.THE European Union (EU) has ruled out prospects of providing budgetary support to the broke Zimbabwean government, citing “massive misuse” of public funds as exposed by various audits and the failure to ensure transparency and predictability.Failure to implement substantive economic and political reforms is…

IMPORTED COVID-19 FROM SIX ZIMBABWEAN HAULAGE TRUCK DRIVERS AT Chirundu, border, who tested positive for Coronavirus Zambian Minister of Health Dr. Chitalu Chilufya has reported that sic Zimbabwean truck drivers have tested positive to the deadly Coronavirus.In a statement on Friday, the Minister revealed that 14 new COVID- 19 cases were recorded in Zambia from 161 Lusaka tests done on Thursday.The tests revealed that 10 of the cases are truck drivers (4 Zambians, 6 Zimbabweans)…

MDC ALLIANCE TENDAI BITI WINS COURT CASE FOR CLIENT and now court has ruled, US$ debts must be settled in US$, as monetary changes made by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on October 1, 2018, including the conversion of the US dollar account balances into RTGS and the Finance ministry’s 2% tax on money transfers were a violation of the right to property and, therefore, invalid. In a landmark ruling, Justice Happias Zhou also declared…

Harare man from Jimmy Mhlanga (40),in court for disclosing another person’s Covid-19 positive status on a WhatsApp group, in contravention of the Public Health Act, which provides for patient confidentiality..herald

BULAWAYO Covid-19 testing stops conducting tests due to a critical shortage of testing kits .This was revealed yesterday by the director of the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Applied Genetic Testing Centre, Mr Zephaniah Dhlamini.Mr Dhlamini made the remarks during a tour of Nust by Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation and Science Technology Development Deputy Minister Raymore Machingura to assess the university’s state of preparedness in response to the fight against Covid-19.Mr Dhlamini…

President Mnangagwa hints at lockdown extension indicating that his priority is to save lives first before the economy.President Mnangagwa yesterday said he was under pressure to lift the national lockdown and re-open the country’s economy but indicated that his priority is to save lives first before the economy.The extended lockdown is set to end on May 17.Mnangagwa further indicated that he was considering extending the 11-member inter-ministerial taskforce set up to deal with the Covid-19…