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Acting President General (Retired) Dr Constantino Chiwenga will today officiate at the historic triple burial of Foreign Affairs Minister Lieutenant General (Retired) Dr Sibusiso Moyo, Transport Minister Joel Biggie Matiza and former prisons chief Major-General (Retired) Paradzai Zimondi at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.
ZACC probes Covid-19 tests scam
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has opened investigations into laboratories and individuals accused of issuing certificates declaring a person free of Covid-19 without carrying out any tests, thus allowing potentially infected people to travel and interact with others, allowing the virus to spread.
Govt official in planes tender storm
A senior civil servant who recommended that a cloud-seeding tender be awarded to a company with faulty planes unsuitable for the purpose has been arrested and appeared in court yesterday on corruption-related charges.
185 projects completed in 3 years
The Second Republic has completed 185 infrastructure development projects since 2018 with work in progress on another 186.
Church leaders console President
Churches yesterday conveyed a message of solidarity to President Mnangagwa and condoled him over the recent loss of some members of his Cabinet, who succumbed to Covid-19-related complications.
Criminal fines double
Maximum fines for criminal offences have been doubled to cope with inflationary trends since the last adjustment.
No joy for forex bargain hunters
Bargain hunters at yesterday’s foreign currency auctions missed the allotment cut with the US$11,7 million of bids below $82 not allotted and as a result the exchange rate moved marginally by three quarters of a percent to $82,67 from $82,08 to the United States dollar.
Chief Justice not on Twitter
ALL tweets and any other social media messages circulating in the name Chief Justice Luke Malaba are fake as he does not use personal social media platforms and the Judicial Service Commission has now filed a police report.
Heist mastermind’s son bail ruling today
The two cousins arrested over the alleged burial and digging up of US$100 000 suspected to be part of the $2,7 million stolen from a ZB Bank cash van will find out today if they will received bail.
Editorial Comment: Garbage, storm drains: Not just council fails
Harare is heading for a meltdown with the combination of uncollected garbage, heavy rain and clogged storm drains and playing blame games is not going to help.