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June 28, 2018

Chiadzwa drifting in wrong direction

Despite the general consensus that the country did not benefit from the previous mining regime that existed in the Chiadzwa diamond fields before the formation of the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), events on the ground suggest that it may not be long before we revert to the old order, which prejudiced the fiscus of billions of dollars in lost revenue.

Mnangagwa fails to show up

HWANGE – Hundreds of Zanu PF supporters here were left dejected after President Emmerson Mnangagwa failed to show up at a rally where he had been expected to address at the Hwange Colliery Stadium.

Top cop remanded in custody

The officer-in-charge of Borrowdale Police Station who is being charged with attempted murder after allegedly scalding his second wife with boiling water following a heated dispute over supper was yesterday denied bail and will languish in remand prison for the whole of next week.

Court frees man who disrupted peace pledge event

HARARE – Leader of the 1980 Freedom Movement Francis Danha who was arrested after staging a protest during a peace pledge in Harare on Tuesday is contesting his prosecution over disorderly conduct charges arguing he was exercising his freedom of expression.

I don’t trust Mugabe: Mnangagwa

The chasm between the incumbent and his predecessor is widening, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa accusing a Zanu PF faction used by former president Robert Mugabe to persecute him before the military’s intervention last November of being behind the Saturday bomb attack which has so far claimed two lives.

I won’t stand down for Chamisa: Mutinhiri

Opposition National Patriotic Front (NPF) leader, Ambrose Mutinhiri, has spurned an appeal by former president Robert Mugabe’s nephew, Patrick Zhuwao, to throw his weight behind MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, in next month’s election.

US dollar black market rate soars

HARARE- A crazed pre-election demand for the United States dollar has pushed the black market premium to an all-time high as shortages of foreign exchange fuels a roaring currency black market now driving up food prices.