HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it cannot be cited as a respondent in election petitions. The commission raised an exception after being cited as a respondent in some of the petitions filed by losing MDC candidates, who participated in the July 31 harmonised elections. Zec said according to Section 166 of the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) employees claim that the commission followed a wrong court procedure after a court order compelling it to pay them $1, 5 million in a protracted labour dispute. The court ordered the attachment of the commission’s property to retrieve the money. “You are required and directed to attach and take…
MASVINGO – A quarter of pregnant Zimbabwean women are giving birth at home due to failure to access health institutions, a government official has said. In an address to a maternal and child health workshop, Kudzai Masinire, acting Masvingo provincial director, said the crisis needs to be urgently addressed. “About 60 percent of the women…
HARARE – The Youth Assembly for Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC have leapt to the defence of their party leader saying anybody who is not content with his leadership should “ship out”. Solomon Madzore, MDC youth assembly leader, told the Daily News that there was no presidential vacancy at the party. There have been increasing calls for…
BULAWAYO – A Harare-based pastor in Transfiguration Zone International Ministries, Pastor Ronald Matusi was robbed of his possessions worth $1 480 in Bulawayo by four men who gave him a lift, claiming to be going to Harare. Shepherd Moyo, 25, Nkosiehle Lare Chinhara, 25, Khulumani Ncube, 24 and Thamsanqa Chalimetsa, 21 of Old Pumula suburb…
HARARE – Ray Kaukonde, Zanu PF’s incumbent Mashonaland East provincial chairperson, faces a challenge from war veteran leader Philemon Mutongi in polls for the provincial chairperson due next week. Kaukonde was expected to retain his post unchallenged, but Mutongi filed his papers at the last minute, paving way for him to contest Kaukonde. Kaukonde is…
HARARE – At least 10 000 children are being infected annually with HIV, with most of the infections through mother-to-child transmission, Vice President Joice Mujuru said yesterday. In an address to the eMTCT week and launch of lifelong treatment for HIV positive pregnant and breastfeeding women or Option B + at Madzivire Secondary School in…
HARARE – Jonathan Moyo, minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services, yesterday said community radio stations were not a priority for government as there were other pressing media issues to deal with. His statement comes at a time when Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (Zacras) has been pushing for the licensing of community radios…
HARARE – Veteran musician and pioneer of commercial gospel music — Mechanic Manyeruke, is a true testament of God’s reward to those who are patient. The 71-year-old effervescent singer has just marked 40 years of music in a journey laced with derision, love and doubt. And Salisbury, as Harare was then called, during the Rhodesian…
HARARE – Since the July 31 elections, it seems the economy has gone from bad to worse. The little ray of hope created during the coalition government between President Robert Mugabe and long-time rival Morgan Tsvangirai has gone. This is a bad start. The circumstances on the ground say it all. When Mugabe’s government took…
