HARARE – An election watchdog has sought permission from Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa to petition Parliament on the “meagre” budget allocation to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for preparations for the crunch 2018 general elections. Section 187 (5) of the Standing Rules and Orders of the Parliament require that petitioners on Money Bills seek authority…
HARARE – It certainly does not need a rocket scientist to appreciate that our economy is bleeding and thus it is somewhat shocking that at such a time we have our esteemed parliamentarians demanding, rather bizarrely, that they want more vehicles. The reasons given by Zanu PF legislators for demanding more vehicles is that the…
EDITOR – Last week, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri was quoted saying corruption within the police force was to do with how us parents bring up children and not necessarily a police force origination since they only have six months to mould a police officer. This was during the tour of police projects by…
HARARE – Government is looking at setting up over 600 telecommunications towers across the country, through a $250 million fund from the Universal Services Fund (USF), a Cabinet minister has said. Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister, Supa Mandiwanzira, on Monday said the project was being conducted by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi has posted a picture on social media showing his three daughters Sandra, Sybil and Selmor whom he has of late been accused of denying love. The Facebook picture was accompanied by a statement “Children are a gift from God. Proud of my beautiful daughters.” Over the years they have…
HARARE – Thinking Films productions is working on a feature film on the late great writer, Dambudzo Marechera. The project titled Flora and Dambudzo focuses on Marechera and German scholar Flora Veit Wild. “I am hoping we will shoot in September mostly in Zimbabwe. The project deals with internal obstacles and it is not a…
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama has been enjoying life after the US presidency by trying out watersports on a luxury Caribbean island owned by Richard Branson, the Virgin chief said on Tuesday. The former US leader and his wife Michelle Obama visited Moskito Island, in the British Virgin Islands, after handing over the presidency to his…
HARARE – The youth leader of former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, Happymore Chidziva, has warned Zanu PF saying the ruling party’s plans to unleash violence on opposition supporters in next year’s crunch national elections will be met with “interest” by fed-up Zimbabweans. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the militant Chidziva said Zanu PF…
HARARE – Agitated war veterans, who claim to be owed millions of dollars in outstanding allowances by the government, say President Robert Mugabe and not opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should pay them their money as the nonagenarian was the one who had benefited the most from their liberation war efforts. This comes as poverty, disease…
HARARE – Zanu PF Buhera West MP Oliver Mandipaka has asked Parliament to give rural legislators at least two cars, arguing that most of the lawmakers become destitute following expiry of their terms. The former police spokesperson said the welfare of parliamentarians “must be taken seriously”. He told the House of Assembly last week that…
