HARARE – Farmers’ unions have called on stakeholders in the agricultural sector to brace for the El Nino phenomenon which is set to affect the 2018/19 cropping season. Paul Zakaria, the executive director of the Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU), told the Daily News yesterday that the country’s strategic grain reserves (SGR) may not take it…
BULAWAYO – Lawyers representing a commuter omnibus driver arrested for insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa have applied for discharge at the close of the State’s case. Dickson Abraham of Tanaka Law Chambers who was seconded to the case by the Christian Legal Council to represent the accused, David Ndlovu, argued that the complainant in the matter…
HARARE– A localelection watchdog has highlighted three major areas that need improvement if Zimbabwe is to hold free, fair and credible elections in future. In its analysis of elections held in the last three years, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) noted that Zimbabwe’s polls faltered on three major fronts namely imperfections in the legal framework;…
HARARE – Delays in the finalisation of a settlement agreement between government and Meikles Limited have resulted in the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed concern failing to publish its financial results on time. The debt accrued in 1998 from transactions related to the group’s dual listing on the ZSE and the London Stock Exchange. It stood…
HARARE – Ghanaians are paying their last respects to former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Atta Annan. The remains of Annan were, this week, returned to the country from Switzerland where he died at the age of 80. Yesterday, his body lay in state for paying of respects by the public and dignitaries. The former global…
HARARE – New members of Parliament from the ruling Zanu PF party received a baptism of fire in the National Assembly on Tuesday. Still trying to learn the ropes in the august House after emerging victorious in the just-ended national polls, the new MPs were subjected to incessant heckling and name-calling by legislators from the…
HARARE – Government has lashed out at the behaviour of MDC Alliance MPs after the legislators hackled Chief Justice Luke Malaba and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba in Parliament on Tuesday. Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi who is leader of government business in the august House promised to put in place necessary instruments to…
HARARE – Activist Paddington Japajapa, 50, has been summoned to appear in court and answer to disorderly conduct allegations after allegedly shouting at the Zambian ambassador to Zimbabwe. Japajapa appeared before Harare magistrate Nyasha Vitorini and will be in court for trial on a date yet to be finalised. The complainant is Zelipa Chitambo, the…
HARARE – The MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe will hold its 19th anniversary celebrations at a date to be confirmed. This is seen setting the stage for a counter-attraction given that the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC is also planning to conduct its own 19th anniversary celebrations this weekend. “We have not yet come up with a…
HARARE – Chiefs have accused Zanu PF of sidelining them after they were overlooked for the positions of Senate president, deputy Senate president and chief whip in elections held in Parliament on Tuesday. The Zanu PF politburo met on Monday prior to the elections to deliberate on the ruling party’s candidates for the National Assembly…
