© ZANU PF is moving to amend its constitution ostensibly to modernise it in a move believed to give more power to the party’s president and his presidium. Recently, the ruling party indicated that it would move to amend the country’s Constitution to remove the presidential running mate clause which some in Zanu PF say…
NELSON Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has moved to heal divisions following the acrimonious congress in Masvingo where some officials were disqualified in controversial circumstances. In an interview, newly-elected Masvingo Province organising secretary Bornface Mudzingwa said the opposition party is going to retain its status and reputation by uniting all its members including those who lost. [GoogleAd]…
© ROAD traffic accidents recorded during the Independence and Easter holidays have increased from 228 in 2018 to 258 this year. In a statement Police Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi warned drivers to observe the law and report all road traffic accidents to the police. [GoogleAd] “We continue to urge drivers to be cautious when driving…
© CHEGUTU residents will tomorrow take to the streets and demonstrate against acute water shortages that have persisted in the Mashonaland West Province town since 2008. Combined Chegutu Residence and Rate Payers Association president Moffat Tembo told the Daily News that residents will assemble at the Town House at 8am for the protest. [GoogleAd] “Ever…
© KUWADZANA residents woke up to no water meters after Harare City Council (HCC) employees removed them over non-payment of bills. Community Water Alliance (CWA) Ward 44 chairperson Miriam Nyamande told the Daily News that more than 30 houses had been disconnected. The disconnections come as Harare last week spent more than three days without…
© GOVERNMENT has not been paying some of the teachers who took part in the December protests for two months since January, the Daily News can report. Members of the militant Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz), who staged a protest march from Mutare to Harare pressing for improved working conditions, were last paid…
© ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says it will today file an application for the State to be compelled to issue a postmortem conducted for the late Kelvin Tinashe Choto who was allegedly shot by soldiers during “Shutdown Zimbabwe” protests early this year. Fiona Iliff who is handling the matter confirmed to the Daily…
© MOST families in Zimbabwe are now surviving on one meal per day as prices of basic commodities continue to spiral out of control amid a worsening economic crisis, a Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) survey has revealed. The cost of living in the country has sharply risen with bread prices shooting up from around…
© NORTON independent legislator Temba Mliswa has called upon Parliament to allocate at least 40 seats to youths and people living with disabilities saying they also deserve representation in the National Assembly. Speaking at the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt Development indaba on Public Finance Management, Mliswa said the 60 seats reserved for women in Parliament…
MDC ALLIANCE president Nelson Chamisa’s secret deals with the party’s secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora and one of his vice presidents Elias Mudzuri on the hand so that both do not contest him for the presidency at their next congress has been received with mixed views. The deals are such that Chamisa will guarantee Mudzuri retains his…
