© THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has deployed youths to checkmate their Zanu PF rivals who they accuse of partisan distribution of food and other forms of aid as tensions rise ahead the Lupane East by-election. In a development that could see political temperatures reach boiling point, MDC deputy organising secretary Happymore Chidziva told the Daily…
© Energy minister Fortune Chasi has returned home empty-handed from South Africa where he had gone to convince that country’s power utility Eskom to increase power exports to Zimbabwe. Eskom currently pumps in just 50 megawatts (MW) of electricity because of the US$27 million owed to the entity by Zesa. [GoogleAd] The South African company,…
PARTS of Siya-so informal traders’ market in Mbare were destroyed by fire on Thursday evening, with the inferno burning property worth thousands of dollars. According to traders at the market, the fire, which started around 9pm, was only witnessed by security guards scouring the premise when it had already engulfed most of the market. [GoogleAd]…
© ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa has said government does not respect the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF), with ministers allegedly contemptuously snubbing key meetings. TNF brings together government, labour and business to the negotiating table to avoid strikes and demonstrations by workers. In an interview with the Daily News, Mutasa said…
© THE opposition MDC on Wednesday blocked the introduction in Parliament of the Marriage Bill which government gazetted last week. Leader of government business in Parliament Ziyambi Ziyambi had sought leave of the house that the bill be introduced on Thursday. The request drew the ire of the opposition bench, led by Mutare Central MP…
© MEMBERS of Parliament have bemoaned the high cost of sanitary wear. Lawmakers are pushing for sanitary wear to be availed to school children for free. Debating the Education Amendment Bill on Thursday, MPs said achieving a nation that has women and girls that are educated will not be possible unless girls are provided with…
© ZIMBABWE must implement security and legal reforms to improve the country’s democratic space, International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) have said. This comes after the IRI and NDI sent a delegation to Zimbabwe this week to assess the country’s electoral reform agenda. [GoogleAd] The delegation was led by former ambassador…
© THE National Assembly has summoned Finance minister Mthuli Ncube over unexplained expenditure amounting to over $2 million. Deputy Speaker Tsitsi Gezi said Ncube should come and give a ministerial statement on the issue. This was after MDC Harare East Constituency MP Tendai Biti questioned how the money acquired from the Central Bank was used….
© ZIMBABWE needs its whistle-blowers as it engages on its anti-corruption drive. They are indispensable in a healthy society. The citizen who, in the public interest, has the independence of judgement and the personal courage to challenge malpractice or illegality is a kind of public hero. Yet, as reported elsewhere in this edition, tax collector…
EDITOR — Zimbabwe is my motherland. My heart bleeds when I see Zimbabwe in such a terrible state. Our elders took over the reigns from colonial masters and we all celebrated because we thought we are now in full ownership of our country. When some people in Africa hear names of their presidents they will…
