January 2022

NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly (NCA) president Lovemore Madhuku yesterday said the country should focus on electoral reforms ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 polls. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week decreed that 28 parliamentary by-elections be held on March 26. Addressing a press conference in Harare, Madhuku said the government should have prioritised electoral reforms…

CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba says law salaries are crippling the justice delivery system in the country and called on the government to review remuneration for public sector workers regularly. In his State of the Judiciary Address, which marked the official opening of the 2022 legal year yesterday, Justice Malaba said members of the judicial service,…

ZANU PF continues to reel from its seemingly intractable factional wars around the country, a fortnight after the former liberation movement installed its new team of provincial chairpersons. The ugly infighting is not sparing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s home province of Midlands, which witnessed violence at the weekend as the region attempted to complete the election…

Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has invited both foreign and local observers to monitor the country’s upcoming Parliamentary and council by-elections. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa decreed that the by-elections will be held on Saturday March 26. “ZEC hereby invites applications from observers and the media for accreditation to observe by-elections in…

MDC national executive member Makomborero Haruzivishe, has finally been released by the High Court on a $20 000 bail after 10 months in prison.  He is facing charges of kidnapping or unlawful detention, alternatively participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence. As part of the bail conditions, Haruzivishe should report twice weekly…