Politics

Commissioners should be objective and non-partisan

PEOPLE’S Unity Party (PUP) has said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) commissioners should be objective, professional and transparent in their operations to ensure that the organisations’ integrity in upheld. The opposition party’s president Herbert Chimuka said all commissioners appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa should carry out their duties as guided by the constitutions without fear…

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Editorial Comment

Salary talks must never be a zero sum game

THE country is on the edge amid threats of a crippling strike by public sector workers in two weeks in a bid to get the government to accede to their demands for salaries payments in hard currency. It is trite that a shutdown could halt critical services in the country, including education, transport and healthcare…

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Business

POSB launches mobile money transfer platform

PEOPLE’s Own Savings Bank (POSB) has launched a low cost US$-denominated mobile money platform — POSB Remit, as the mass market financial institution bids to enhance service delivery to drive up hard currency revenue. The domestic money transfer service allows both POSB and non-POSB individual customers to send and receive US$ cash from families and…

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News

Fake Zacc commissioners denied bail

TWO suspected bogus anti-corruption commissioners, who were allegedly targeting public figures in attempts to extort money from them on the guise that their employer the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission was investigating them on corruption, have been denied bail. Felix Rimaunga and Brian Nyazamba are facing nine counts of extortion and the court ruled that they were…

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Government workers give strike notification… as impasse over their salaries, conditions of work continues

Rumbidzai Ngwenya ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw PUBLIC sector workers have given the government a two-week ultimatum to address their salary demands, failure of which they will embark on a national strike. In a notice addressed to Public Service minister Paul Mavhima on Monday, civil servants said authorities had 14 days to adjust their salaries in line with the…

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More than 28k machete criminals arrested

Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have arrested more than 28 000 machete criminals since January as authorities have intensified the war against violent criminals under the ongoing operation “no to machete gangs”. This comes as violent criminals continue to be a menace in the country with several cases being recorded each passing week. Speaking to the Daily…

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Sikhala, Sithole bid for freedom postponed

Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw CITIZENS Coalition for Change members Job Sikhala, and Godfrey Sithole yesterday suffered another setback in their bid for freedom after the High Court postponed their bail appeal to Thursday after the State failed to respond timeously to the duo’s application.  Justice Munamato Mutevedzi was forced to postpone the matter that was…

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Chiwenga challenges Sadc over malaria fight

Nyasha Kunyiswa STAFF WRITER Kunyiswan@gmail.co.zw VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has called on southern African countries to manufacture their own drugs and medical equipment which can be used to fight malaria. This comes after the country recently recorded a 70 percent decline of malaria cases. Speaking on behalf of Chiwenga during the official opening of the…

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Convict wants matter referred to ConCourt

SENTENCING for two Mashwede Holdings employees convicted for stealing fuel coupons worth over US$16 000 and claiming they had been stolen during a robbery at the company’s premises has been shelved after one of them raised constitutional issues.  Ernest Nevanji Madanhire and Edson Mashamhanda were convicted of theft of trust property and were remanded in…

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Government facing headache over increased power demand

Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT yesterday said there is an increased demand for electricity in the country and they are now charging a higher tariff to people who use electricity above a certain threshold. This comes as the country continues to reel from brutal power cuts with different sectors of the economy now paying the price…

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