September 2022

By Brandon Josphat THE debate around high nomination fees for candidates seeking public office in next year’s elections has spilled into Parliament after the Institute for Young Women’s Development petitioned the august House to intervene. This comes after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) recently hiked nomination fees, which will see presidential candidates paying US$20 000…

By Hazel Marimbiza THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BUPRA) yesterday petitioned the city fathers over exorbitant rates, estimated bills and United States Dollars-pegged rates. This comes at a time residents have in recent weeks demanded from the municipality justification of the exorbitant bills which they have been charged since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic….

LEGISLATORS have urged the government to give title deeds to people living in rural areas as is the case with their urban counterparts. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Citizens Coalition for Change MP for Harare East Tendai Biti said people in rural areas were being displaced against their wish but they are unable…

By Dionne Kanyowa A GLEN Norah man, who murdered his girlfriend after hitting her in the head several times with a hoe after she had called off their relationship, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail by the High Court. Justice Munamato Mutevedzi convicted Collen Tinashe Jamu for what he termed a “macabre and…