THERE is a sad development in the country, gun violence is on the increase. Just last Friday, a man shot and killed three people in cold blood in Wedza, Mashonaland East. It is now rare for a week to pass without reports of gun violence. What is worrying and what the authorities should immediately find…
AS LINGERING droughts hit southern Africa’s hydropower dams, Zimbabwe faces growing electricity shortages – but connecting individuals and businesses that have installed private solar panels to the national grid could help fill some of the gap. Farmer Kalani Ndlovu, for instance, wants to expand his 13 kilowatt (KW) solar mini-grid – used to pump well…
Emmanuel Marambeat HARARE SPORTS CLUB RYAN Burl’s game changing 11-ball cameo swept Zimbabwe to an entertaining and series clinching four-wicket victory over Ireland in the third and final T20 match here yesterday. Chasing a modest 142 to win both the match and series, Zimbabwe needed the steadying influence of captain Craig Ervine who held…
HIGH Court judges Justices Neville Wamambo and Emilia Muchawa have dismissed an application filed by 12 Buhera villagers who sought to challenge the construction of a boarding school on a piece of land in Madzivanyika village. This comes after the Murambinda magistrate’s court granted an order to the Munda Family Trust, which barred the…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has broken its silence on the raging debates around its draft delimitation report, saying it takes all the inputs made to date by key stakeholders seriously. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, in the wake of Parliament’s ad-hoc committee on the report presenting its findings to the august House…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it is disturbed by increasing cases of violence against the party and its members. This comes as the party’s MPs, Costa Machingauta and Amos Chibaya — who were arrested in Harare at the weekend — are set to appear in court today, together with…
LOCAL government minister July Moyo has been stripped of the powers to make decisions on behalf of local authorities in the country, after the High Court last week declared that Section 314 of the Urban Councils Act was invalid. According to the clause, a minister has the authority to overturn, postpone, or revoke council…
By Black Edward WE all grumbled and shook our heads when a colleague started lecturing us on the subject of “justifying actions” during our Christmas party. The colleague had picked a wrong time to deliver a lecture and it didn’t go far, but the little he said got me thinking. He pointed out that the…
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party is proposing the enactment of a Delimitation Act to deal with the nitty-gritties of how the country’s constituency and ward boundaries are marked ahead of future general elections. The Act, CCC said, would ensure that there are no disputes among election stakeholders as is currently obtaining with…
MUSICIAN Sarah Dee, who is set to launch her sixth studio album She Warrior at the Jameson Hotel in the capital on February 3, has promised her fans a show to remember. The forthcoming musical album is made up of eight tracks. “My fans should expect a unique performance, as I am hungry and ready…
