IT IS encouraging to learn that our government has successfully returned 500 Zimbabweans who have been enslaved in Asia and other locations since 2014. Even though our nation is putting in a lot of effort to stop human trafficking, we think that its actions don’t meet the basic requirements. We think the number 500 ought…
THREE ministers and three deputies were axed on Monday as South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa announced changes to the national executive headlined…
GHANA’S ambassador to Zimbabwe, Alexander Grant Ntrakwa, has urged the populace to hold peaceful elections, adding that Zimbabwe, as a democracy, should also implement comprehensive electoral reforms. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ntrakwa said Ghana believes that all political parties in Zimbabwe must campaign freely without any form of violence against opponents. Zimbabwe is…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has warned that authorities will not hesitate to throw the book at all trouble-makers ahead of the country’s crunch polls. Speaking during a fundraising dinner for Roman Catholic youth in Mutare at the weekend, the nononsense retired army general and former Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) emphasised that there…
THE daughter of the late former president Robert Mugabe, Bona, has officially filed for divorce from her husband of nine years, Simba Chikore, ostensibly because their marriage has irretrievably broken. Bona filed the papers at the High Court yesterday, seeking a decree of divorce, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’. Bona’s lawyer, Fungai Chimwamurombe, could not shed more…
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is intensifying peace initiatives around the country after establishing a complaints desk to deal with incidences of political violence and other conflicts ahead of this year’s general elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NPRC spokesperson Obert Gutu said they had introduced a desk to deal with issues…
THE High Court has thrown out an application by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Harare North MP Allan Markham in which he sought to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to provide him with the national voters’ roll in an electronic format. The matter, which was heard in court yesterday, was finalised after High Court…
AS ZIMBABWE gets ready to adopt a firm position on the contentious subject of capital punishment, the ministry of Justice is launching a campaign to gather public opinion. This comes in light of the fact that the nation has not carried out an execution in 18 years. The notorious armed robbers and murderers Stephen Chidhumo…
THE High Court dismissed a farmer’s bid to halt the Zimbabwe Defence Forces’ takeover of his farm, citing the farmer’s failure to justify his position. Wonder Mukwaira had sued Lands minister Anxious Masuka demanding that he withdraw the land offer given to the ZDF. According to court documents, on June 25 2013, Mukwaira was offered…
By Emmanuel Marambe THE 2023 Nedbank Rugby Challenge Cup was officially launched in Harare yesterday with a US$23 000 sponsorship package for the three-day event that will feature teams drawn from the national league, as well as the Under-20 team that is preparing for the Barthes Trophy. The Under 20s, who are also known as…
