THE Supreme Court has upheld a High Court ruling in which a judge declared that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) did not have to release an electronic voters roll to the public. Last year, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Harare North MP, Allan Markham, took Zec to the High Court demanding the release of…
By Ketty Nyoni THE ruling Zanu PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have been warned that they are not guaranteed to win two thirds of parliamentary seats in the upcoming national elections. So says the leader of the Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe (FEEZ), Godfrey Tsenengamu, who also predicted last night that…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has warned that it will not hesitate to take drastic action against financial institutions that fail to follow measures meant to stabilise foreign exchange rates and prices. This comes after the RBZ resolved earlier this week to sell its foreign currency at market determined exchange rates through banks, to…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it will decommission one of its major water supply dams, Umzingwane, in August in a development set to further worsen the city’s water woes. Bulawayo, which is currently grappling with perennial water shortages, is on a tight 72-hour watershedding programme. Speaking during a full council meeting…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has warned its party members against leaking candidate selection process results before the final official announcement is done. This comes after the party’s candidate selection process was completed in the city last weekend, amid chaos which saw names of those who are believed to have sailed through being released…
TWO Harare bouncers, who were arrested last December after they allegedly attacked patrons at the upmarket Pabloz Night Club in Borrowdale in the capital the same month, have been removed from remand. The pair, Blessing Kumunda and Gideon Sanyangore, was arrested on December 29 after the police launched a manhunt for them after a video…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has resorted to taking legal action against a South African civil engineering firm, Terracotta Trading, the contractor of Egodini Mall, as work on completing the multi-million dollar project remains stalled. The last deadline for the completion of the mall was last February, but construction of the first phase, which includes 1…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) say they are in the process of regularising cigar tobacco farming so that more farmers can partake in cigar farming. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, TIMB spokesperson Chelesani Tsarwe said they had noted the impact of cigar tobacco after the first sale of this…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two women from Old Magwegwe suburb after they allegedly teamed up to abort the pregnancy of a 15-year old girl. Bulawayo police spokesperson inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the development to the Daily News yesterday. “On June 6, 2023 police arrested Siduduzile Moyo and Nokuthula Moyo for trying to terminate a…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission earlier this week called for applications from both local and international organisations intending to observe the country’s fast-approaching harmonised elections. It set August 18 as the deadline of the applications, just five days shy of the presidential, parliamentary and council polls. This came just over two months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa…
