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By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE country will not allow same sex relationships and marriages, authorities have reiterated. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Foreign Affairs minister, Fredrick Shava, said homosexuality ran contrary to both the local culture and laws. He added that Zimbabwe’s re-engagement with Western countries would thus not see authorities sanctioning homosexuality….

THE proposal to construct a new US$100 million Bulawayo water supply, Glass Block dam, viewed as a medium-term measure to address the city’s perennial water crisis, has divided the city fathers. The dam is earmarked for construction in Insiza district, Matabeleland South Province, by a private company. While the government and other stakeholders have approved…

By Ketty Nyoni SENGEZO Tshabangu, who asserts to be the secretary general of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has been nominated as one of the party’s representatives to the Senate. The seats fell vacant at the end of last year when Tshabangu wrote to the Parliament notifying it that he had recalled dozens of…

ZANU PF won 20 out of 23 contested local council seats in last week’s by-elections, while two former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Harare councillors retained their seats after contesting as independent candidates. In a notice yesterday, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chief elections officer, Utloile Silaigwana, confirmed Zanu PF won one council seat in…

ZIMBABWEANS hoping to see the opposition dislodging Zanu PF from power will have to wait much longer as there is no chance of that happening any time soon. So says notable politician, Godfrey Tsenengamu, who also asserts that former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, will forever be haunted by his alleged “political…

FORMER Zengeza West MP and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior official Job Sikhala has quit the opposition party. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, Sikhala, who was released from remand prison last week after spending nearly 600 days incarcerated, said he was instead in the process of forming a National People’s Democratic…

AUTHORITIES say they are engaging with local and international investors to revive the urban passenger trains, popularly known as freedom trains, in order to decongest traffic in cities and towns. Responding to questions in the Senate yesterday, Transport deputy minister Joshua Sacco said plans of revamping the passenger trains in major cities and towns were…

AS HEARINGS on Gukurahundi are about to kick off, authorities have implored the media to report responsibly on the issue. This comes as traditional leaders are about to start holding public hearings on the killings and related trauma that were experienced mainly in Matabeleland and the Midlands in the 1980s, as part of the government’s…

By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has demanded an urgent ministerial statement from Finance ministry authorities detailing how Treasury is addressing spiralling prices of basic commodities and currency volatility. This comes as the prices of basic consumer goods in the country continue to rise sharply largely due to…