BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it is prepared to engage the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to address the opposition party’s concerns over the voters’ roll. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Zec vice chairperson Rodney Kiwa, said the electoral body had an “open-door policy” for all stakeholders who wanted…
CONGREGANTS from the Apostolic and Zion sectors who gathered under the banner Vapositori4ED at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield, Harare, yesterday, pledged to vote in their numbers for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF in the August 23 general elections. The national chairperson of the grouping, Moses Gwasirira, said indigenous churches in Zimbabwe would mobilise…
BY YVONNE NCUBEin BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo-based National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has reportedly retrenched, with immediate effect, 60 non-academic staff without appropriate notice. In a brief letter to the affected employees, obtained by the Daily News On Sunday, Nust informed the selected staffers to stop reporting for work from May 31. “Please be…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), in partnership with the Zimbabwe Parents of the Handicapped Children Association ZCoHCA, has empowered over 300 persons with disabilities in Chivi district, Masvingo Province, through income-generating projects. Addressing the media last week at Chengaose Stimulation Centre in the district, ZCoHCA field officer Tracy Mabhiza said the…
IN A surprising development, an opposition legislator has regurgitated yester-year claims of disappearing ink on ballot papers. This comes despite repeated assurances by the authorities that the claims were false and that this year’s elections will once again be free and fair. Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, the Citizens Coalition for Change’s (CCC) MP for…
THE government says it has implanted enough reforms that should see the thawing of its relations with Western countries after decades of international isolation. This comes as the late former President Robert Mugabe’s administration was slapped with sanctions in the 2000s by the United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union after…
A MAN from Mungate Village, under Chief Chinamora, Mashonaland East Province, rued the day he allegedly committed rape, when his victim bit him on his private parts before escaping his grasp. Edson Gwada was arraigned before Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka on Thursday where he was charged with rape. He was remanded in custody and ordered…
THE National Aids Council (Nac), in partnership with the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS), has embarked on a goat breeding project meant to improve the dietary requirements for inmates on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Speaking to journalists during a media tour yesterday, the officer-in charge for Gwanda Prison, superintendent Ishmael Madzimbamuto said since the start…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have banned the use and importation of Johnson and Johnson’s baby powder. This comes amid claims that the powder poses serious health risks, including causing cancer in children. In a recent letter to provincial medical directors, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health, Jasper Chimedza, said the ban was with…
THE government has given the green light to local lithium producers to export raw ore for a maximum period of two years while setting up their own processing plants. Exports of lithium ore were banned last year as part of efforts to boost mineral beneficiation in the country. Minister of Mines Winston Chitando told the…
