THE president of the Chiefs Council, Fortune Charumbira, has added his voice to the din of calls for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Nelson Chamisa, to engage in talks and work together in the interest of the country. Speaking on Sunday at the burial of the mother…
ZIMBABWE Youth Action Platform (ZYAP) leader Tonderai Chidawa’s court challenge against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) delimitation report suffered a stillbirth yesterday after the Constitutional Court threw out the application seeking to nullify Parliament’s acceptance of the report. Chidawa wanted the ConCourt to nullify the February acceptance of the report by Parliament, arguing that the…
JOHANNESBURG — Thousands of protesters marched through South Africa’s cities on Monday, calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign over the lack of jobs and electricity, as security forces guarded malls and streets to prevent any violence and looting. South Africans are furious about failures of the governing African National Congress (ANC) to deliver services…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa ZIMBABWE and Mozambique are collaborating in the treatment of cholera cases, which are on the rise in the neighbouring country with infected citizens crossing into Zimbabwe for treatment. Zimbabwe is also recording a spike in cholera infections, with 159 suspected cholera cases, 17 confirmed cases, 128 recoveries and one death recorded since…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) says it has nothing to do with the operations of Premier Service Medical Investments (PSMI). PSMI is currently facing operational challenges, including closure of its clinics, hospitals and pharmacies, while its employees at its health centres are on strike over poor working conditions. However, giving…
Rutendo Ngara THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) is today expected to hear the legal challenge against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) delimitation report by Tonderai Chidawa, the leader of a Zanu PF affiliate, the Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP). Chidawa’s lawyer, Lovemore Madhuku, told the Daily News yesterday that contrary to some recent reports that his client intended…
Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to shun divisive tendencies such as tribalism in order to foster peace and economic growth in the country. Speaking during the commemoration of 100 years of Catholic’s St Joseph Mission’s service in Matobo, Matabeleland South Province yesterday, Mnangagwa said his government would not tolerate any form…
Brandon Josphat THE Zanu PF politburo is meeting in Harare today to decide the fate of the multitudes of candidates who have submitted Curriculum Vitae (CVs) to be considered to represent the ruling party as MPs and councillors in the upcoming general elections. The ruling party was supposed to hold its primary elections over the…
Brandon Josphat and Rutendo Ngara ZESA subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), will begin the final synchronisation test of Hwange’s new 300 megawatt Unit 7 today. This comes amid expectations that once this is done successfully, the country’s debilitating power crisis will be eased significantly. There is even more optimism that Zimbabwe’s brutal power cuts…
A POLICE officer, who is on suspension after he was allegedly found in unlawful possession of a pangolin, has been arrested after he was implicated as being part of a gang that broke into a house in Belvedere, Harare, last month and made off with US$7 650. Walter Chanhuwa of ZRP Highfield, together with his alleged…
