ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) is targeting to register over 400 000 new voters nationwide during the second blitz drive. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Zec deputy commissioner Rodney Kiwa said they are ready to roll out the exercise, which starts today and ends on March 21 countrywide. “We are ready with the…
OPPOSITION senator Morgen Komichi believes there is a need to amend the country’s Constitution to pave the way for a Government of National Unity (GNU) after any election and end the current setup where a winning party takes charge of all levers of government. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Komichi said the…
A ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) officer has been sentenced to eight years in prison after a Harare magistrate found him guilty on charges of robbery. Kudakwashe Kamhizha, 21, was convicted of stealing property valued at US$29 000 from a house in Tynwald, Harare. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) claimed that on October 6, 2021, Kamhizha…
THE government will ensure that the forthcoming general elections are peaceful, which will boost both local and foreign investment in the country, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Speaking at a business summit in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa also called upon industry and commerce to seize the many opportunities offered by the country’s economy, which he said…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni has accused the Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC) of damaging its water pipes and reservoir equipment by cutting off power spontaneously, a development that he said has resulted in residents enduring unrestrained water cuts. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mguni said the council had for a…
By Rutendo Ngara SMALL-SCALE farmers have received US$4.7 million from the Japanese government for fertiliser procurement in the 2023/24 summer cropping season. Speaking at the handover ceremony of the funds in Harare yesterday, Japanese ambassador to Zimbabwe, Satoshi Tanaka, said Zimbabwe, like most other nations, was impacted by the rise in fertiliser prices brought on…
TROPICAL storm Freddy was due to hit the coast of southern Africa again late yesterday or early today, having killed at least…
FORMER Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) president Thokozani Khupe, says female politicians are suffering from abuse on social media platforms, preventing many from engaging in active politics. A victim of abuse, both physical and online, she appealed to citizens to respect female politicians. Khupe was speaking to the Daily News this week on the sidelines…
AN investigator from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, Smart Marlon Mandofa appeared in court this afternoon after he was arrested for allegedly interacting…
A LEADING human rights campaigner says despite the many obstacles that women still face in politics, it is a matter of time before Zimbabwe has its first female president. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, activist Beauty Rita Nyampinga also rallied women to break barriers…
