NEWLY-APPOINTED Zanu PF youth leader, Tinoda Machakaire, has issued a stern warning to all perpetrators of political violence in the country, saying hooligans have no place in society. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Machakaire — who is also the deputy minister of Youth — further asserted that the ruling Zanu PF was a “peace-loving…
THE 2023 legal year will officially commence on Monday next week with Chief Justice Luke Malaba expected to deliver a keynote address at a ceremony at the Constitutional Court in the capital. Chief Justice Malaba is also expected to set the judicial administrative agenda for the year Simultaneously, deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza, Constitutional Court…
A LOCAL health facility has embarked on a campaign to provide free eye examinations for children under the age of 12. Speaking to the Daily News in Bulawayo yesterday, Qorax Vision Centre optometrist Farai Zinyembe said the initiative, which was recently launched, will run until the end of the year. “Our free eye examinations for…
INCARCERATED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala has made an application to have his trial for allegedly inciting violence live streamed to the public. was arrested in June 2022 after he allegedly incited public violence that erupted during the memorial for fellow party member, Moreblessing Ali. The MP appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo…
THE price of tobacco at the auction floors this marketing season might be affected amid reports that early flowering of the 2022/23 crop will affect the quality of the leaf. In a report yesterday, the Tobacco Research Board (TRB) said it had received several reports from growers of premature crop flowering or early flowering across…
By Regis Chingawo and Ketty Nyoni BOTH political parties and analysts are looking forward to this year’s fast-approaching harmonised elections, amid hopes that the crunch polls will be peaceful. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, representatives of major political parties all expressed optimism that they would do well in the elections. A confident Zanu PF…
IN THE latest notch in its belt for the country’s most watched television channel on satellite, 3Ktv, the station successfully broadcast live…
THE National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) should be disbanded and replaced by a platform for social dialogue that promotes industrial harmony and productivity, teachers have said. Civil servants are displeased with the government’s negotiations over their working conditions, which they claim are biased in the employer’s favour. Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president, Takavafira…
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has suspended the use of the two toll gates along NgunduTanganda Road and at Chivhu-Nyazura Road. In a statement over the weekend, Zinara said the suspension was part of the continuous operations review by the parastatal. “The Zimbabwe National Road Administration would like to advise the motoring public that…
SIX people died over New Year’s Eve in different traffic road accidents amid concerns of high road deaths and fatalities recorded during the festive season. National police spokesperson assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi said in the first accident, three people died after being run over by a bus, which veered off the road. “The Zimbabwe Republic…
