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By Ketty Nyoni AS THE 2023 elections draw closer, respected political analysts have reiterated that the country’s opposition parties will have to do something extraordinary if they are to give Zanu PF a run for its money during the polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after Zanu PF shellacked its opponents in five of…

By Dionne Kanyowa CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has set up a committee to investigate whether judges should continue wearing their judicial wigs when discharging their duties. This is following widespread criticism of the colonial relic’s relevance 42 years after independence as well as part of the transformation of the judiciary by the Judiciary Service Commission…

By Brandon Josphat ELECTION Resource Centre (ERC), an election watchdog, has implored three constitutional commissions to engage key actors in the electoral fi eld to address political violence to ensure credibility of next year’s general polls. This comes amid numerous reports of political violence across the country pitting Zanu PF and opposition Citizens Coalition for…

By Hazel Marimbiza A POLICE officer stationed in Beitbridge has appeared at Bulawayo Tredgold magistrates’ court for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. Steven Chanda from Mzilikazi in Bulawayo was not asked to plead when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda. He was remanded out of custody to November 11 2022 on condition he…

By Rutendo Ngara THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says although the country has started receiving some rains, it is probably too early for farmers to start planting their crops. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the said it was forecasting rains this week characterised by thunderstorms — especially in the south-western districts of the country….

BY BRANDON JOSPHAT ZANU PF has reiterated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa won’t be contested at the ruling party’s elective congress that will be held in Harare from Wednesday to Saturday this week. Speaking last week on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said Mnangagwa…

THE ruling Zanu PF party will this week hold its long-awaited elective congress amid murmurs that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be challenged. Our Group Editor–in-Chief Guthrie Munyuki (GM) sat down with the ruling party spokesperson, Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa (CM), on fast growing independent commercial television station, 3Ktv, popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, where…

By Ketty Nyoni FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says as the government works towards reforming the economy, the use of the multicurrency system remains the best option. Giving an overview of the performance of the 2022 National Budget and the 2023 revenue and expenditure targets at the 2023 pre-budget briefing seminar in Harare on Friday, Ncube…

By Hazel Marimbiza THE United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) says more effort is needed to equip children with basic education, as most are still deprived of the opportunity to attend school. This comes after Zimbabwe was part of the nations which attended the recent Transforming Education Summit in New York, which called for all…