By Brighton Muronzereyi CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa, says he is preparing to reach out to President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the issue of electoral reforms ahead of next year’s general elections. Speaking in Harare during the launch of his party’s pre-election pact on electoral reforms yesterday, Chamisa said Zimbabweans must unite and…
AN ex-army captain who was nabbed on allegations of trying to influence the illegal entry of 31 AK 47 rifles into the country from South Africa has been freed on $50 000 bail. Leonard Matambo is alleged to have written a letter to a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority manager at the Beitbridge Border Post to facilitate…
By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi THE country’s major parties have welcomed the call by church leaders for political organisations to sign a peace covenant ahead of the crunch 2023 elections. However, the ruling Zanu PF also wants the clergy to similarly push the opposition, and especially the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), to also…
By Rutendo Ngara THE European Union (EU) has withdrawn funding to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country, saying they want to promote self-sustainability, especially among the youth and women. Speaking at the official closure of the EU funding to the Zimbabwe Agriculture Growth Programme (ZAGP) in Harare yesterday, EU head of cooperation Frank…
By Brandon Josphat THE African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) Zimbabwe has urged the government to implement punitive laws that will help to curb corruption in the country. In a report presented in the National Assembly on Tuesday, APNAC Zimbabwe said there was a need for the government to introduce laws that deter individuals, organisations…
By Brandon Josphat AFRICA50 is set to fund infrastructure development in Zimbabwe in a manner that will pave the way for economic development and job creation. Africa50 is an infrastructure investment platform that contributes to Africa’s growth by developing and investing in bankable projects, catalysing public sector capital and mobilising private sector funding with differentiated…
By Ketty Nyoni LEGISLATORS have demanded that minister of Home Affairs Kazembe Kazembe should update the nation on the progress made so far in trying to bring closure to the disappearance of political activist Itai Dzamara in 2015. Speaking in the National Assembly on Tuesday, MP for Kambuzuma Willias Madzimure and lawmaker for Norton Themba…
FORMER Finance minister and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Tendai Biti is being accused of breaching section 20 of the schedule to…
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority will hold a Tourism Investment Forum on the side-lines of the upcoming Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo on October 14 at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre in Bulawayo. The forum will run under the theme: “Thinking Investment – Explore Zimbabwe Tourism Opportunities”.ZTA chief executive officer Winnie Muchanyuka outlined the investment forum’s objectives:…
By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat AS ZIMBABWE hurtles towards the 2023 polls, Church leaders have implored political parties to sign a peace covenant to help end the country’s history of violence associated with national elections. In a report released this week, clerics under the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) also said they expected…
