THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is working on proactive measures to help stop political violence ahead of next year’s crunch elections. Speaking on independent television station 3Ktv’s popular programme, Vantage, NPRC spokesperson Obert Gutu said the commission had a duty to help create peace and harmony in the country. In this regard, he added, the…
THE much-publicised Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) meant to restore normalcy on the city’s largely damaged roads has stalled owing to a logistical and financial crisis. The development, according to the latest council report has seen some contracted companies pulling out, in the process affecting the progress of the programme. “The city continued with…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it expects to complete the delimitation of constituencies and wards by December, way ahead of next year’s general polls. Delimitation is the process of dividing the country into 210 constituencies and wards for the purposes of elections. The process is carried out in terms…
Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENTARIANS Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, accused of fanning violence in Nyatsime, Chitungwiza, suffered another setback yesterday after the High Court dismissed their bail appeal. The two were denied bail by deputy chief magistrate Gibson Mandaza and took the matter to the upper court challenging his decision. However, Justice Lucy…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has indicated that it is working on rolling out awareness campaigns in the city to conscientise residents about the deadly monkey pox disease. While, Zimbabwe is yet to record a single case since the disease was detected in the United Kindom in May, the authorities have remained on high alert…
TELECOMMUNICATIONS operator TelOne says it has come up with measures to curb vandalism, including deploying of security alarms systems and awareness campaigns, among others. This comes after TelOne recently said it has lost close to US$1,5 million due to network theft and infrastructure vandalism. In a statement yesterday, the company’s corporate communications head Melody Harry…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE son of the revered late Father Zimbabwe, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo — Sibangilizwe — is pressing on with his push to have his father’s remains exhumed from the National Heroes Acre in Harare despite fierce resistance from Zanu PF. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Sibangilizwe — who is now the leader of Zapu…
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wife, Marry will stand trial on July 29 in a matter where she is accused of trying to kill him while in hospital in South Africa. This will be her third criminal offence to proceed to trial having been convicted of one case of fraudulently trying to solemnise their marriage and…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said although the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is mandated to fight corruption, there is also a need for it to be supervised. Speaking at the Buy Zimbabwe Public Procurement Conference in the capital, Mnangagwa said corruption remained a thorn in the flesh in public procurement processes and tasked…
ZIMBABWE’S leading business and financial paper, The Financial Gazette in partnership with Old Mutual (OM), will tonight host this year’s edition of the prestigious Top Companies Survey Awards in Harare. This year’s awards are being held under the theme: Innovating for Growth in a Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA) environment. The initiative, which honours the top-performing…
