Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has called on aspiring candidates for the forthcoming by-elections to start lodging nominations to avoid congestion ahead of the sitting of nomination courts on January 26. Speaking at a press conference held in Victoria Falls yesterday, Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba said the commission was geared to oversee the…
PARLIAMENT will amend the Electoral Act this year, as authorities bid to end the country’s troubling history of disputed polls, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, pictured, has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ziyambi — who is also a Zanu PF politburo member and leader of government business in Parliament — also said the ruling party was…
ZIMBABWE has one of the worst road traffic accident mortality rates in the Sadc region, with the country registering a crash every 15 minutes and at least five road deaths every day. So says a road safety performance report by the United Nations (UN) which was launched in Harare yesterday. It attributed, in the main,…
THE government yesterday heaped praises on gold miners after seeing a 55 percent increase in deliveries to Fidelity Gold Refiners (FGR) last year. Releasing the figures of overall gold deliveries to FGR, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mangudya, said the miners’ contribution has seen deliveries going up from 19, 1 tonnes…
BULAWAYO residents have expressed discontent over the city’s water and sewer service delivery, as burst sewer pipes have resulted in ever-flowing sewer streams in the city. The situation has been exacerbated by the heavy rains currently pounding most parts of the country, leaving many homes flooded due to poor drainage in some of the city’s…
STATE-OWNED mobile communications company, NetOne, has recorded an impressive growth in mobile subscription. According to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe) sector performance report for the third quarter in 2021, NetOne subscribers increased by 3.4 percent to 13.935.233 by September 30 2021 from 13.481.527 by June 30 2021 Mobile penetration rate increased by…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya POLITICAL analysts have warned the opposition that Monday’s surprise decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to jettison one of his perceived long time allies, Owen “Mudha” Ncube from Cabinet is ominous. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, they said while the commendable sacking of Ncube was in the main about Mnangagwa asserting his…
HARD-PRESSED Zimbabweans are set to bear the brunt of incessant power outages for nearly two weeks as Zesa Holdings(Zesa) has resumed rehabilitation works at the Kariba Dam wall. In a statement last night, Zesa said it is set to complete the rehabilitation works on January 25. “Zesa Holdings would like to advise its valued stakeholders…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE government will, with immediate effect, reopen Mupedzanhamo and Shawasha informal markets in Harare to accommodate vendors as the city moves to implement the smart cities concept, Harare Provincial Affairs minister Oliver Chidawu, has said. This comes after Harare City Council demolished illegal structures in Mbare last weekend, leaving vendors with no places to…
Hazel Marimbiza IN WHAT may later turn out to be a big blow for Bulawayo residents, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has warned that they risk having fewer parliamentary seats due to their ongoing disengagement from key electoral processes. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zec provincial officer for Bulawayo, Innocent Ncube, said the national elections management…
