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Residents urged to participate fully in budget consultations

Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has urged residents to fully participate in the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) budget consultations as it is an opportunity to get clarity on payment of rates in foreign currency. This comes after residents say Bulawayo was increasingly becoming one of the most expensive cities citing…

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‘New poll fees encourage foreign political funding’

Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE move by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to peg the nomination fees in foreign currency encourages foreign sponsorship and inflames external financial influence to the country’s democracy, the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) says. This comes amid an outcry from would-be candidates in the polls who have described the US$20…

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Mister, Miss Glamour Zim pageant goes international

Beaven DhliwayoSTAFF WRITERdhliwayob@dailynews.co.zwZIMBABWE is set to host an international pageant in the form of Mister and Miss Glamour Universe next year. One of the event organisers, Robert Chipazaure, said the inaugural pageant, an offshoot of Mister and Miss Glamour Zim- babwe, will be heldin March in the resort city of Victoria Falls.“This forthcoming pageant is…

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New schools curriculum needs review

FORMER minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Lazarus Dokora launched the implementation of the new curriculum in a presentation entitled “Ground Zero: Getting Traction’’, on Saturday January 21, 2017 in Kadoma. The new curriculum came into effect in January 2017.Dokora was of a firm conviction that the new education syllabus is meant to modernise the…

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Odinga files court action over presidential results

VETERAN Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has lodged a petition at the Supreme Court challenging the presidential election results, which saw his rival Deputy President William Ruto declared president-elect. Scores of his supporters lined the streets of Kenya raising flags and chanting Odinga’s name. Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua, a seasoned lawmaker and…

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Parliament arm-twists government

Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT has arm-twisted Treasury  into releasing an additional $2 billion budget which will cater for the welfare of legislators. This comes after MPs told deputy speaker of Parliament Tsitsi Gezi that the National Assembly proceedings would be halted until Finance minister Mthuli Ncube addresses their plight. In his response, Ncube said the…

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ED reads riot act

Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday came out guns blazing, warning Zanu PF bigwigs against interfering and  attempting to influence the outcome of the on-going war veterans’ league elections. This comes as the former liberation movement is currently constituting its newly-formed ex-combatants’ league, ahead of Zanu PF’s elective congress which is scheduled for October…

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CSOs plead with parliament for PVOs’ Bill withdrawal

Melisa ChatikoboSTAFF WRITERchatikobom@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL Society Organisations (CSOs) are pleading with Parliament to withdraw the Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill and start public consultations afresh. The government proposed the Bill in November last year in a bid to regulate the operations of CSOs so as to ensure that they are not used to facilitate money…

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