ALL eyes are now on authorities as the controversy over the delimitation exercise conducted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) continues to rage, amid calls for Parliament to discard the report. This comes as political analysts say both Parliament and the executive arm of government are caught in a double bind over the contentious report,…
POLICE yesterday arrested a 54-year-old church caretaker after he was found growing more than 700 dagga plants at Baptist Pinnacle Church premises in Westlea, Harare. Police national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that they have since arrested one Lawrence Mtizwa, a caretaker at the church, on suspicions…
GOVERNMENT is set to dish out residential stands to Members of Parliament after recently directing local authorities around the country to speed up the allocation of the land to the legislators. This comes barely three months after Zanu PF, MDC and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators received US$40 000 housing loans each from the…
SOME Zanu PF affiliates are stepping up their bid to sink the draft delimitation report which was handed over to President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). The affiliates — Men BelievED, Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP) and Councillors for Economic Development — told the Daily News yesterday that the delimitation…
NEWLY-APPOINTED Zanu PF youth leader, Tinoda Machakaire, has issued a stern warning to all perpetrators of political violence in the country, saying hooligans have no place in society. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Machakaire — who is also the deputy minister of Youth — further asserted that the ruling Zanu PF was a “peace-loving…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has stepped up his calls for another government of national unity (GNU) in the country to help resolve Zimbabwe’s long-standing political and economic challenges. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the MDC president also said the furore over the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) ongoing delimitation exercise underscored the importance of the…
THERE is no doubt that 2022 has been a challenging year for many Zimbabweans, amid debilitating power cuts, high prices of basic goods, and lately the threat of a resurgence of the noxious forex black market. All this has meant that despite hordes of people doing their last-minute shopping in urban areas over the past…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says all political parties eligible to receive funding under the Political Parties Finance Act must be audited to curb misuse of public funds. The minister said this last week in the National Assembly after Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP for Kuwadzana East Chalton Hwende had questioned why political parties receiving…
THE government is considering public-private-partnerships and the provision of subsidies to patients treated at private health facilities, as the shortage of drugs, equipment and personnel in public hospitals and clinics persist. Speaking in the National Assembly recently, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the government was working on improving the dire situation at most public hospitals…
IT SEEMINGLY never rains but pours for Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s beset former wife, Marry, after the Pretoria High Court granted an order paving the way for the sale of her luxury properties in South Africa. This latest development followed a ruling earlier this year by the same court which gave SA authorities permission to…
