CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has underscored the need for infrastructural development as part of a decentralisation agenda pursued by the Judicial Service Commission to achieve effective justice service delivery in all parts of the country. In his keynote address while officially commissioning the Lupane Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Malaba also bemoaned the absence of magistrates’ courts…

YOUNG people in the country are less likely to participate in next year’s harmonised elections in which at least 67 percent of the people interviewed by Afrobarometer indicated that they will vote. The pan- African research institute Afrobarometer, represented in Zimbabwe by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI), interviewed 1 200 adult citizens of Zimbabwe…

THE church says it is engaging political parties on political violence ahead of next year’s elections by raising more awareness on the need for peaceful campaigns and tolerance. This comes at a time the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is currently engaging political parties to try to minimisepolitical violence. Speaking to the Daily News…

THE ongoing water crisis in the second largest city has left councilors divided on the best way to handle the situation with others calling for a board of inquiry to be set up to investigate the matter while others are in support of reviving the suspended Water Crisis Committee. This comes amid growing pressure on…

DEVELOPMENT agencies and non-governmental organisations involved in food relief programmes should use existing distribution channels to pro- mote transparency and avert corruption, the government has said. This comes at a time government has adopted a food deficit mitigation strategy meant to provide relief to 3.8 million food insecure people.Addressing a food deficit mitigation strategy sensitisation…