THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo has called on the country’s criminal justice system to be impartial and maintain high standards of integrity to boost the fight against graft. Matanda-Moyo said this yesterday in her opening remarks during a Transparency International Zimbabwe-organised indaba on corruption in the legal system in Zimbabwe held in…
IN A move which suggests that not all hope is lost in the relationship between Harare and Washington, the United States of America (USA) yesterday rallied its companies to invest in Zimbabwe — which it said had great potential despite being ruined during the era of the late former president Robert Mugabe. Speaking on Monday…
THE family of the late former President Robert Mugabe is digging in vowing to appeal in the courts of law Chief Zvimba’s directive to exhume his remains and rebury them at the National Heroes Acre. On Monday, Chief Zvimba directed former first lady Grace Mugabe to do the exhumation by no later than July 1,…
CHIEF Zvimba is set for a collision course with the family of the late former president Robert Mugabe whose remains the traditional leader wants exhumed from his Kutama homestead and reburied at the National Heroes Acre not later than July 1. The order follows last week’s traditional court hearing in which Mugabe’s erratic widow Grace…
THE MDC Alliance is pressing ahead with plans to announce a new party and name — a move insiders say could have serious political ramifications for some of the coalition’s bigwigs. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the insiders confirmed that MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa was preparing to switch the pact’s name to Citizens’…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday implored Zimbabweans to have a spirit of unity and peaceful coexistence in order to foster national economic development to attain the country’s vision 2030. Speaking during the memorial service for the late national hero, Perrance Shiri held at Chikerema village in Chikomba Central constituency, Mnangagwa said the former Agriculture minister, had…
WITH the deadly Indian variant of Covid-19 now in the country, health experts have warned citizens to strictly adhere to preventive measures while urging authorities to take a cautious approach and close schools early as a third wave looms. This comes as Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Health minister, revealed on Wednesday…
PARLIAMENT has called on the government to honour the commitment it made to pay cotton farmers their 2020 outstanding payments amounting to $105 billion. Last month, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka told the National Assembly that the government was prepared to clear outstanding payments on behalf of the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) as well as…
WITH preparations for the 2023 national elections now earnestly under way, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will soon start engaging all key stakeholders for a common roadmap for the polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zec spokesperson Qhubani Moyo said the engagements were aimed at enhancing the electoral management body’s credibility in the eyes of all…
WITH 2023 now around the corner, the MDC Alliance has reiterated the urgent need for national dialogue, especially relating to essential electoral reforms ahead of the beckoning polls. The alliance said earlier this week, following a meeting of its national standing committee in Harare, that the much-talked about dialogue should include the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission…
