THE African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has called on the government to ensure compliance with laws in order to deter violence being targeted at women politicians in the country ahead of this month’s polls. In a statement yesterday, ACHPR said reports of alleged escalating political tension and incidents that have resulted in…
Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE government, in partnership with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has launched a Zimbabwe National Migration Policy (ZNMP) to provide a platform for the promotion of good governance in labour migration as well as empowering and protecting labour migrants. Speaking during the launch of the policy yesterday in Harare, minister of…
SEVERAL initiatives have been rolled out in Zimbabwe over the past five years to accord young people their rightful position as future…
A SELF-PROCLAIMED traditional healer, 25, was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in prison at the Bulawayo regional court for raping a 75-year-old woman at her homestead after she turned down his love proposal. Roy Ndlovu from Mbembeswana area in Siganda, Matabeleland North Province, appeared before regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza. He pleaded not guilty, but was…
A REGISTERED voter has filed an urgent application at the Bulawayo High Court seeking to nullify the nomination of Zanu PF’s parliamentary candidate Rajesh Kumar Modi for allegedly filing his papers out of time on June 21. This comes after the Bulawayo High Court last Thursday barred 12 parliamentary candidates from the Citizens Coalition for…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has warned malcontents who are bent on disrupting the electoral process during this month’s elections. This comes as political tension in the country is rising amid reports of political violence ahead of the general elections. It also comes as opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has accused…
A STATE witness in Marry Mubaiwa’s attempted murder trial yesterday told a Harare Magistrate Court that he saw some bloodied pyjamas in the South African hospital room where the former model allegedly attempted to kill her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. Her trial continued yesterday before Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka, with army major Godfrey…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a garden boy from Killarney suburb who allegedly connived with his friend to steal gold worth millions of dollars and cash worth US$18 000 from his former employer. Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube yesterday identified the accused persons as Andrew Charasa, 28 and Ngonidzashe Kunguya, 28….
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora says polarisation of the country’s politics continues to weigh down on the country’s social, economic and political potential. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday during the launch of his party’s manifesto for the August 23 elections, Mwonzora said he believed in peace and political stability as pillars of a viable country,…
TWO armed robbery suspects, who are believed to have been part of a crew that was involved in 17 robberies committed in Harare since January, have appeared before the Harare Magistrate’s Court facing unlawful entry charges. Tinashe Ray Chirombo, 31, and Trymore Gutaderere, 32, both from Epworth, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi before they…
