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THE International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is finalising its collaboration with the government to operationalise ethical recruitment by employment agencies in Zimbabwe. This comes after Zimbabwe adopted a National Labour Migration Policy (NLMP) two years ago to improve labour migration governance, protection and empowerment of migrant workers. IOM yesterday said there was an urgent need…

THE government has handed over 38 houses to families relocated to pave way for the construction of the new 310 kilometers high voltage power transmission line in Umguza, Matabeleland North Province. Zesa relocated 72 families last year as the power utility was expanding Hwange Thermal Power Station in a bid to end power outages in…

POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for two suspected killers who allegedly murdered a Cowdray Park vendor for overcharging his products. Bulawayo police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele told the Daily News yesterday that the suspects hit the deceased with a hammer and a stick all over his body until he collapsed. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police…

HIGH Court Judge, Justice Webster Chinamora, yesterday struck off the roll MDC’s urgent application to have its aspiring MPs allowed to fi le nomination papers after failing to do so last week. Last Friday, MDC fi led an urgent application at the Electoral Court challenging Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission (Zec)’s decision to disqualify 87 of its…

By Yvonne Ncube BULAWAYO residents’ associations have called for an increase in national campaigns to promote peace and harmony ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo United Residents Association (BURA) chairperson Winos Dube said churches should play their role in ensuring that there is peace during elections. “We…

THIRTY-EIGHT Citizens Coalition for Change activists who have been in custody for over two weeks after they were arrested for allegedly destroying Zanu PF offi ces in Nyatsime, Chitungwiza, have been granted bail. The 38, who include Adam Furukiya, Tashinga Chihaka, Donald Mugondegwa, Trevor Furukiya, Mathew Pitikanye, and others, were arrested on June 9 and…

A WOMAN from Epworth in Harare who allegedly lured a 15-year-old girl into a car before locking the vehicle, exposing her to a suspected rapist, has appeared before a Harare court. Shingirai Chitata, 25, together with the suspected rapist, Admire Chiwaya, 30, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday, facing a charge of rape. They were…

A WATERFALLS, Harare, man who allegedly held his daughter emotionally hostage and threatened to commit suicide if she did not let him have sexual intercourse with her is facing rape charges after he was arrested earlier this week. The man, whose name cannot be revealed to protect the identity of the victim, appeared before Harare…

A 13-YEAR-OLD died while two other minors were injured in a scotch cart accident in Plumtree, Matabeleland South Province. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Thandolwenkosi Moyo said the incident occurred on June 20 in Osabeni, where Perfect Sibanda, 13, who was in the company of his two friends, died…

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) is sweating over double candidature and the opposition has decided to take the legal route after some of the aspiring parliamentary and council candidates decline to withdraw from contesting in the August 23 polls. This comes as the CCC is battling to unscramble the perennial opposition scourge of double candidates…