REPORTS that the MDC led by Thokozani Khupe has started low-level talks with Zanu PF to negotiate the formation of a government of national unity (GNU) must be welcomed by all well-meaning Zimbabweans yearning for social development in the country. There has been growing pressure for an all-inclusive dialogue locally and abroad to put an…
EDITOR — We read in the press that the city of Harare has started supplying water again and would be distributing it to suburbs consistently, with the precious liquid flowing from taps in some suburbs after the whole city went without last week. This announcement initially brought a sense of relief and significantly raised our…
A person to whom a postal ballot has been sent shall— (a) signify the candidate for whom he or she wishes to vote by secretly placing on the ballot paper a cross in accordance with section 91(c)(ii); and (b) then place the marked ballot paper in the envelope marked “Ballot Paper Envelope”, effectively close…
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa in October last year launched a roadmap to achieve a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023 most people and economic analysts dismissed it as a highly ambitious statement of intent. The roadmap was described as hollow on how such an ambitious project could be accomplished. It was described as long on…
Polling stations EDITOR – Subject to this section the Commission, after consultation with all interested parties, shall— (a) establish, in each constituency and ward, a sufficient number of polling stations it considers necessary or convenient for taking a poll of the voters in that constituency or ward; and (b) determine the area…
ZESA Holdings yesterday increased electricity tariffs by 50 percent, arguing the prevailing rate was too low — a move likely to trigger an adjustment in prices of goods and services. This is coming at a time when President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is optimistic that the country will in the next five years be a net…
by Adiel Mambara A TRAVEL corridor, also known as an air bridge, allows passengers to travel on certain routes to and from countries and territories with low Covid-19 infection rates without needing to quarantine. Travel corridor agreements can be formed between two or more countries. The UK travel corridor list, as of October 18,…
EDITOR — Reports and pictures of people crowding various public transport pick-up points trying to get home are cause for concern and demand serious action on the part of the govern-ment. Numerous pictures of people waiting for transport and not observing social distancing have been published and yet authorities do not seem to care. And…
EDITOR – Every voters roll and every consolidated roll referred to in section 24(5) of the Draft Comprehensive Electoral Amendment Bill shall be a public document and open to inspection by the public, free of charge, during ordinary office hours at the office of the Commission or the registration office where it is kept. A…
ZIMBABWE has a unique and uncharted electoral terrain for a country in the nascent phases of electoral democracy. It is a country in perpetual electoral mode unprecedented in the southern Africa region, holding the record for the most highly contested elections. The gaining and retention of power has dominated the political landscape of the country,…
