By Ketty Nyoni THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) says it is working on weeding out unregistered legal aid societies as they are receiving more reports from people who are falling victim to their scams. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, LSZ communications manager Richard Chidza said there was a need to ensure speedy prosecution…
EIGHT people died over the weekend in separate road accidents that occurred in Chivhu and along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway, police have confirmed. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the first accident that occurred in Chivhu involved a Scania Rigid truck with about 30 passengers. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirm…
ZANU PF and opposition legislators have locked horns in Parliament over calls for diaspora vote during the ongoing debate on the Electoral Amendment Bill ahead of harmonised elections to be held in August. This comes as the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and MDC parties are pushing the government to allow the diaspora community to…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has filed another urgent application in the High Court, seeking to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa from announcing the dates for this year’s crunch elections. Mwonzora’s doubling down on the matter comes after he recently filed another High Court application to have the eagerly-awaited national polls postponed. That other application was made…
By Brandon Josphat SPEAKER of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, has called on parliamentarians to craft punitive laws that will deal with early child marriages that are wrecking communities across the country. This comes amid a rapid increase in child marriages that authorities attribute mainly to religious beliefs and poverty, among other reasons. In response…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says the attempt by the government to demand a certain level of education for aspiring councillors infringes on the electorate’s constitutional right of choice. This comes after the government announced early this month that they were finalising a new law to bar politicians without tertiary education qualifications from running for…
THE government is asking mining companies to work with it to install weighbridges all over the country in an effort to avoid damaging roads. The government is in the process of choosing locations for the weighbridges across the nation, according to the minister of Transport Felix Mhona, who spoke to the National Assembly on Wednesday….
THE Zimbabwe Association of Neurological Surgeons says more equipment is needed in public hospitals to match the increasing number of neurosurgeon specialists being trained so that they can provide effective treatment to patients. Speaking on the side-lines of a neurosurgeons conference held in Bulawayo recently, University of Zimbabwe medical lecturer Kazadi Kalangu said while they…
THE government says it is doing all it can to stabilise the economy and to protect consumers from those allegedly working to sabotage the country. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa reiterated that authorities viewed the continuing volatility of the Zim dollar and the current prices spiral as the work of…
FOUR University of Zimbabwe students, who were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly defacing seven buildings in Harare’s central business district, will spend the weekend in remand prison after a Harare magistrate rolled the continuation of their bail application to next Wednesday. Emmanuel Sitima, 24, Comfort Mpofu, 22, Tawanda Watadza, 24, and Lionel Wadamombe appeared before…
