Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Civil Protection Department (CPD) says the country remains on alert despite the weakening of Tropical Storm Freddy, which made landfall in the country for the second time, last weekend. This comes as one person was swept away on Monday in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, while panning gold in a flooded river and the…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has urged consumers to invest in renewable sources of energy, especially solar, as there seems to be no immediate respite to the current rolling power cuts in the country. Speaking at the World Consumer Rights Day celebrations in Harare yesterday, CCZ chief executive Rose Mpofu, pictured,…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora wants the Constitutional Court(ConCourt) to annul the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission(Zec)’s recently gazetted delimitation report, and stop it from being used in this year’s crunch national elections. In an application filed at the apex court yesterday, Mwonzora said Zec’s delimitation exercise was unconstitutional and should thus be done afresh, incorporating the final…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says its ongoing final voter registration blitz ahead of the upcoming general elections is being hampered by power outages and bad weather. This comes as the elections management body is targeting to register over 400 000 new voters nationwide during the 10-day period which started on Sunday. Zec yesterday said…
By Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw TROPICAL storm Freddy has left a trail of destruction in some parts of Manicaland, where it swept away a gold panner and also damaged key infrastructure and many homesteads. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the deputy director of the Civil Protection Department (CPD), Farai Hokonya, confirmed that one person was missing…
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) received 255 complaints and managed to resolve 186 cases in 2022 while the remainder is still under investigation. This was confirmed by acting Information minister Jenfan Muswere yesterday while speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare.“The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) received 255 complaints and finalised…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala yesterday chose to remain silent as his trial kicked off at the Harare Magistrate’s Court after his lawyers failed to turn up due to other commitments at the High Court. The accused, Sikhala, who is jointly charged with fellow CCC legislator Godfrey Sithole, appeared before…
By Blessings Mashaya and Jeffrey Muvundisi ZANU PF has warned that it will disqualify officials caught using money and other trinkets to win the party’s highly anticipated internal elections this coming weekend. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after receiving thousands of CVs from aspiring candidates for this year’s national elections, Zanu PF secretary for…
THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) says it is not good that the country’s brutal power cuts continue to badly affect ordinary people and businesses alike. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, CCZ executive director Rosemary Mpofu said the blackouts had contributed to “unethical” pricings of basic goods in the country. This comes after the…
A WITNESS in the case in which Marry Mubaiwa is being accused of attempting to murder her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, told the court yesterday that he had not seen the former model removing an intravenous (IV) injection from the ex-army general. Warren Sibanda, a Presidential Guard member and nurse, who accompanied Chiwenga…
