THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is intensifying peace initiatives around the country after establishing a complaints desk to deal with incidences of political violence and other conflicts ahead of this year’s general elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NPRC spokesperson Obert Gutu said they had introduced a desk to deal with issues…
THE High Court has thrown out an application by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Harare North MP Allan Markham in which he sought to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to provide him with the national voters’ roll in an electronic format. The matter, which was heard in court yesterday, was finalised after High Court…
AS ZIMBABWE gets ready to adopt a firm position on the contentious subject of capital punishment, the ministry of Justice is launching a campaign to gather public opinion. This comes in light of the fact that the nation has not carried out an execution in 18 years. The notorious armed robbers and murderers Stephen Chidhumo…
THE chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Priscilla Chigumba, has accused some of her colleagues of operating in breach of their mandates and holding clandestine meetings, as cracks at the elections’ management body widen. In an extraordinary letter to all Zec commissioners on February 22, Chigumba accused some commissioners of coming up with dubious…
By Brandon Josphat THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it is not involved in nefarious activities and does not have links to people who are alleged to have implicated the apex bank in their illegal dealings in a documentary said to be planned for release by a major global broadcaster. Reacting to widely-circulated snippets…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA THE country is faced with a critical shortage of blood group O, which is in high demand in the country, the National Blood Services (NBSZ) has said. This comes after the NBSZ has been facing serious blood shortages for the past year, which has resulted in delays in operations at major referral…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) has urged Parliament to put pressure on the government to ensure fairness when they negotiate civil servants’ conditions of service. Giving oral evidence before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Service, ZCPSTU secretary general David Dzatsunga said the government was the one dictating…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE government has managed to bring back home 500 citizens who were enslaved in Asian countries and other destinations since 2014. This comes in the wake of the launch of the National Action Plan (Nac plan) aimed at curbing human trafficking. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the head of the secretariat…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat AN ALLEGED game plan by the opposition to discredit this year’s national elections will be futile as President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF will romp to victory fairly and squarely, presidential spokesperson George Charamba has asserted. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, Charamba also said by…
Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has ordered major power consumers to start paying their electricity bills in foreign currency. Described as Intensive Energy Users Groups (IEUGs), these major corporate consumers require more than 500 megawatts (MW) to run their operations.In a letter dated February 28 and addressed to IEUG chairperson Eddie Cross, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube…
