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Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw CONCERNED by rising tensions in the country ahead of this year’s crunch elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) wants political parties and the public at large to understand that this will negatively impact on the polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zec spokesperson Jasper Mangwana said the commission was thus doing all…

MARRY Mubaiwa’s attempted murder trial, which kicked off last Thursday at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts, was pushed back yesterday to February 27. Mubaiwa is being charged with attempting to murder her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, while he was admitted to a private hospital in South Africa in 2019.The trial was slated to start…

THE government is working on how to diversify the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) operations so it can create revenue from its vast properties, including land, to improve the welfare of pensioners. Responding to inquiries from legislators on when Nssa is going to delink its assets and protect pensioners during a question and answer session…

By Brandon Josphat and Rutendo Ngara CONCERNED that workers are struggling to make ends meet, trade unions are requesting a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to discuss remuneration and working conditions issues. In a letter dated February 16, addressed to Public Service minister Paul Mavima by the acting secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade…

Rumbidzai Ngwenyangwenyar@dailynews.co.zw LAW enforcement agents are fretting over the country’s worsening murder and road carnage figures. This comes after 11 people were killed in gruesome murders around the country, while 13 others lost their lives in road traffic accidents over the past week alone.In one of the most disturbing murder cases during this period, a…

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is hot on the trail of three notorious drug lords who have allegedly made fortunes and acquired properties worth millions of American dollars around the country from their illicit activities. Documents seen by the Daily News this week show that among the alleged three drug kingpins — names known but…

Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE media should play a leading role in ensuring unity among Zimbabweans ahead of this year’s crunch elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Speaking in Harare yesterday at the burial of the late former minister Christopher Mushohwe at the National Heroes Acre, Mnangagwa said peace and unity were key for Zimbabwe’s socio-economic development.“As…

A HARARE man, who was arrested in 2017 after he shot and killed a habitual thief who had broken into his home over 13 times, has been acquitted by the High Court. Augustine Chiswanda was set free after High Court judge, Justice Munamato Mutevedzi ruled that he had committed the act while acting in self-defence….

PARLIAMENTARIANS have paid tribute to the late MDC founder president Morgan Tsvangirai, with MDC legislator Pauline Mpariwa urging Zimbabweans to take a leaf from the illustrious career of the opposition leader by forgiving and tolerating each other. Tsvangirai, who served as prime minister during the Government of National Unity (GNU) between 2009 and 2013, died…

GOVERNMENT is considering setting up a commission of inquiry into the leakage of Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examination papers in a bid to curb the malady. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday after legislators proposed that the government set up the commission, Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu concurred with the suggestion.“I…