Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE jockeying for parliamentary and local government seats within Zanu PF ahead of this year’s crunch national elections is getting heated. So serious have many of the contests become, that some of the sitting legislators and councillors have now approached the ruling party’s leadership in a bid to try and rein in their…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says many Zimbabweans will be requiring food assistance in the next six months. As a result, the world’s largest humanitarian organisation and the leading provider of school meals says it needs US$52,3 million to extend food relief to nearly four million people in urban and rural areas.“Over the last decade,…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya NINE people were seriously injured yesterday following an explosion at the Chegutu Grain Marketing Board (GMB). Authorities believe that the explosion was a result of gases generated by chemicals used to preserve stored grain. Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna confirmed the incident. “There was an explosion at GMB Chegutu and nine people have…
By Rumbidzai Ngwenya A HARARE High Court judge, Emilia Muchawa, escaped death by a whisker on Tuesday night when a local man shot at her vehicle in Goodhope, Westgate, Harare. The shooting happened close to the judge’s residence when she was heading home after work. National Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident…
Parliament is pushing to make the Joint Operation Command (JOC) a constitutional body to ensure that its operations can be accounted for under the proposed National Security Council (NSC) whose bill is currently before the august House. In remarks after the second reading of the National Security Council (NBS) Bill in the National Assembly on…
THERE are renewed calls for the country’s divided opposition parties to bury their differences and contest this year’s crunch national elections as a united front, if they are to have a chance against the ruling Zanu PF. Among those pushing for this to happen is former MDC stalwart and Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo, who…
TWO Harare bouncers, Blessing Kumunda and Gideon Sanyangore, who have been in remand prison since their arrest last December on attempted murder charges and allegedly causing havoc in various pubs and musical shows, have been granted bail at the High Court. The two appeared before High Court judge, Justice Lucy Mungwari on Monday who granted…
Yvonne Ncube MOST major supermarkets in Bulawayo have run out of mealie meal after millers stopped deliveries due to non-payment of previous supplies. As of yesterday, only a few outlets had the commodity amid reports the situation was set to worsen as millers were demanding payment on delivery. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Grain…
By Ketty Nyoni JUDICIAL Service Commission (JSC) secretary Walter Chikwanha says the ongoing decentralisation of courts will enhance the justice system as it brings courts closer to the people. Speaking during a tour of the new Epworth Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Chikwanha said the idea was meant to “decongest our city centres and the only courthouses…
BELARUS President Alexander Lukashenko, who is on a three-day state visit to Zimbabwe, has advised his counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa not to believe in miracles, but work hard to win this year’s harmonised elections He was speaking to the media after the signing of eight bilateral agreements between his government and Zimbabwe at State House, Harare,…
