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By Nyasha Dube THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mutare Chief Superintendent Plaxedes Mbira has been dragged to court by Chiadzwa villagers after she allegedly declined to authorise their planned two demonstrations. The residents appeared before Mutare Magistrate Xavier Chipato yesterday seeking to have the police ban of their protests overturned. Chiadzwa Community Development Trust trustee…

THE relentless power cuts ravaging the country are set to worsen in the coming days after Zesa said yesterday it was battling numerous operational challenges, including failing to secure enough coal for its thermal-fired power stations due to a financial crunch. In addition, to the coal problems, the power utility also said five of its…

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, has said despite implementing economic reforms and ease of doing business, Zimbabwe still needed to do more to attract foreign investors. In his 2023 National Budget presented at the new Parliament Building last Thursday, Ncube said Zimbabwe had an unfavourable environment for investors to come compared to other southern African…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE government is gravely concerned by the spiking cases of sexual and domestic violence in the country. This comes after the country recorded 435 reported cases of rape, 959 incidents of sexual violence and 1 038 cases of domestic assault in the first nine months of this year alone. Worryingly, authorities say,…

By Brighton Muronzereyi PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is confident that the once frosty relations between Zimbabwe and the European Union (EU) are thawing and the development is likely to benefit the southern African nation and the European bloc. In his weekly column in the public media yesterday, Mnangagwa said that he is excited by the new…

BY BLESSINGS MASHAYA & BRANDON JOSPHAT THINGS are looking even more ominous for the opposition ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 national elections, after Zanu PF said on Thursday that it wanted the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to review the number of constituencies in urban areas at the end of the current delimitation exercise. This, the…

BY KETTY NYONI THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has called on the government and lawmakers to speedily push for the implementation of the Whistleblower Protection Act to protect informants, as they are currently reluctant to appear before the courts in fear of victimisation. The proposed Act has been approved by Cabinet and awaits Parliament and…

OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior official, Tendai Biti, has raised a red flag on the Patriotic Bill, claiming the proposed law was an attempt to close the democratic space ahead of next year’s polls. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Biti said citizens’ rights to freedom of expression would be infringed…