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Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatb@dailynews.co.zw CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa has bemoaned rising political violence in the country, saying the international community now needed to intervene ahead of next year’s elections. Speaking at a press conference in Harare yesterday, Chamisa claimed that Zanu PF supporters were behind the violence and unleashing terror on political…

THE government will in future allow healthcare professionals to go on strike when they are not satisfied with their conditions of work. This was revealed in Parliament on Wednesday by Health and Child Care deputy minister, John Mangwiro, during the second reading of the Health Service Amendment Bill. Mangwiro said the proposed law would be…

BUSINESSMAN Wicknell Chivayo will now stand trial on September 1 in a fraud case in which he is alleged to have swindled the Zimbabwe Power Company of US$5,6 million in the Gwanda Solar Project. Chivayo’s forthcoming trial follows the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse his acquittal by the High Court. This was after the National…

Dionne KanyowaSTAFF WRITERkanyowad@dailynews.co.zw INCARCERATED former Mines permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga’s appeal against conviction and a two-year custodial sentence for criminal abuse of office has been dismissed. Gudyanga, whose sentence was handed down at the magistrates’ court in February this year, was represented by Advocate Sylvester Hashiti when he appeared before High Court judges Justices Benjamin…

Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE move by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to peg the nomination fees in foreign currency encourages foreign sponsorship and inflames external financial influence to the country’s democracy, the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) says. This comes amid an outcry from would-be candidates in the polls who have described the US$20…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is mulling a review of the proposed high fees that presidential and legislative hopefuls are set to be charged when they take part in next year’s national elections. This comes amid an outcry from aspirant candidates who have described the US$20 000 and the US$1 000 that presidential hopefuls and parliamentary contestants…

Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT has arm-twisted Treasury  into releasing an additional $2 billion budget which will cater for the welfare of legislators. This comes after MPs told deputy speaker of Parliament Tsitsi Gezi that the National Assembly proceedings would be halted until Finance minister Mthuli Ncube addresses their plight. In his response, Ncube said the…

Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday came out guns blazing, warning Zanu PF bigwigs against interfering and  attempting to influence the outcome of the on-going war veterans’ league elections. This comes as the former liberation movement is currently constituting its newly-formed ex-combatants’ league, ahead of Zanu PF’s elective congress which is scheduled for October…