BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will spearhead the revival of a culture of cycling to and from work by residents, as a cost cutting measure, at a time transport costs have been going up. The concept, which has since been approved by the council, is set to be launched before the end of the year. “Historically,…
THE government’s latest economic measures continue to come under heavy scrutiny, with legislators imploring authorities this week to intervene again urgently to cushion the poor from their growing hardships. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, MDCs senators Morgen Komichi and Khaliphani Phugeni said impoverished Zimbabweans were hurting badly, which obliged the government to come up…
CHAIRPERSON of the Health parliamentary portfolio committee Ruth Labode is pleading with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to pardon people who were convicted of wilful transmission of HIV. This comes after the recent promulgation of the Marriage Act that decriminalised wilful transmission of the virus. Speaking during a National Aids Council (Nac) workshop for media news editors…
A UNITED Kingdom-based woman lost a Harare house to her son who claimed the mother had donated it to him. Rose Tiyatiya recently approached the High Court seeking to have title deeds of a Kambuzuma house transferred from her son Lee Takawira to her, but the court rejected the plea. Justice Joseph Chilimbe was not…
Dionne Kanyowa kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court has acquitted a Mhangura artisanal miner of murder after ruling a statement by the deceased shortly before his death claiming the accused had stabbed him was not enough evidence to convict. Justice Munamato Mutevedzi set free Last Mbizi, 25, after adjudging the State had failed to prove the murder…
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THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is working on proactive measures to help stop political violence ahead of next year’s crunch elections. Speaking on independent television station 3Ktv’s popular programme, Vantage, NPRC spokesperson Obert Gutu said the commission had a duty to help create peace and harmony in the country. In this regard, he added, the…
THE much-publicised Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) meant to restore normalcy on the city’s largely damaged roads has stalled owing to a logistical and financial crisis. The development, according to the latest council report has seen some contracted companies pulling out, in the process affecting the progress of the programme. “The city continued with…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it expects to complete the delimitation of constituencies and wards by December, way ahead of next year’s general polls. Delimitation is the process of dividing the country into 210 constituencies and wards for the purposes of elections. The process is carried out in terms…
Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENTARIANS Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, accused of fanning violence in Nyatsime, Chitungwiza, suffered another setback yesterday after the High Court dismissed their bail appeal. The two were denied bail by deputy chief magistrate Gibson Mandaza and took the matter to the upper court challenging his decision. However, Justice Lucy…
