Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya CHICKENS could be coming home to roost for Nelson Chamisa, and his MDC faction, after they spent months faffing about a new name for their formation when it had long been made clear by opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora’s camp that it would take them on on this, analysts say. Speaking…
Hazel Marimbiza POLICE will embark on a countrywide blitz against unregistered and plate-less vehicles as from tomorrow, in a twin bid to bring sanity on the roads and to curb crime. Deputy national police spokesperson, Blessmore Chishaka, told the Daily News yesterday that the campaign followed the realisation that the use of these vehicles had become a…
Dionne Kanyowa RAPE-ACCUSED preacher Tapiwa Freddy, says radio presenter, Rutendo Makuti, who is the complainant, pestered him for sex and that she at one point sent her nude pictures to seduce despite him showing no interest. Through his lawyers Everson Chatambudza, Jivas Mudimu and Malvern Mapako, the preacher in court yesterday produced pictures, WhatsApp and…
Hazel Marimbiza THE government says it plans to boost emergency services for road traffic accidents victims by stationing ambulances at highway tollgates. Speaking at the United Nations Road Safety Performance Review for Zimbabwe on Tuesday, deputy minister of Health John Mangwiro said the government was committed to guaranteeing timely and effective emergency care in the…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has called on aspiring candidates for the forthcoming by-elections to start lodging nominations to avoid congestion ahead of the sitting of nomination courts on January 26. Speaking at a press conference held in Victoria Falls yesterday, Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba said the commission was geared to oversee the…
PARLIAMENT will amend the Electoral Act this year, as authorities bid to end the country’s troubling history of disputed polls, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, pictured, has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ziyambi — who is also a Zanu PF politburo member and leader of government business in Parliament — also said the ruling party was…
ZIMBABWE has one of the worst road traffic accident mortality rates in the Sadc region, with the country registering a crash every 15 minutes and at least five road deaths every day. So says a road safety performance report by the United Nations (UN) which was launched in Harare yesterday. It attributed, in the main,…
THE government yesterday heaped praises on gold miners after seeing a 55 percent increase in deliveries to Fidelity Gold Refiners (FGR) last year. Releasing the figures of overall gold deliveries to FGR, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mangudya, said the miners’ contribution has seen deliveries going up from 19, 1 tonnes…
BULAWAYO residents have expressed discontent over the city’s water and sewer service delivery, as burst sewer pipes have resulted in ever-flowing sewer streams in the city. The situation has been exacerbated by the heavy rains currently pounding most parts of the country, leaving many homes flooded due to poor drainage in some of the city’s…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya POLITICAL analysts have warned the opposition that Monday’s surprise decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to jettison one of his perceived long time allies, Owen “Mudha” Ncube from Cabinet is ominous. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, they said while the commendable sacking of Ncube was in the main about Mnangagwa asserting his…
