RESIDENTS in Victoria Falls say they have to travel at least 100km to the nearest voter registration centre, in a development attributed to the low voter registration turnout. According to the residents, the nearest voter registration centre is in Hwange and very few are able to travel that far, putting Victoria Falls at risk of…
FIREBRAND former Zanu PF youth kingpin, Godfrey Tsenengamu, yesterday castigated President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party for “failing to change” the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans since the stunning fall from power of the country’s late former leader Robert Mugabe. Speaking in Harare during the launch of his new party, the Front for Economic Emancipation…
BULAWAYO residents have confronted the local authority over exorbitant water bills which they contend are beyond their meagre incomes, especially during this Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as some residents have claimed that they have received “inflated” water bills ranging between $19 000 to $100 000. It also comes as Bulawayo City Council (BCC) town clerk…
THE government has moved to control the operations of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) after Cabinet approved the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Act Amendment Bill yesterday. This comes as authorities at Munhumutapa have in recent months turned their guns on NGOs and civic society organisations deemed to be “hostile” to the government and pursuing a “regime change…
THE State is seeking to have MDC Alliance legislator Joanna Mamombe, jailed after she allegedly violated the conditions of her bail by failing to report to the police last Friday. Mamombe only availed herself to the police 24 hours later, leading the law enforcement agents to seek the revocation of her bail. The Harare West…
A HARARE man has filed a High Court application seeking to overturn the government’s decision to allow only vaccinated congregants to attend physical church services due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In an application filed at the court on Friday, Obert Kondongwe named Information minister Monica Mutsvagwa, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, Health minister Constantino Chiwenga and…
THERE is seemingly no end to the senseless brawling that is ravaging the country’s opposition, with the fatal zero-sum game between the MDC’s two major factions continuing to escalate despite the country’s next national elections now being less than two years away. Currently, the mindless infighting is over the control and use of the name…
ZANU PF’s preparations for its annual conference are facing serious challenges amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as the ruling party is still to complete its restructuring exercise ahead of the meeting set for next month. This comes as the ruling party has already resolved to hold the indaba set for Bindura, Mashonaland Central Province, virtually with…
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) yesterday carried out the first round of the much-awaited public interviews of candidates nominated to fill nine vacant positions of High Court judges. The interviews, which were supposed to be held last month, were postponed due to the spike in Covid-19 infections and followed the invitation to the public to…
TEACHERS in Bulawayo yesterday defied a call by unions to embark on an industrial action after they reported for duty in large numbers. A survey conducted by Daily News in western suburbs and a few schools in the outskirts of the central business district showed that the majority of teachers turned out for work. In major cities,…
