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THE government is working with its embassy in Germany to move to safety Zimbabweans in Ukraine following its invasion by Russian forces yesterday. With the prospects of a fully-fledged armed conflict in the Eastern European country increasingly becoming more likely, Foreign Affairs deputy minister David Musabayana urged Zimbabweans there to relocate to safer countries awaiting…

Shamaine Chirimujiri FOUR staffers in the Office of the President and Cabinet were killed in a road traffic accident which occurred yesterday morning at a black spot near Regina Coeli Mission along the Nyanga-Ruwangwe Road. The deceased were part of an office team delivering goods for the less privileged in Ruwangwe Community under First Lady,…

Melisa Chatikobo THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is concerned about the country’s toxic political environment ahead of the March 26 by-elections. Speaking at the official opening of a national multi-party stakeholder meeting in Harare yesterday, Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba also said while Zimbabwe had one of the best electoral dispute resolution mechanisms on paper, the…

THE parliamentary portfolio committee on local government has called on the authorities to urgently put in place mechanisms to monitor the use of devolution funds. In a report tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday after legislators visited the Kenyan Parliament, the committee said the current laws needed to be amended to curb funds abuse….

MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora has appointed his secretary-general Paurina Mpariwa as the new leader of the opposition in the National Assembly to replace Thokozani Khupe, pictured, who was recalled recently. Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda told the august House on Tuesday that Mwonzora had also appointed Makoni Central MP David Tekeshe as…

PREPARATIONS for the 2022 population and housing census have gone a gear up with the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) conducting a train the trainers workshop in Harare and Bulawayo. The ongoing level one supervisors’ 10-day workshop is running simultaneously in Harare and Bulawayo. At least 335 and 307 delegates comprising those at managerial level,…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, says Zimbabwe’s military has suffered significantly from the West’s sanctions against the country. Speaking in an interview with a Belgian newspaper, La Libre, during his recent visit to Brussels, Mnangagwa said the sanctions had, for example, made it difficult for the military to acquire sufficient equipment to help fight bandits terrorising Mozambique. In…

Rumbidzai Ngwenya CABINET has approved  local mining firm,  Kuvimba Mining House (KMH) as the investment partner for resuscitation of Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco). Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Presidential Affairs minister Joram Gumbo, said KMH was recommended as the investment partner under the guidance of Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida)….