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Brighton Muronzereyimuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENTARIANS have called for the establishment of more juvenile correctional facilities to accommodate minors convicted and jailed for various crimes to ensure their rehabilitation and reintegration into society upon release. The legislators made the request while debating the Child Justice Bill in the National Assembly on Tuesday.“Our prisons must have facilities for children,…

Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT has summoned Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu to explain the continued leakages of examination papers at the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec). This comes amid growing concerns that the national exams body has now completely lost its credibility.Last week, Zimsec withheld ‘O’ Level results for 4 961 candidates, on allegations of cheating in…

By Brandon Josphat RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday said the central bank is working tirelessly to implement all possible measures to stabilise prices of basic commodities. Speaking during a Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) 2023 annual economic and business outlook symposium in Harare, Mangudya said the RBZ’s main target this year…

A MUREHWA man, who is believed to be part of a three-man gang of robbers that stole US$17 500 from a suspected thief in Harare and used his share of the loot to pay lobola, appeared in court yesterday. Isaac Haruzive, 34, Panashe Tsuro, 22, and Tongai Chirimumimba, 27, were arrested on Monday after they…

SOME Zanu PF affiliates continue to urge the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) not to apply the seat boundaries mapped in its latest delimitation report for this year’s crunch national elections, and instead use those employed in the 2018 polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the leaders of the Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP) and…

EXPELLED former MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri has hit back at party leader, Douglas Mwonzora, accusing him of being power hungry while insisting his Monday ouster is unconstitutional. Mudzuri and six other senior party members were expelled from the party after challenging their suspension last month at the High Court. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mudzuri…

TENANTS renting commercial properties can no longer refuse to vacate premises after their leases expire following a landmark High Court ruling on Monday, declaring as unlawful some sections of the Commercial Premises (Rent) Regulations of 1983. In the past, the regulations declared that lessees with expired contracts became “statutory tenants” — persons who are legally…

By Brandon Josphat THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has granted Zesa the nod to increase power generation by an additional 100 megawatts (MW) at Lake Kariba, bringing the total power supplies from the Kariba hydropower plant to 350MW from the previous 250MW. This is expected to slightly improve the country’s power supplies as the ZPC…