THE government is setting up child protection committees at every school across the country as they move to curb bullying, substance and drug abuse in learning institutions. This comes as cases of bullying in schools are on the rise and the scourge has resulted in learners committing suicide while others are indulging in rampant substance…
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has come up with an elections strategy to create behaviour change among citizens and ensure that this year’s harmonised elections are held in a peaceful environment. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, NPRC general manager Joseph Mashingaidze said the elections strategy would involve various aspects, including its commissioners…
FORMER Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson and Constitutional Court judge Justice Rita Makarau has been appointed as an acting Judge of the Namibian Supreme Court from April 1 this year to March 31 2024. The Judicial Service Commission of the Republic of Namibia announced yesterday, “Windhoek – The Judicial Service Commission announces that His Excellency…
LEGISLATORS have pleaded with the government to quickly address their welfare or for Parliament to go for a break until the issues of their well-being and a serious hotel accommodation crisis are resolved. Both the Senate and the National Assembly resumed sitting yesterday after a one-week recess. Speaking in the National Assembly, Citizens Coalition for…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans from all walks of life to unite in mobilising resources for the victims of cyclone Freddy in neighbouring Malawi. This comes as the weather phenomenon left a trail of destruction in some Southern African countries including Madagascar and Malawi, where scores of people died, while in Zimbabwe’s Manicaland…
PARLIAMENT has summoned Transport minister Felix Mhona to appear before the National Assembly and explain on the expansion of the 533km Mutare-Plumtree highway. The highway links Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana, Zambia and the DRC. On a question of national importance last week, Dangamvura-Chikanga legislator Prosper Mutseyami said Zimbabwe had challenges regard linking the three countries…
THE government has called upon political parties to respect the work of journalists and ensure their safety during the upcoming general elections. In a speech read on his behalf in Harare yesterday during a dialogue on the safety of journalists covering elections, deputy Information minister Kindness Paradza said the government envisaged a safe working environment…
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is escalating its engagements with political parties, the police and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to ensure that peace prevails before, during and after this year’s national polls. Speaking in Harare yesterday, during a meeting with Zanu PF, the MDC, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), the police…
THE president of the Chiefs Council, Fortune Charumbira, has added his voice to the din of calls for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Nelson Chamisa, to engage in talks and work together in the interest of the country. Speaking on Sunday at the burial of the mother…
PALESTINE has reaffirmed its position that the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States (US) and the West, since the early 2000s, must be removed as it is hurting ordinary people and stalling economic growth. Palestine minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riad Malki told the Daily News upon his arrival in the country yesterday to…
