PARLIAMENT yesterday adopted its ad hoc committee report on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) preliminary delimitation report following a two-day heated debate that saw MPs demanding that the electoral body correct flaws raised by the legislators. The ad hoc committee report would be handed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa today at State House before he transmitted…
LEGISLATORS yesterday urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to correct flaws in the preliminary delimitation report, saying the electoral body has failed to follow some provisions in the Constitution. This comes after Zec deputy chairperson Rodney Kiwa told the Daily News early this week that the national elections management body would endeavour to address all…
A FORMER police officer who was on the run after allegedly gunning down three people in Wedza last week was finally arrested in dramatic fashion yesterday, as he tried to cross into neighbouring Mozambique. Jaison Muvhevhi, who is said to have survived a fierce gun exchange with security forces near Rusape at the weekend, was…
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) is unable to effectively handle complex matters, some of which are now in court, because of funding constraints and a lack of a legal commissioner. ZGC chief executive Virginia Muwanigwa told the Daily News yesterday that they have since written to the Office of the President and Cabinet, as well as Parliament,…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has broken its silence on the raging debates around its draft delimitation report, saying it takes all the inputs made to date by key stakeholders seriously. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, in the wake of Parliament’s ad-hoc committee on the report presenting its findings to the august House…
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party is proposing the enactment of a Delimitation Act to deal with the nitty-gritties of how the country’s constituency and ward boundaries are marked ahead of future general elections. The Act, CCC said, would ensure that there are no disputes among election stakeholders as is currently obtaining with…
A Chinese investor, Pei Zhenhua, chairperson and principal of Suzhou TA and A Ultra, plans to invest in the construction of a lithium processing plant in Mutoko, Mashonaland East. Zhenhua claimed the project, which would generate two million tonnes of lithium annually, will benefit local communities and the nation’s economy. “Our target is…
THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) says efforts are being made to address pensioners’ payout concerns through engagements with the pension union. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Nssa spokesperson Tendai Mutseyekwa said the country’s economic environment was not conducive and they were in dialogue with the National Pension Forum Trust (NPFT) in order…
PARLIAMENT’s ad hoc committee on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s controversial preliminary delimitation report has effectively given the much-debated document the thumbs down. Presenting its findings and recommendations in the National Assembly yesterday, the committee said while Zec had tried its best when it came up with the draft report, the document contained many serious…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday tabled before Parliament the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) preliminary delimitation report, which is proposing the reconfiguration of scores of parliamentary constituencies in six provinces. The preliminary report also proposes an increase in the number of local council wards from 1 958 to 1 970. Zec has been conducting a delimitation exercise…
