PLANS are at an advanced stage by the government to introduce a disability commission that will deal with human rights and freedoms of persons living with disability. In a Government Gazette published on Friday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the proposed commission would be made up of seven members. “This Bill seeks to provide for…
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has dismissed several complaints filed by a top Harare businessman, Tendai Mashamanda, seeking a probe into alleged corrupt acts by JSC secretary Walter Chikwana, several Supreme and High Court judges. Mashamanda was accusing the judges of ignoring his numerous complaints and “sweeping them under the carpet”. In his letter to…
ZIMBABWEANS based in the United Kingdom (UK), and are holders of Class 2 driver’s licences, have been advised to return home and downgrade to Class 4 and be able to drive light motor vehicles in that country. It has been reported that thousands of Zimbabweans who have relocated to the UK to work mostly as…
THE government says it is engaging local authorities to provide residents with adequate water supplies. Responding to questions in the National Assembly last week, Local Government minister Winston Chitando said the government was collaborating with local authorities despite the delay in the approval of their budgets. “We are working with local authorities to ensure the…
LAWMAKERS across the political divide are unhappy over the delays by the government to allocate them serviced residential stands they were promised by the government in 2019. However, four years later the MPs are yet to receive the stands and last Thursday, they took the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda to task over…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says a total of 4 562 deceased voters are set to be removed from the voters roll in terms of the Electoral Act if no objections are made. In a general notice published in the Government Gazette, Zec’s chief elections officer Utloile Silaigwana said any person with objections to the…
AUTHORITIES say there is a need for the media to tell a story which is in line with national policies so as to improve the livelihoods of ordinary citizens. Speaking to the media on Friday, Industry and Commerce permanent secretary Thomas Ushe said there was a need for collaboration between journalists and the government to…
THE United Kingdom (UK) says it will continue supporting the country’s health delivery system, especially in combating the current cholera outbreak. Speaking to the media in Harare after meeting Health minister Douglas Mombeshora, British ambassador to Zimbabwe Peter Vowles said the UK was committed to provide essential medicines through the health resilience fund (HRF). “We…
FORMER Zengeza West MP and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior official Job Sikhala has quit the opposition party. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, Sikhala, who was released from remand prison last week after spending nearly 600 days incarcerated, said he was instead in the process of forming a National People’s Democratic…
AUTHORITIES say they are engaging with local and international investors to revive the urban passenger trains, popularly known as freedom trains, in order to decongest traffic in cities and towns. Responding to questions in the Senate yesterday, Transport deputy minister Joshua Sacco said plans of revamping the passenger trains in major cities and towns were…
