GOVERNMENT is considering setting up a commission of inquiry into the leakage of Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examination papers in a bid to curb the malady. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday after legislators proposed that the government set up the commission, Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu concurred with the suggestion.“I…

THE government is now preparing to auction Marry Mubaiwa’s multi-million rand assets in South Africa, as misfortunes continue to dog the beleaguered ex-wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. This comes as Mubaiwa has filed a second appeal with the Pretoria High Court to stay an order granted in the same SA court last year for…

AMID growing concerns that political violence could mar this year’s harmonised elections, the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC), says Zimbabweans need to understand that no political party or politician is worth dying or killing for. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NPRC spokesperson Obert Gutu also reiterated that the commission would do everything in…

THE bloodletting between supporters of the country’s major political parties continues unabated, blighting the run-up to this year’s crunch national elections. This comes after fresh barbaric scenes were witnessed between supporters of the ruling Zanu PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Gokwe and Masvingo this past weekend. In the aftermath of the…

ZIMBABWEANS who have been pining for dialogue and another government of national unity (GNU) in the country ahead of this year’s crunch elections should banish these dreams as Zanu PF is now solely focused on the fast-approaching polls, political analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the analysts also warned that if…

LAWMAKERS have urged the government to work harder to find long-lasting solutions to the country’s power crisis which is badly affecting both consumers and business. Speaking in the National Assembly on Thursday, Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs united in calling for more concerted efforts by authorities to end Zimbabwe’s brutal load-shedding.CCC…

THE police have taken delivery of 100 vehicles and another 200 are expected early this year to beef up the security sector’s operations ahead of harmonised polls, Home Affairs minister, Kazembe Kazembe has confirmed. He was responding to a question from Harare East MP Tendai Biti on what action the government was taking to improve…

PARLIAMENT will look at the possibility of enacting more electoral reforms ahead of this year’s crunch national elections when the Electoral Act Amendment Bill reaches the august House, authorities have said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said this would be done as part of ongoing efforts to ensure that the…

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…

GOING ahead with this year’s national elections without the country having implemented all requisite electoral reforms will plunge Zimbabwe into a deeper political and economic crisis, opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora said yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News, after Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa recently wrote to President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking a meeting between…