ZIMBABWEANS have re-ignited the demand for the diaspora vote in the 2023 elections and have since written to the Parliament, making the request. In a petition being fronted by the Patriotic Zimbabwe Party, Zimbabweans in different parts of the world said all citizens must be given a chance to elect the country’s leadership of their…
THE government yesterday delayed the reopening of schools for the start of the second term by a further two weeks owing to the recent increase of Covid-19 new infections and deaths. Classes were scheduled to resume this coming Monday but those plans have been pushed back as the authorities fear the learning institutions could be…
THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) is lobbying the government to reserve some business sectors in the Zimbabwean economy for locals as they seek to advance their empowerment programmes. AAG president Mike Chimombe yesterday said the authorities must make sure that all departments comply with the policy “As AAG, we want the reserved sector to be…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has re-iterated his call for urgent and all-inclusive national dialogue — adding, crucially, that this must involve his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa, to help end the country’s decades-long political and economic crises. However, Mwonzora also pooh-poohed claims by Chamisa at the weekend that he alone held the keys to ending the…
POLICE are facing strong criticism in the wake of brutal attacks on vendors and desperate commuters in downtown Harare this week by rogue members of the force, acting under the guise of enforcing the country’s fortified coronavirus measures.The Daily News was told by hurting members of the public yesterday how delinquent and baton-wielding police officers…
FOREIGN currency shortages and inflation have negatively affected network expansion across the country, Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) director general Gift Machengete has said. In the first quarter telecommunications sector performance report released on Wednesday, Machengete said foreign currency shortages had resulted in mobile network operators’ failure to import spares. “Foreign currency shortages will…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday fired High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere for misconduct. This comes after he received a report from a tribunal he set up last year to investigate Ndewere on whether she was still fit to remain in office after a slew of misconduct allegations levelled against her. “The tribunal established in terms…
THE Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) intends to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on their members by importing goods on their behalf from neighbouring countries. Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, Zimbabwe’s land borders have been closed as a measure to curb the spread of the virus. This has…
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says Nelson Chamisa should banish any thoughts of ever having direct talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa outside the government’s Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after the MDC Alliance leader re-iterated his desire to hold direct dialogue with Mnangagwa, Charamba also said it was time Chamisa “moved on…
ZANU PF has ordered its provincial structures to complete a cell restructuring exercise by this Friday as the party prepares for its October national conference set for Bindura. Speaking during a recent policy meeting, Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu said the party bigwigs were already verifying the restructuring process. “The…. deadline of 18th…
