EXPERTS say the ongoing amendments of the country’s Constitution will make sitting State presidents even more powerful — to the extent that incumbents will effectively be able to choose their successors. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the experts added that the planned changes would also empower presidents to handpick judges — in…
RULING Zanu PF legislators have claimed that they are being barred from opening nostro accounts because of their political allegiance. A nostro account is a bank current account denominated in foreign currency which allows one to transact in all major currencies. The legislators made the claims in the National Assembly this week where they pleaded…
THE ruling Zanu PF is no longer practising “old politics” and is pushing committedly for unity and tolerance among all Zimbabweans, party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, he also assured jittery opposition leaders and their supporters that the return of the national youth service training programme would not lead to…
THE country is expecting a rapid economic growth on the back of a bumper harvest this season, Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, has said. The country is expecting grain production of between 2,5 and 2,8 million metric tonnes driven by improved rainfall and increased inputs supply through the government-initiated Pfumvudza agriculture concept. Speaking…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has raised fears that the insurgency in Mozambique could spill over into Zimbabwe — urging local communities, especially those in Manicaland, to be on high alert. Speaking before yesterday’s Zanu PF politburo meeting in Harare, Mnangagwa also said his government was working with Mozambican authorities, through the Southern African Development Community (Sadc),…
CABINET yesterday approved the reintroduction of the National Youth Service training programme, which was previously accused of being behind a Zanu PF militia that terrorised opposition members. The programme, whose cadets were commonly referred to as green bombers due to their conspicuous uniform, were introduced in 2000 by the late former Youth minister and Zanu…
AUTHORITIES have stepped up their efforts against graft within the police force, with Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe urging citizens to use technology to help nail rogue cops. This comes amid growing concerns over the rising incidents of police officers being implicated in violent crime and corruption. Speaking in Senate last week, Kazembe said Zimbabweans…
THE family of late Transport minister, Joel Biggie Matiza has set sights on completing projects that were started by their patriarch in his home constituency of Murewa South. Matiza succumbed to Covid-19-related complications on January 22 this year and was buried at the National Heroes Acre at the height of the second wave of the pandemic. …
ZIMBABWE is coming under growing pressure to deploy soldiers in Mozambique, amid fears that the insurgency there could spill over into the country with devastating consequences. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to join his Southern African Development Community (Sadc) counterparts tomorrow in emergency meetings in Maputo, to deal with the matter. It…
PRIMARY and Secondary Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo yesterday said the government is working hard to avoid a repeat of last year’s situation where 500 learners contracted the lethal Covid-19 virus. This comes as cases at Prince Edward High School and Dove Secondary School in Mberengwa have prompted authorities to deploy teams from the ministries…
