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Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw   The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) recently held a virtual discussion on the electoral reform discourse whilst seeking to bring to the fore, some of the possible initiatives that could be adopted to ensure electoral processes continue during the COVID-19 era. Elections TDGHR consult Taona Mwanyisa moderated the meeting…

A POLICE shooting victim is demanding US$5 000 damages from the law enforcement agency after he was shot by a uniformed cop at a roadblock in October last year. The legal action comes after the High Court recently ordered the government to pay US$17 000 damages to a Chitungwiza woman who was shot by police…

THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says it is waiting for a government directive to re-introduce its fleet of commuter trains to service Bulawayo and Harare. This comes as commuters in the country’s two major cities have been battling with transport challenges as Zupco struggles to cope with increased demand. The rail transport provider was…

POLICE are investigating the murder of a 7-year-old boy in Murehwa at the weekend. The police suspect that the boy was murdered for ritual purposes as his body was found without the head, arms and legs. The boy went missing on Thursday after his mother had sent him to the garden and his body was…

THE government has gazetted regulations through Statutory Instrument (SI) 218 for the cultivation, possession, transportation and sale of industrial hemp (cannabis), with the application fee for a permit to cultivate the plant set at US$200. This comes as the government legalised the production of industrial hemp in 2018 for medicinal or scientific purposes. The regulations…

TWO thieves who went on a housebreaking spree in Mabvazuva, Ruwa, ran out of luck after an iPhone 11 they had stolen led detectives to their hiding place. Simba Sithole, 26, and Pardon Kasiyandima, 24, were at the weekend convicted of unlawful entry in aggravating circumstances after they went on a spree breaking into homes…

COMPANIES working on the first phase of Harare-Beitbridge highway rehabilitation are racing against time as they try to complete the project before the rainy season. Speaking to the media at the weekend, one of the companies, Exodus and Company site engineer Ginny Muchenje — whose firm is working near Ngundu — said they would complete…

  THE African Union (AU) has partnered with Unicef in a campaign aimed at improving birth registration amid declining figures owing to various factors, chief among them the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) in its latest report…

  TWO primary school pupils from remote Nenguwo Village in Manicaland who were unable to receive online or electronic lessons during the coronavirus (Covid-19)-induced lockdown period have sued the Education ministry for neglecting them ahead of Grade 7 final examinations. This comes after the government reopened schools for Cambridge examination classes on September 14. Zimbabwe…