© MATABELELAND North Provincial Affairs minister Richard Moyo says he had to complain to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop the buying and ferrying of quarry from Harare to Bulawayo-Nkayi and Bulawayo-Tsholotsho to fix strip roads. Speaking to journalists during a tour of Lupane district on Monday, Moyo did not hide his displeasure at the development,…
© WOMEN’S Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) has called on Parliament to push for the 50/50 gender equality benchmark envisaged in the constitution and not the extension of the 60 proportional representation seats for women. This follows the recent announcement by the government that it had approved the amendment of the constitution to…
© THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) says it has spent over US$55 000 to procure equipment in support of people living with disability (PLWD) as part of a drive to close the digital divide gap in the country. Potraz director-general Gift Machengete, who presided at the handover ceremony of Information and communications technology…
© THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) cannot afford to acquire its own premises where it can securely keep election material, the parliamentary portfolio committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has revealed. In a report delivered in Parliament recently, the committee said the money allocated to Zec by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in the 2020…
© ZANU PF claims members of the G40 faction, who unsuccessfully tried to block President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ascendancy as Zanu PF leader, are undermining the ruling party’s operations in Harare. This was revealed in the party’s central committee report tabled at the recently-concluded 18th national conference in Goromonzi. [GoogleAd] “The restructuring exercise in Harare…
© MYSTERY surrounds the death of prominent Harare businessman MacDonald Chapfika who collapsed at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s offices on Monday, the Daily News reports. Chapfika, 57, died just minutes after making a presentation to the president’s office on how Zimbabwe could source sufficient grain to feed millions of citizens who are facing hunger. [GoogleAd] He…
© OPPOSITION political parties and activists have rallied behind dethroned Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni following his recent ouster by the government. President Emmerson Mnangagwa removed the outspoken traditional leader who was a fierce critic of his administration after the Matabeleland North Provincial Chiefs Assembly recommended that he be dethroned on the grounds that his…
HARARE City Council (HCC) will conduct a population-based survey on the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) under the “Partnership for Healthy Cities” initiative being funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. © The survey, being funded to the tune of $100 000, aims to provide data on NCDs such as hypertension, stroke and heart attacks, diabetes, chronic lung…
© THE International Organisation for Migration (IOM), a United Nations migration agency, has urged the government to put in place policies that promote good migration governance in Zimbabwe. This emerged during the launch of the national referral mechanism (NRM) for vulnerable migrants held in Harare yesterday. IOM Zimbabwe project manager Daniel Sam said migration is…
© ZANU PF’S youth league yesterday said the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the judicial system is not doing enough to ensure “corrupt” bigwigs are prosecuted and jailed. In an interview with the Daily News, the ruling party’s youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu, pictured, said the country’s systems are failing to deal with corruption….
