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HARARE – The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has refused to be part of an special investigation committee being formed under amendment to the Electoral Act  to probe election candidates, election agents or parties implicated in acts of political violence. In their submission to the parliamentary portfolio committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs yesterday,…

HARARE – Parliamentary committee on Public Accounts yesterday humbled and embarrassed officials from the Higher Education ministry led by their permanent secretary, Francis Gudyanga, after they came ill-prepared for a hearing. As a result the committee’s sitting has been deferred to December 4. The ministry failed to articulate issues surrounding a damning audit report by…

BULAWAYO – Veteran politician — Callistus Ndlovu who was booted out from the provincial executive for undermining the authority of former first lady Grace Mugabe in 2014 — has bounced back to assume his Bulawayo chairmanship post following a recent shake-up in Zanu PF. This follows the stunning sacking of Mugabe and his wife from…

HARARE – Health stakeholders have been saddened by the untimely death of former Health minister and health advisor to the President and Cabinet Timothy Stamps who succumbed to lung infection on Sunday. Those who spoke to the Daily News said Stamps, who died at 81, had played a crucial role in promoting public health in…

HARARE – Gokwe Nembudziya MP and renowned President Emmerson Mnangagwa key ally during his persecution by the Generation 40 (G40) faction — Justice Mayor Wadyajena — has slammed Zanu PF officials and opportunists who are stampeding each other to get the new leader’s attention. This comes as Mnangagwa is yet to announce his eagerly-awaited Cabinet…

HARARE – While Zimbabweans are agreed that corruption is the number one cancer eating the fabric of the nation and that those responsible have to be brought to book, analysts are of the opinion that if there are any arrests they have to be done professionally with suspects being given fair trial before the courts…

HARARE – Passengers Association of Zimbabwe has expressed displeasure over the treatment of accident victims at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after an accident during celebrations over former president Robert Mugabe’s resignation. The association said it witnessed victims not being attended to as they did not have the required money to cover their medical bills. However,…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Patrick Chinamasa Acting Minister of Finance and Economic Development and Simbarashe Mumbengegwi Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs until a new Cabinet is formed. According to a statement made by the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda, these appointments are to allow uninterrupted services in…

HARARE – While President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the 2018 harmonised elections would go ahead as scheduled, election watchdogs and analysts believe for the vote to be credible the incoming government must push for electoral reforms otherwise this will be another disputed poll. Zimbabwe Election Support Network director Rindai Vava-Chipfunde said the first critical step…