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HARARE – People living with disabilities (PLWDs) want the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to put specific registration measures that would allow their constituencies to participate in next year’s crucial elections —starting with the biometric voter registration exercise which got underway last week. Senator representing people living with disabilities, Nyamayabo Mashavakure, said the importance of a…

HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC says it will repeal a law to force the transfer of foreign-owned firms to local ownership if it wins power in the 2018 elections. MDC shadow Finance minister Tapiwa Mashakada said the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act has eroded investor confidence and created a sceptical international business community that has…

HARARE – The death of mysterious prophet Madzibaba Wimbo’s fourth wife, has sparked security concerns among a rival church group that his sons could use the funeral to snatch away their father who is at the centre of a serious brawl pitting his family against a section of senior church leaders. Wimbo — the head…

HARARE – Government has warned that without action to help farmers adjust to changing climate conditions, it will become impossible to grow some staple food crops in some parts of the country. Maize is most at risk. Environment minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri (pictured) told delegates at the 13th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP13)…

HARARE – First Lady Grace Mugabe will resume her explosive rallies across the country early next month, in yet another clearest hint that the 2018 polls could be around the corner. Grace revealed during last week’s Zanu PF central committee meeting in Harare that their aim was to sustain the momentum created by the party’s…

HARARE – High Court judge Davison Foroma yesterday deferred to Thursday,  hearing of an application by the MDC seeking to nullify the proclaimed dates for voter registration, arguing that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is unprepared for the process. In the application, the MDC cited President Robert Mugabe and Zec as respondents. MDC secretary-general Douglas…

HARARE – Mystery surrounds MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai’s emergency trip to South Africa amid swirling speculation that President Robert Mugabe’s government paid for his chartered medical ambulance. Highly-placed sources told the Daily News yesterday that government paid for Tsvangirai’s trip although it was not clear whether it had done so because of his status as…

HARARE – Gospel musician Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave — accused of causing a road accident that damaged three cars — yesterday pleaded guilty to negligent driving charges. The Toita Zvedenga hit-maker appeared before Harare magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura charged with contravening section 52(2) of the Road Traffic Act for negligent driving. In mitigation, Zvakavapano-Mashavave said she realises $500…

HARARE – Three police officers who connived with robbers to rob an Indian businessman of $56 000 were slapped with a combined 33-year jail term yesterday. Kundai Mukwarimba, 35, had served in the force for 12 years while his accomplice Fortune Sibanda, 29, was in his eighth year. They were jointly convicted with gang members…

HARARE – A United States government health agency,  Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is moving to stem staff deaths from  tuberculosis (TB) in hospitals which are being under-reported, highlighting Zimbabwe’s growing struggle to contain the contagious, air-borne disease. Despite hospital workers contracting and some dying from TB,  hospital wards are also lined with…