HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau — who is also a judge of the Supreme Court and the secretary of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) — must make a choice of which particular job she would like to keep, Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has said. MDC spokesperson Obert Gutu said this untenable state…
HARARE – Schools begin the third term with parents facing a myriad problems including having to fork out steep prices for uniforms and other essential due to cash shortages which have seen retailers introducing different prices under a three-tier payment system. Yesterday, a number of parents complained of their frustrations with the prevailing situation at…
HARARE – Government has hired 2 300 teachers as part of the 7 000 needed to fully implement the Primary and Secondary education curriculum. The teachers are being hired in batches. They are replacing those whose contracts were terminated in the 2016 and 2017 financial year and begin work this week following the re-opening of…
HARARE – Opposition parties and civic society groups have warned that President Robert Mugabe’s proclamation of the voter registration commencement this week and giving its cutoff date will compromise the credibility of the crucial elections due next year. This comes as opposition parties suspect that Mugabe wants to have elections held early next year. Mugabe…
HARARE – The continued onslaught on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) could drive the 74 year-old politician to a point where he might have to make difficult choices if it is indeed true that he harbours ambitions to succeed the incumbent, analysts have said. Since his elevation to the position of vice president in 2014,…
HARARE – Legendary newscaster, Godfrey Majonga, yesterday broke his silence on whether Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa forced him to plunge several storeys out of a Harare apartment window during an alleged clash over a woman in 1987, the Daily News can report. This comes after Mugabe told a bumper crowd in Bindura on Saturday that…
HARARE – Harare City Council is amending its Clamping and Tow Away by-laws to empower municipal police to issue traffic tickets and prolong periods a vehicle can be impounded to enable thorough vetting of vehicles. According to environmental management committee minutes, the city had sought permission to use “reasonable force” but was turned down by…
HARARE – Some Apostolic sects have pulled out of the Johannes Ndanga-led Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) to form the Association of Apostolic Churches of Zimbabwe (AACZ). Leaders of various apostolic churches that included Johane Masowe and its various outfits, Mugodhi, Zion and several other white garment apostolic sects met in Harare yesterday where…
HARARE – Musician Elias Musakwa has been cleared of charges of threatening to shoot his neighbour, Kennedy Mudukuti, who had asked him to reduce his radio volume. Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko acquitted Musakwa at the close of the State case after noting that “no reasonable grounds had been advanced to necessitate the accused person’s conviction.”…
HARARE – Gospel musician Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave was hauled before the courts yesterday for allegedly causing a road accident that damaged three cars. The popular musician appeared before Harare magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura charged with contravening section 52(2) of the Road Traffic Act for negligent driving. Zvakavapano-Mashavave is a holder of a valid Zimbabwean driver’s licence class…
