Following the announcement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) on the resumption of voter registration, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) commended Zec for adhering to the dictates of the law as espoused in the Electoral Act on the need for continuous voter registration. Zec announced the resumption of electoral activities through a Press statement….
The government has launched an ecosystem-based management project aimed at utilising inland fisheries resources for food security in Kariba recently. This is a technical cooperation programme between the government of Zimbabwe and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) for enhancing community resilience and sustainability of small-scale fisheries of Lake Kariba. The project is set to undertake poverty reduction…
THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development has revealed that the country’s airports needed urgent refurbishment as they are in a bad state. Zimbabwe has eight major airports namely; Robert Gabriel Mugabe International, Victoria Falls, Joshua M. Nkomo International, Masvingo, Hwange, Kariba, Charles Prince and Buffalo Range. “The committee on its visit to…
JUDICIAL manager Cecil Madondo, who is accused of selling the same exclusive mining rights to three firms causing one company to lose US$260 000, has had his bail conditions relaxed. Madondo, who is Tudor House Consultants director and corporate rescue practitioner of Redwing Mining Company, is now free to visit the mine at the centre…
THE National Employment Council for the Commercial Sectors of Zimbabwe (NECCSZ) has challenged at the High Court a decision by Labour minister Paul Mavima to appoint two administrators on their board. In the court application, the NECCSZ has cited Mavima as the first respondent together with Attorney-General Prince Machaya as well as the appointees —…
22-YEAR-OLD woman from Dzivaresekwa, Harare, is in trouble for having a sexual relationship with 15-year-old boy after the duo met at a funeral. Martha Gege was arraigned before the courts yesterday to answer to allegations of having sexual intercourse with a minor. She was granted $4 000 bail when she appeared before Harare magistrate Sharon…
BUSINESSMAN Felix Munyaradzi, who is facing obstruction of justice allegations, has been denied bail by a Harare magistrate. Munyaradzi is accused of interfering with a witness, police commissioner Erasmus Makodza, in another case by sending emissaries to convince him to have an out-of-court settlement. Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti- Guuriro yesterday ruled that the State’s fears…
THE challenges affecting the operations of healthcare funders and healthcare providers will be the subject of discussion in a webinar to be co-hosted by the Daily News on March 31, with a view to coming up with interventions to rescue the sector. To be held in partnership with Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas), the…
TWO directors of a local company accused of altering a presidential scholarships advertisement by referring prospective applicants to their mobile number before posting it on their website have been granted $10 000 bail each. Etinos and Julius Mudzamba, who are charged together with their company Vacancy Mail Media, spent the weekend in jail following their…
SUSPECTED land baron Felix Munyaradzi has accused police commissioner Erasmus Makodza of causing his arrest in a bid to avoid paying his debts. Munyaradzi is in custody after surrendering himself to the police last Friday and appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guuriro yesterday on allegations of interfering with a witness in a case in which…
