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THE government has established 11 new magistrates’ courts across the country and upgraded Mbare Magistrates’ Courts in Harare to a regional court as authorities seek to decentralise the justice delivery system. In a Statutory Instrument (SI) published in the Government Gazette, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi confirmed the development. “Mabvuku is hereby designated as a resident…

BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE government says it is working towards the decentralisation of the treatment of chronic illnesses to all provincial and district hospitals in order to decongest major hospitals, especially in Harare and Bulawayo. Responding to a question raised by Zanu PF senator for Mashonaland West Lydia Tsomondo on Thursday in the Senate regarding…

Ketty Nyoni and Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERS THE government is courting overseas independent power producers (IPPs) as authorities bid to end the country’s debilitating electricity shortages. At the same time, it has emerged that the key US$300 million rehabilitation of the central Kariba Dam is now about 80 percent complete. And with authorities pushing the French…

THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Election Observer Mission (SEOM) has submitted its final election report on Zimbabwe’s August 23/24 general elections to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The report was submitted to Mnangagwa by Sadc chairperson of the organ of politics, Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema. In the report, which was also copied to the Zimbabwe Electoral…

By Rutendo Ngara PRESSURE is mounting on authorities to abolish the death sentence in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, on the sidelines of World Day Against Death Penalty commemorations in Harare, the director of legal watchdog Veritas, Val Ingham-Thorpe, said Parliament should scrap the penalty from statute books. “We submitted our petition…

THE government says the tourism industry is on a commendable growth trajectory with investors targeting new hotspots, in a development that is set to contribute to the achievement of an upper middle income status by 2030. Speaking at a tourism investment forum during the ongoing Sanganai/Hlanganani Expo, yesterday minister of Tourism Barbra Rwodzi said new…

THE government has expressed willingness to work with American technology company Star Link on condition it adheres to Zimbabwe’s laws, Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Tatenda Mavetera has said. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Mavetera said authorities were keen to make good on their re-engagement policy and that Zimbabwe is open for business….

SENGEZO Tshabangu, who asserts that he is the “interim secretary-general” of the at-war Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is cranking up the heat on beleaguered party leader Nelson Chamisa. In the latest instalment of the CCC’s growing infighting, Tshabangu ordered the party’s legislators and councillors yesterday to defy Chamisa’s Wednesday directive that they disengage from…

THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is ramping up its efforts to boost its tax collections, including getting the informal sector to contribute more to the fiscus. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, deputy Finance minister David Mnangagwa said the government was doing everything it could to collect more tax from the burgeoning informal sector….