BY BRANDON JOSPHAT LEGISLATORS have called on the government to reserve seats for the country’s veterans of the liberation struggle in Parliament ,as a way of honouring their contribution to the country’s independence. This comes as the liberation veterans have been complaining that the government has been neglecting them by not giving them substantial recognition…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is reviewing its development plan in a bid to revive the city’s once vibrant industries and create local employment. Bulawayo used to be a major hub for vehicle assembly, tyre production, textiles production, manufacturing of construction equipment and material, electronics and furniture, food processing and manufacturing of leather products. Speaking…
BY RUTENDO NGARA WITH a substantial number of Zimbabweans food insecure owing to climate change-induced poor harvests in some parts of the country, almost one million people have had to do with assistance from the World Food Programme (WFP) in the last two months. In its latest report that was published on Friday, WFP said…
THE government has declined to be drawn into the court battle between opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). This comes after Mwonzora approached the Constitutional Court last month, challenging the constitutionality of Zec’s much-debated and since gazetted delimitation report. The MDC boss cited President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and…
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has allocated new top-of-the-range Ford Ranger double cab vehicles and sedans to some of the country’s magistrates. This emerged this week as about 200 magistrates met in the resort town of Victoria Falls for the inaugural national magistrates’ conference. Addressing the magistrates on Thursday, chief magistrate Faith Mushure expressed her…
By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the government will channel more financial resources to all local authorities to improve poor service delivery. Speaking in Gweru yesterday where he received a freedom of the city of Gweru honour, Mnangagwa said the failure by local authorities to improve service delivery had forced the government to intervene….
INVESTMENT expert Lionel Marumahoko says the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) offers local small to medium enterprises (SMEs) an elastic market and vast growth opportunities. AfCFTA is the world’s largest free trade area bringing together 55 countries of the African Union (AU) and eight regional economic communities (RECs). Established in 2018 and operationalised in…
By Ketty Nyoni POLICE officers are undergoing training in public order, with 75 percent of the law enforcement agents reported to have been trained, as Zimbabwe readies for this year’s harmonised elections expected between July and August. This was confirmed by national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi while addressing the media in Harare yesterday at the…
By Brandon Josphat ZANU PF says it is looking for a “thunderous victory” in this year’s crunch national elections, and will thus approach the polls in the same way it did for the historic independence ballot of 1980. Speaking last night on independent television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, voluble Zanu…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has opened the floor for any member who wants to challenge party president Nelson Chamisa during internal nominations to choose aspiring candidates to represent the opposition in this year’s harmonised elections. This comes as the opposition party yesterday announced it was going to have their nominations on April 5. Speaking…
