By Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw TROPICAL storm Freddy has left a trail of destruction in some parts of Manicaland, where it swept away a gold panner and also damaged key infrastructure and many homesteads. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the deputy director of the Civil Protection Department (CPD), Farai Hokonya, confirmed that one person was missing…
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) received 255 complaints and managed to resolve 186 cases in 2022 while the remainder is still under investigation. This was confirmed by acting Information minister Jenfan Muswere yesterday while speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare.“The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) received 255 complaints and finalised…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala yesterday chose to remain silent as his trial kicked off at the Harare Magistrate’s Court after his lawyers failed to turn up due to other commitments at the High Court. The accused, Sikhala, who is jointly charged with fellow CCC legislator Godfrey Sithole, appeared before…
By Blessings Mashaya and Jeffrey Muvundisi ZANU PF has warned that it will disqualify officials caught using money and other trinkets to win the party’s highly anticipated internal elections this coming weekend. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after receiving thousands of CVs from aspiring candidates for this year’s national elections, Zanu PF secretary for…
THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) says it is not good that the country’s brutal power cuts continue to badly affect ordinary people and businesses alike. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, CCZ executive director Rosemary Mpofu said the blackouts had contributed to “unethical” pricings of basic goods in the country. This comes after the…
A WITNESS in the case in which Marry Mubaiwa is being accused of attempting to murder her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, told the court yesterday that he had not seen the former model removing an intravenous (IV) injection from the ex-army general. Warren Sibanda, a Presidential Guard member and nurse, who accompanied Chiwenga…
By Rutendo Ngara SOME parts of Manicaland province have experienced the effects of the resurgent, but now dissipating tropical storm Freddy, after some schools’ roofs were blown off by strong winds. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Civil Protection department deputy director Farai Hokonya said although most parts of the country received some rains, there…
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has partnered with Unicef to scale up immunisation efforts in rural areas where some children have been left out. In its recent report titled; “Reaching communities at risk of vaccination”, WHO said they were supporting Zimbabwe’s efforts to increase vaccination coverage for vaccine-preventable diseases. “Unicef and WHO are…
THE knives appear to be out for the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Justice Priscilla Chigumba, amid calls for a judiciary inquiry to determine her suitability to remain as the head of the polls management body. This comes after a Plumtree man, Thamsanqa Ncube, recently wrote to Chief Justice Luke Malaba, questioning Chigumba’s…
A PARLIAMENT report has suggested that improved electricity generation at Hwange Power Station is being delayed by Zesa’s failure to pay US$265 million owed to a Chinese bank. In the report tabled in the august House last week, the parliamentary portfolio committee on budget, finance and economics said the outstanding debt to China Exim Bank…
