SOME legislators have been sleeping in their cars for this week’s parliamentary sittings, after authorities failed to pay hotels for their accommodation. This was revealed in the National Assembly on Tuesday by Zanu PF MP for Buhera South, Joseph Chinotimba.“Yesterday (Monday), MPs had to sleep in their vehicles because there was no accommodation at hotels.“Some…
PRESSURE continues to mount on Energy minister Zhemu Soda after Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP for Mkoba Amos Chibaya demanded that he should come before the National Assembly with a ministerial statement on steps the government was taking to end the ongoing power crisis. This comes after school heads recently said they have been…
A POLICE officer stationed at Gwanda Police Station in Matabeleland South province has been arraigned before a Filabusi magistrate’s court after he allegedly committed two counts of stock theft involving 23 cattle. In the first count, Philisani Nyoni, 35, who was in charge of livestock clearance, allegedly gave his friend eight beasts that had been…
By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat MANY sitting Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators face an uncertain future ahead of the upcoming crunch national elections. This comes after the recently gazetted 2023 delimitation report merged some constituencies, collapsed others and created fresh ones in some cases — causing a gnashing of teeth…
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has told the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council that Zimbabwe has made significant efforts to advance human rights and has implemented all necessary electoral reforms ahead of this year’s elections. Speaking at a high-level segment of the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday,…
THE State witness in Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala’s obstruction of justice trial has admitted that the videos presented as evidence before the courts were not authenticated. This was after Sikhala’s lawyer, Harrison Nkomo, yesterday cross-examined the witness, Kudakwashe Mandiranga, and accused him of lying to the court when he stated that…
A FARMER from Gweru, Mary Frances Bowers, has approached the Supreme Court seeking to overturn a High Court judgment that confirms the government’s seizure of her farm in 2005. Last month, High Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi dismissed Bowers’ application, ruling that the High Court had no jurisdiction to deal with matters involving the expropriation…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw SCHOOL heads say they have been forced to suspend some key activities due to the country’s worsening power crisis. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the president of the National Association of Primary School Heads (Naph), Cynthia Khumalo, said the brutal power cuts were disrupting research and experiments in many schools.“Electricity shortages…
ZIMBABWE’s first independent television station, 3Ktv, celebrates a full 12 months of live and uninterrupted broadcasting today, as the history making free-to-air…
Brandon Josphat THE government will provide guarantees for payments to independent power producers (IPPs), in a bid to end the country’s brutal power cuts. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the move would also encourage private sector investment into the power sector. “The government guarantee will be on power purchase…
