ZIMBABWE continues to face major political and economic challenges which require the ruling Zanu PF and the opposition to put their heads…
CHURCHES here have called for peace and tolerance ahead of the upcoming by-elections adding that they have already engaged a number of relevant stakeholders to save the country from possible chaos. Election periods in the country have often been marred by violence and political fighting, bringing unrest in the country. Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (ZCA) director…
RABBIT farmers say they are pinning hope on the government’s five-year livestock growth plan which places greater emphasis on small livestock. The…
TEACHERS’ unions have called for government intervention to capacitate rural schools before the school calendar commences in order to facilitate proper learning in the current Covid-19 environment. Schools are set to open on February 7. The teachers’ representatives said most schools in remote rural parts of the country did not have the required personal protective…
AUTHORITIES further eased the country’s coronavirus restrictions yesterday, while also allowing schools to reopen for face-to-face learning as from February 7— as Covid deaths and new infections continue to decline. At the same time, and in a move that will be welcomed by many people, the government has also reviewed curfew times — which will…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has accused the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) of misleading the nation that there had been an attempt to block it from registering its candidates for the March 26 by-elections. This comes after CCC leader, Nelson Chamisa, claimed on Monday that Zec had tried to frustrate the party by demanding…
NOMINATION courts sat yesterday in Harare, Midlands, Manicaland and Bulawayo to register candidates for six outstanding National Assembly seats for the March 26 by-elections. The sittings followed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new proclamation that the Nomination Court would sit yesterday to register candidates for the six National Assembly by-elections following a High Court ruling. The six…
FORMER Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa, pictured, and former Foreign Affairs permanent secretary Andrew Mtetwa have been appointed to the Southern African Development…
THE newly-rebranded Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) scrambled to play down simmering tensions among its bigwigs yesterday over candidates for the March 26 by-elections. This comes as the party’s controversial decision to choose its candidates through “consensus” continues to raise temperatures — resulting in the troubling fielding of double contenders in Bulawayo and Masvingo on…
HIGH Court judge, Justice Owen Tagu, yesterday reserved judgment in the matter in which Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, filed a chamber application seeking the termination of his marriage to estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa. The chamber application was filed with the High Court in November last year with Chiwenga seeking the termination of his customary…
