CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba says law salaries are crippling the justice delivery system in the country and called on the government to review remuneration for public sector workers regularly. In his State of the Judiciary Address, which marked the official opening of the 2022 legal year yesterday, Justice Malaba said members of the judicial service,…
ZANU PF continues to reel from its seemingly intractable factional wars around the country, a fortnight after the former liberation movement installed its new team of provincial chairpersons. The ugly infighting is not sparing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s home province of Midlands, which witnessed violence at the weekend as the region attempted to complete the election…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has invited both foreign and local observers to monitor the country’s upcoming Parliamentary and council by-elections. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa decreed that the by-elections will be held on Saturday March 26. “ZEC hereby invites applications from observers and the media for accreditation to observe by-elections in…
MDC national executive member Makomborero Haruzivishe, has finally been released by the High Court on a $20 000 bail after 10 months in prison. He is facing charges of kidnapping or unlawful detention, alternatively participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence. As part of the bail conditions, Haruzivishe should report twice weekly…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya MUKUVISI Woodlands in Harare on Saturday was robbed of money and valuables amounting to US$19 040 after 10 armed robbers pounced on the premises. It is alleged that around 1am, the suspects, who were armed with an unknown rifle, catapults, hammers and iron bars, stormed Mukuvisi Woodlands before capturing two guards and a…
Melisa Chatikobo DESPITE new pre-planting producer prices for cotton that separate private funded and government funded production, outstanding payments, inadequate inputs and high cost of production is a threat to the growers viability. Last week the Agriculture Marketing Authority announced new 2021/22 agricultural season cotton prices. Cotton produced under the Pfumvudza scheme is priced at…
AMID the MDC’s unrelenting and futile wars, the leader of the United Movement for Devolution (UMD), Lovemore Moyo, has once again warned that the opposition stands no chance against Zanu PF in next year’s national elections unless it urgently forms a viable grand coalition. The respected Moyo — a former Speaker of Parliament and MDC…
ANOTHER bruising war among MDC factions could be in the offing after it emerged at the weekend that the group led by Nelson Chamisa may have finally settled on a new name and is set to use this in the March 26 by-elections. But the Chamisa camp’s plans could run into headwinds after it was…
THE country’s blood bank has been hit by a critical shortage of blood group O as Covid-19 regulations have hindered blood collection. Blood O group is very important as it is used in emergency situations such as traumatic bleeding or other types of emergency transfusions. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday last week, National…
HARARE City Council has called on urban farmers to apply for permits to use land for agriculture to avoid encroaching into wetlands which harms the environment. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, council acting corporate communications manager Innocent Ruwende said wetland farming increased service delivery costs for the local authority. “For one to…
