LEGISLATORS have given the government a seven-day ultimatum to allocate them residential stands they were promised, failure of which they said they will take legal action. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Norton Independent MP Temba Mliswa said if the government failed to give them the residential stands he was going to approach the…
Affirmative Action Group (AAG) founding president Philip Chiyangwa has appointed Harare businessman Dilesh Nguwaya, pictured, as the empowerment lobby group’s security consultant. In a statement yesterday, Chiyangwa said Nguwaya would serve as consulting advisor to the presidium for a period of four years. “I hereby appoint you the AAG national executive council member responsible for…
TRANSPORT ministry permanent secretary Thedius Chinyanga says the government will clear the motor vehicle number plates backlog in the next few months. This comes as the country is facing a shortage of motor vehicle number plates, with motorists expressing outrage over the development which has seen some being arrested for driving unregistered cars. “The consignment…
THE family of the late former president Robert Mugabe says it will fight all attempts to exhume his remains from his rural home in Kutama Village. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mugabe’s angry nephew Leo also said none of the close family members would attend the traditional court in Zvimba, Mashonaland West — further describing its…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s term of office by another five years despite the resistance from legal experts, civic organisations and the opposition. In a letter written by Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda to Malaba yesterday, Mnangagwa said medical reports validated that the Chief Justice, who turns…
ZIMBABWE will this year receive over US$1 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), funds which the government will channel toward Covid-19 relief programmes, a central bank official has said. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe deputy governor Khupukile Mlambo, pictured, yesterday told a Lupane State University and the Women Institute for Leadership Development (Wild) public lecture…
THE United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) Zimbabwe has partnered the government in a national strategy aimed at ending child marriages after nearly 5 000 girls got pregnant during the Covid-19-induced lockdown. Speaking during the launch of the strategy in Guruve on Monday, Women Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni, pictured, who was the guest of honour, said…
THE MDC Alliance has been hit by fresh turbulence, with members of its youth assembly now aiming their guns at some of the opposition coalition’s senior officials, as leadership conflicts continue to ravage the often discordant group. This comes as political analysts have warned that the opposition risks receiving a heavy shellacking from Zanu PF…
FIVE people were murdered within a week with the police raising concern over the increase in murder cases, some of which are being committed by mentally-challenged individuals. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the law would take its course and perpetrators will be brought to book. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)…
A NON-governmental organisation, Sivio Institute (Sivio), has implored the government to put in place clear and transparent measures to protect the poor,…
