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Pros, cons of registration of political parties

FOR many years, there have been calls for political parties in Zimbabwe to be registered, and the calls have become louder after divisions in the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party resulted a plethora of recalls and by-el…

Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:20hrs | 68 | by Veritas

More needs to be done to achieve gender equality

INTERNATIONAL Women's Day (IWD), celebrated annually on  March 8 offers an opportunity to reflect on progress made with regards to gender equality,  call for change and  celebrate acts of courage and determination by women w…

Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Veritas

Time to ratify AU Charter on Democracy

AS we reflect on the just passed International Day on Democracy, we find it worrying that Zimbabwe has not ratified the African Charter on Democracy, Elections, and Governance. It is a long time since President Emmerson Mnangagwa, as one o…

Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:30hrs | 4 | by Veritas

Is it a crime to publish false news?

EARLIER this month, reports circulated on social media alleging that a police officer in Harare had struck a woman with his baton and killed a baby strapped on her back. The police issued a denial, saying that the police officer had tried …

Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:25hrs | 12 | by Veritas

Zimbabwe's Peace, Order Bill still unconstitutional

At a sitting that started on August 8 and ended at 4.10am on August 9, the National Assembly passed the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill with amendments, most of which were intended to meet objections raised by the Parliamentary Legal C…

Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Veritas

Lawyers speak on Prisca Mupfumira's case

The Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Hon Prisca Mupfumira, has been arrested on serious charges involving corruption and abuse of office. When she appeared in court after being arrested her lawyer applied for bail…

Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 12:40hrs | 2 | by Veritas

Mthuli Ncube's 2% tax still illegal

At the beginning of this month the Minister of Finance and Economic Development announced an increase in the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax [i.e. the tax on electronic money transfers] from five cents per transaction to two cents per dol…

Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 20:15hrs | 1 | by Veritas

Extension of Defence Forces retirement age

BILL WATCH 35/2014[11th September 2014]Both Houses of Parliament Are Sitting Again This Week Extension of Defence Forces Retirement Age: Not Compliant with ConstitutionTwo statutory instruments gazetted on 5th September spell out an except…

Published: 12 Sep 2014 at 10:20hrs | 1 | by Veritas

Constitution Watch

Implementing the New Constitution : What Has Been Done So Far?Introduction In Constitution Watches 33 to 38 of 2013, which were published between August and October last year, we set out some of the legislative changes that needed to be ma…

Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 01:22hrs | 1 | by Veritas

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One-stop border post at Beitbridge

ZESA to replace old prepaid electricity meters

Missing person alert

Bulawayo hit by 2 armed robberies, losses exceed US$30k

Fast-food levy nets US$1 million for Treasury in 6 months

Process to gazette slashed levies begins

Victoria Falls to host high-stakes conference

2 die in Bulawayo hit-and-runs

Lovers found dead in suspected murder-suicide

Zimbabwe's World Tourism Expo ends on a high note

Zimbabwe's informal economy a risk to anti-money laundering drive

Advocate Mpofu takes on State House security guards

Chinese nationals fined only US$150 for cocaine in the Banana republic

Zimbabwe grain import ban affecting SA farmers

7 dead in Masvingo-Beitbridge road crash

No excuses will end Zimbabwe's electricity shortages without accountability, investment, and reform

Zim schools to introduce anti-sanctions curriculum, from ECD

National Sports Stadium rehab will be completed by year-end

High Court nullifies US$140,000 property sale in divorce dispute

Bulawayo records major HIV decline

Elderly overlooked in HIV prevention

Tagwirei publishes snakebite management guidebook

General Mutamba honoured with Zimbabwe's top policing award

Woman found buried in garden, stepdaughter arrested

Zimbabwe's highways double as drug pipelines

Zimbabwe accelerates school construction drive

Married woman caught pants down

Mnangagwa caps 640 HIT graduates

Zim medics become lifeline for migrants in South Africa

Man arrested for highlighting poor sanitation at Registrar's office

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