April 2021

POLITICAL analysts have once again warned that the opposition risks being annihilated by Zanu PF ahead of the 2023 polls, unless they change strategy and pursue national dialogue. In addition, the analysts also told the Daily News yesterday that MDC Alliance leaders needed to ditch their “student politics” and stop dithering about whether to stick with the…

THANKS to our loyal readers, advertisers and friends, the Daily News family continues to celebrate a remarkable 10 years since we came back from the dead in March 2011. In this regard, our patrons will find a bumper special feature on the market leading newspaper and its sibling, the Daily News On Sunday, in today’s edition — commemorating…

THE government wants to create a U$5 billion tobacco industry by 2025 as it moves to turn around the economy through agriculture. This comes as Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka told stakeholders at the opening ceremony of the 2021 tobacco marketing season yesterday in the capital that the government would increase funding of both large and…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has painted a gloomy picture of the current water crisis telling residents to brace for more painful months despite the country receiving heavy rains this year.  This comes barely two months after the city fathers announced they were going to lift the much-dreaded water rationing regime by the end of…

POLICE had to be called in to disperse agitated MDC Alliance supporters in Harare yesterday, after political activist Makomborero Haruzivishe was sentenced to an effective 14 months in prison for inciting public violence. This comes as political tension is rising again in the country, amid fresh fears of violence as a reeling MDC Alliance feels…

HIGH Court judge Justice Philda Muzofa has thrown out an application by the MDC Alliance which sought to bar the government from disbursing funds to the main MDC led by Douglas Mwonzora under the Political Parties Finance Act.   The MDC Alliance had approached the court arguing that Mwonzora had no right to the political funds…

ZIMBABWE is coming under growing pressure to deploy soldiers in Mozambique, amid fears that the insurgency there could spill over into the country with devastating consequences. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to join his Southern African Development Community (Sadc) counterparts tomorrow in emergency meetings in Maputo, to deal with the matter. It…