ZANU PF stalwart Tshinga Dube has warned that the ugly factionalism and succession wars plaguing the ruling party are derailing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s efforts to resolve the country’s decades-long political and economic challenges. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Daily News yesterday, the former Cabinet minister said it was imperative that Zanu PF bigwigs ended their…
FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday said the government’s decision to compensate white former commercial farmers has eased the country’s international engagement and re-engagement efforts. This comes as the government recently signed a US$3,5 billion Global Compensation Agreement (GCA) with white former commercial farmers while also announcing that indigenous farmers who lost their land while…
HOSTILITIES in the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance are escalating with each passing day amid complaints that its elections directorate approved unqualified candidates to contest the Highfield West primary election last Sunday, the Daily News reports. This comes as the party’s leadership stands accused of overlooking the alliance agreement which allows the group that came with one…
THE South Korean embassy in Zimbabwe, in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Indian embassy yesterday donated coronavirus (Covid-19) medical supplies and consumables worth a combined US$650 000, the Daily News reports. This comes as a major boost to the country’s fight against the deadly pandemic. Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 cases reached 8 159, with 7…
ZANU PF has failed to announce the results of its elections to choose the party’s parliamentary and council candidates for Harare, amid claims that the polls were riddled with bribery and rampant cheating, the Daily News reports. This comes after Harare province held its primary elections on the weekend of October 10 to 11, following…
FISSURES continue to widen in the Thokozani Khupeled MDC as the party bigwigs want to haul organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe before a disciplinary hearing, the Daily News reports. This comes after Bhebhe claimed in the High Court last week that party funds totalling $7 million were wiped out by acting party president Khupe and national…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on private players in the economy to dialogue with his government to find ways of improving the country’s easeof-doing business and attract direct foreign investment. This comes amid calls from stakeholders for Mnangagwa to dialogue with various sectors, including political leaders like MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa, to address the…
RUSSIAN hackers targeted this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo with the aim of disrupting them, UK officials said. The Foreign Office said Russia’s GRU military intelligence carried out “cyber reconnaissance” against officials and organisations involved. The alleged attacks took place before the Games were postponed until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic….
‘MDC, Chamisa tactics miserable’…as analyst says they risk losing political relevance ahead of polls
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw AS TURMOIL consumes the country’s opposition, renowned professor of World Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, Stephen Chan, has once again warned Nelson Chamisa, pictured, and the MDC Alliance that they risk losing political relevance ahead of the crucial 2023 polls….
Sindiso Mhlophe FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, says he will adequately fund security forces and anti-graft bodies going forward, in a bid to secure peace and the ease of doing business in the country, the Daily News reports. Launching the 2021 pre-national budget strategy in Harare on Friday, Ncube said securing a peaceful socio-political environment…
