THIS past weekend’s cordial war veterans’ congress in Gweru signalled the spirit under which the party’s forthcoming annual conference should proceed. So says Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa, who adds that there will be no room whatsoever for party members to push petty factional agendas when they gather in Bulawayo next week. Speaking to the…

THE leader of the opposition in Parliament, Sengezo Tshabangu, says he holds all the keys to Welshman Ncube’s leadership ambitions within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Tshabangu’s spokesperson Nqobizitha Mlilo warned that Ncube risked being excluded completely from participating in the CCC’s pending congress, unless he behaved himself…

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faces total implosion after efforts to heal the widening rift between its interim leader Welshman Ncube and Sengezo Tshabangu collapsed. CCC spokesperson, Willias Madzimure, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that all efforts to engage with Tshabangu and map the way forward had failed. At the same time, there…

THE continuing senseless infighting among the country’s opposition leaders has virtually ended any hopes of the ruling party being given a run for its money by its political opponents in the 2028 national elections, analysts have reiterated. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, political experts added that as a result of…

OPPOSITION stalwarts remain very concerned that time is running out for Zanu PF’s fractured rivals to make a decent fist of the 2028 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, former MDC kingpins Lovemore Moyo and Morgen Komichi warned that the country’s warring opposition was at risk of receiving another heavy shellacking at the…

ZANU PF says the country’s opposition must first put their house in order before approaching the ruling party for dialogue. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, Zanu PF information director Farai Marapira added that the former liberation movement would also not engage with opposition leaders if they continued to “thrive on…

IT IS risky for authorities to sanction the selling of fuel in ZiG at the moment, as doing so could cause shortages in the country, the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, has said. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Ncube said the last thing that Zimbabwe needed was a fresh disruption of the delicate…

THE seemingly unending quarrelling among the country’s opposition leaders poses a serious threat to Zimbabwe’s multi-party democracy. So warns opposition stalwart and Bulawayo mayor, David Coltart, who adds that ordinary Zimbabweans have been badly let down by these senseless divisions. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Coltart said the country’s weak opposition and its deeply-divided…

FRESH trouble has erupted in the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), after acting party leader Welshman Ncube reshuffled his team at the weekend. CCC insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday confirmed that the demotion of Jacob Mafume and the dropping of Nqobizitha Mlilo, who were party spokesperson and mouthpiece for Ncube respectively, had…

THE country’s two major political parties, Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), have received a shot in the arm after the government disbursed to them funds under the Political Parties (Finance) Act. This comes after the political parties recently expressed concern that the delay by the government in releasing the funds due to…