FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the authorities are going to deploy more law enforcement agents to deal specifically with and arrest money changers. This comes as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mushayavanhu recently said he would silence money changers by introducing new economic measures.However, in the National Assembly last week, Zanu PF…
ZANU PF and major opposition parties are increasingly singing from the same hymn book on national unity and the need for all Zimbabweans to support the country’s new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). All main political party representatives who spoke to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday said national unity would help to lift the…
THE country’s main opposition is ramping up its push for an all-stakeholders dialogue in a bid to lift the lives of all Zimbabweans and remove the current toxicity out of national politics. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the spokesperson for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Nqobizitha Mlilo, said Zimbabwe would not move forward…
ZANU PF last week distributed cars to its party leaders in all the country’s 10 provinces in a bid to improve their operations. This also comes after Zanu PF last year said it was now fully focused on delivering on its 2023 election promises, and not on internal succession politics and the opposition’s mindless wars.Speaking…
THERE is now a growing appreciation among bickering opposition leaders that they need to work together and to engage in national dialogue in their own interest and that of the country. This comes as the acting president of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Welshman Ncube, has been leading the push for opposition unity —…
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has indefinitely postponed its congress which was supposed to be held before Independence Day. This comes after war veterans recently defended ZNLWVA chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa, saying he remained their legitimate leader until their congress is done. Their defence came after a faction opposed to Mutsvangwa had claimed…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander David Sigauke as an ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In an extraordinary government gazette published on Friday, chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Martin Rushwaya said Mnangagwa also appointed deputy clerk of Parliament Helen Bangawe Dingani as ambassador to the…
CIVIL servants stationed in rural areas are set to also benefit from the government’s national housing scheme. The houses will be built for them close to their workplaces, National Housing minister Daniel Garwe has said. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, Garwe said the move was in line with the government’s quest to make sure…
ZANU PF has been forced to postpone President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s “Thank You” rally in Mashonaland Central this weekend due to high cholera cases in that province. This comes after authorities had worked hard on bringing the latest cholera outbreak under control — including administering vaccines in hotspots. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF…
PARLIAMENT is pushing for the amendment of the country’s laws to enable the government to issue title deeds to rural dwellers. In a motion on National Assembly order paper, MP for Chipinge South Clifford Hlatywayo said giving title deeds to people in rural communities would change their lives for the better. “Rural communities must be…
