ZANU PF has come out guns blazing, blasting Western countries for “unjustifiably” complaining about the allegedly undemocratic Patriotic Law recently enacted to protect Zimbabwe’s interests. This comes after the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) raised red flags after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Patriotic Law to be part of the Criminal Law…

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, yesterday said despite his rallies being “banned” and other attempts to derail its campaigns, the opposition party will win next month’s polls.   Speaking at the launch of his party’s campaign at Mkoba Stadium in Gweru, Chamisa said the opposition party was doing everything to…

NEXT month’s eagerly anticipated national elections should be treated as a “golden opportunity” for Zimbabwe to show that the country can hold credible and undisputed polls.   So say political analysts who told the Daily News On Sunday yesterday that were that to happen, Zimbabwe would be firmly on the road to resolving its myriad…

LAWYER Lovedale Mangwana has filed an urgent High Court application seeking the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to go ahead and print presidential ballot papers without independent candidate Saviour Kasukuwere’s name. This is despite that Kasukuwere last week filed an appeal at the Supreme Court seeking to reverse an earlier High Court judgment that blocked him…

THE United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) are some of the countries that have raised red flags over the new Patriotic law, arguing it will impede freedom of association in Zimbabwe.   This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday signed the Patriotic law to be part of the Criminal Law (Codification and…

POLICE say they are keen to ensure that their actions do not raise questions about the credibility of next month’s crucial national elections. However, the law enforcement agents also say that they will continue to enforce the law where the actions of political parties are at variance with regulations. In a July 8 memorandum to…

THE Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) has made an impassioned plea to politicians not to divide the nation. In a recent pastoral letter, the ZCBC said politicians must thus campaign peacefully ahead of next month’s polls, bearing in mind that after the elections there would still be a need to build Zimbabwe and to unite…

THE United Kingdom (UK) is so far encouraged by Zimbabwe’s preparations for next month’s crucial national elections. At the same time, Britain also says it stands ready to support Zimbabwe’s efforts to re-join the Commonwealth if the country meets the admission requirements. Speaking in the House of Lords on Thursday, the UK’s minister of State…

THE government’s recent policy interventions are starting to bear fruit, amid high hopes by business for the further stabilisation of the Zimbabwe dollar and prices of basic goods. In its latest inflation and currency developments update, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) — one of the country’s biggest business lobby groups — said Treasury and…

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is battling to resolve its double candidates mess ahead of next month’s crunch national elections. This comes as its defi ant followers that the party wants to withdraw from key parliamentary and municipal contests insist that they will not do so, arguing that they were duly chosen as party…