CALLS for the formation of a government of national unity (GNU) after the August 23 polls have intensified, with opposition stalwart Morgan Komichi sounding out all presidential candidates over the issue. This comes hard on the heels of similar calls by independent presidential candidate, Saviour Kasukuwere, and Democratic Official Party leader, Harry Peter Wilson, who…
INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere wants the High Court not to entertain lawyer Lovedale Mangwana, who is seeking an order barring him from contesting the August 23 election, saying he failed to provide evidence of him being a non-Zimbabwean resident for a period of 18 months. In his opposing papers filed by his lawyer, Harrison…
OPPOSITION Free Zimbabwe Congress leader Joseph Makamba Busha says the country needs effective solutions to its socioeconomic crisis. He believes he is…
ZANU PF has issued a stern warning to its members, saying the governing party has enough support to win the coming elections and that any form of violence will only spoil its pending victory. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF secretary for security Lovemore Matuke said there was no room for perpetrators of violence in…
WAR veterans in presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere’s home province of Mashonaland Central are planning to toyi-toyi against the former Zanu PF national political commissar. The chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) in the province, Sam Parerenyatwa, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they would embark on protests against Kasukuwere, adding…
THE country’s health workers have demanded more than US$1 000 salaries for the lowest-paid employee in the sector, saying the current inflationary environment has eroded their incomes. In a position paper agreed to by health workers unions this month and seen by the Daily News, the workers want a basic salary of US$900 for the…
ZANU PF will not just chuck out all its members who are standing as independents in the August 23 elections, it’s also mulling laying criminal charges against some of the dissenters. The former liberation movement’s secretary for security in the politburo, Lovemore Matuke, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that Zanu PF viewed these candidates…
PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere has found himself in an early spot of bother, after a lawyer launched a court action in a bid to stop him from participating in this year’s elections. The lawyer, Lovedale Mangwana, wants the High Court to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to nullify Kasukuwere’s nomination as a presidential candidate…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) is sweating over double candidature and the opposition has decided to take the legal route after some of the aspiring parliamentary and council candidates decline to withdraw from contesting in the August 23 polls. This comes as the CCC is battling to unscramble the perennial opposition scourge of double candidates…
DESPITE the many aspirants in the race, political analysts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s main challenger for the highest office in the land remains Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the analysts described the other confirmed nine candidates in the keenly-awaited August 23 contest for the presidency as…
