ALL eyes will be on the nomination court today, as aspiring candidates file their papers to participate in this year’s crunch national elections. To this end, many Zimbabweans and political observers will be looking out for any surprises, especially in the nominations for the presidential and parliamentary elections. This comes amid fears that a sizeable…

THE casting aside of many senior members during the Citizens Coalition for Change’s (CCC) unconventional candidate selection exercise for the August 23 harmonised elections will likely create fresh fissures in the party. So say political analysts, who told the Daily News yesterday that this could see the party suffering its own version of “Bhora Musango”…

AS HAD been correctly predicted by the Daily News, it was confirmed yesterday that many Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) bigwigs, including prominent sitting MPs, were cast aside during the party’s candidate selection exercise ahead of the country’s harmonised elections. However, CCC leader Nelson Chamisa later told the media in Harare that those who lost…

THE government says it shares the concerns by various interest groups that there is need to have a homegrown electoral system that can end the country’s long history of disputed elections. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, the leader of government business in the National Assembly, Ziyambi Ziyambi — who is also Justice minister —…

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has warned that it will not hesitate to take drastic action against financial institutions that fail to follow measures meant to stabilise foreign exchange rates and prices. This comes after the RBZ resolved earlier this week to sell its foreign currency at market determined exchange rates through banks, to…

THE country’s opposition parties would be mistaken to believe that the current economic crisis will see them easily trouncing Zanu PF in this year’s elections. So say political analysts, who told the Daily News yesterday that the poor preparations for the polls by the opposition meant that they were on the back foot ahead of the polls….

IN A surprising development, an opposition legislator has regurgitated yester-year claims of disappearing ink on ballot papers. This comes despite repeated assurances by the authorities that the claims were false and that this year’s elections will once again be free and fair. Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, the Citizens Coalition for Change’s (CCC) MP for…

OPPOSITION parties want authorities to review downwards the steep nomination fees that were set last year for candidates wishing to take part in this year’s national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, they said unless this is done before June 21 — nomination day — many parties and their candidates would struggle to raise…

LIBERATION war stalwart, Rugare Gumbo, has warned that people will vote with their stomachs in the upcoming national elections if Zanu PF does not fix the economy as a matter of urgency. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the former Zanu PF spokesperson said all Zimbabweans were suffering as a result of the country’s ailing…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country’s major economic sectors have thrived without the government accessing funding from multilateral institutions. Posting on his Twitter account after a roundtable meeting on Zimbabwe’s arrears clearance and debt resolution process in Egypt, Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe was moving in the right direction to achieve its set targets. “Proud of our…