CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has once again called for urgent national dialogue to arrest the country’s worsening economic crisis. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, as prices of basic goods continue to run amok in retail outlets, Chamisa warned that the economy could collapse completely if the country’s political leaders don’t…

OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has filed another urgent application in the High Court, seeking to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa from announcing the dates for this year’s crunch elections. Mwonzora’s doubling down on the matter comes after he recently filed another High Court application to have the eagerly-awaited national polls postponed. That other application was made…

LABOUR unions representing both private and public sector workers are pushing for an urgent meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This comes as the country’s economic challenges are mounting, amid a prices spiral and shortages of some basic goods — both blamed on the worsening volatility of the Zimbabwe dollar. The secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Congress…

CASES of intra-Zanu PF confl ict are rising, amid ongoing fallouts over the party’s recent primaries. This has compelled the former liberation movement to organise peace meetings across the country, ahead of the country’s crunch national elections. The meetings — meant to pacify losing parliamentary and council candidates, as well as their supporters — are…

AUTHORITIES say they are watching the activities of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) closely, and will not hesitate to deal with those who sponsor chaos in the country. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, the deputy minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Lovemore Matuke said the government was doing this to ensure that NGOs operated…

ZESA has temporarily switched off its new Unit 7 in Hwange, to allow the power utility to carry final tests on the 300MW generator before it becomes fully operational. The move will, during this period, result in heightened load-shedding, as it will deprive the national grid of significant energy — piling fresh pressure on both…

MORE chaos hit the Citizens Coalition for Change(CCC)’s unconventional primaries for its aspiring MPs and councillors for this year’s crunch national elections at the weekend. This boiled over into violent clashes among the party’s supporters in Marondera, Zaka and Norton, among other places, as unhappy followers of rival candidates squared up to each other. The…

POWER utility Zesa says it has put in place enough mechanisms to make sure winter wheat farmers are not affected by power cuts. In a statement yesterday, Zesa stakeholder relations, communication and welfare general manager George Manyaya said they wanted to help the government to achieve its wheat targets. “Subsequent to the recent update on…

ZANU PF’s security department will keep a beady eye on all the party’s aspiring MPs and councillors, in a bid to avoid another ‘Bhora Musango’ (internal sabotage) in this year’s national elections. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, Zanu PF secretary for security in the politburo, Lovemore Matuke, confirmed that the former liberation…