POLITICAL EDITOR THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Welshman Ncube says Zimbabwe’s fragmented opposition is in a jam ahead of the 2028 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the camp’s spokesperson, Willias Madzimure, lamented yesterday that both participating in, and snubbing the polls, would…

POLITICAL EDITOR THE country’s current crop of opposition leaders no longer have the gravitas and capacity to challenge the ruling Zanu PF in forthcoming national elections. So says former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) youth leader, Lovemore Chinoputsa, who argues further that even Nelson Chamisa’s chances of leading Zimbabwe one day are as good as…

AUTHORITIES have once again put on notice social media trolls who stand accused of seeking to cause anarchy in the country. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, said yesterday that they were going all out to bring to book all social media troublemakers. “We…

POLICE are ramping up their investigations into last month’s brutal murder of prominent Ruwa businessman, Joseph Mutangadura. This comes after the 67-year-old businessman was gunned down in cold blood by armed robbers at his Lisheen Estate Farm, a crime that sent shockwaves throughout the local community. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most…

POLITICAL EDITOR PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged Zanu PF to prepare thoroughly for the 2028 national elections, which he wants the ruling party to win resoundingly. Addressing a Zanu PF central committee meeting in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa made it clear that the former liberation movement was readying itself for the country’s next harmonised polls in…

POLITICAL EDITOR THERE is hope for even warmer relations between Harare and Washington, after an American lawmaker tabled a bill that could result in all sanctions on Zimbabwe and its leaders scrapped. Although the surprise new bill by Brian Jeffrey Mast — a Republican Representative for Florida — comes with a caveat, it could see…

POLITICAL EDITOR YET another prominent figure has lamented the country’s toxic politics, saying this is continuing to stand in the way of national unity and development. Speaking at the launch of his latest book in Bulawayo this past weekend, former deputy prime minister in the 2009 to 2013 government of national unity (GNU), Arthur Mutambara,…

THE government has deferred its plans to introduce a wealth tax on affluent citizens, until the necessary legal and administrative framework is in place. This comes after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube introduced a one percent wealth tax in his 2024 national Budget, saying at the time that the country’s tax system benefited the rich at…

ZANU PF Harare province has urged the government to establish a committee to issue urban title deeds, particularly targeting homeowners in high-density suburbs who have occupied municipal houses for decades. In a statement following their interdistrict meeting over the weekend, the ruling party said the proposed committee would be modelled along the lines of the…

THE time has come for authorities to get even tougher on vile social media trolls that continue to try to divide Zimbabweans and the country’s top leadership. So says a furious minister of State Security, Lovemore Matuke, who warned afresh at the weekend that the government would not fold its hands while these trolls continued…