ZANU PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have engaged the police in Masvingo Province over ugly scenes of violence that occurred in Gutu recently. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week appealed to politicians to protect the country’s current peaceful environment ahead of next year’s elections. The meeting was confirmed by both…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to make his State of the Nation Address (Sona) in Harare today, amid hopes that he will speak on the country’s relentless power cuts, and also assure Zimbabweans that prices will not go haywire ahead of Christmas. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the acting executive director of the Consumer…

ZANU PF says the opposition is dragging the much-needed dialogue by allegedly working with foreign nations to sow discord in the country and added that it must denounce sanctions for national talks to be successful. In an interview with the Daily News after their meeting with Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) recently, Zanu PF secretary…

MDC president Douglas Mwonzora has outsmarted his rivals after the national council elected him uncontested over the weekend, to lead the party for his first five-year term. The party founded by the late Morgan Tsvangirai is due to hold its first ordinary congress after Mwonzora was elected at an extraordinary congress in December last year…

THE apology to Zanu PF members by former ruling party politburo members and alleged Generation 40 (G40) kingpins Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao is a significant boost for President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of next year’s crunch elections, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the analysts said the conciliatory tone of the…

MORE and more prominent people are adding their voices to the growing calls for inclusive national dialogue ahead of the 2023 polls to help end Zimbabwe’s decades-long myriad challenges. Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) bigwig, Tendai Biti, and exiled former Zanu PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, are the latest heavyweights to say openly that elections…

WHILE noting the ongoing efforts by authorities to boost the economy, an expert says the government needs to do more to lift businesses and improve the quality of life of longsuffering Zimbabweans. Speaking last night on independent national television channel 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, prominent economist Gift Mugano said while ordinary Zimbabweans had…

NOT for the first time over the past two decades, the country’s opposition once again learnt the hard way this week that there are no permanent friends and enemies in politics, but enduring interests. This comes after former Zanu PF politburo members and alleged Generation 40 (G40) kingpins Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao — who…

MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora says he is willing to meet and engage with his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) counterpart, Nelson Chamisa, to help unite the country’s divided opposition ahead of next year’s crunch national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mwonzora said he recognised that unity among opposition parties remained the most viable…

THE growing convergence of minds on the need for dialogue by Zimbabwe’s major political parties — Zanu PF, the MDC and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) — could finally see the end of the country’s long history of disputed elections, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the independent analysts also said the…