BOTH ordinary consumers and businesses alike continue to reel from the country’s relentless power outages, which got worse in Harare at the weekend. So serious are the capital city’s current blackouts, that its central business district (CBD) — which houses key government functions and major corporate head offices — has had no electricity at all…
THE findings of a recent survey by pan-African research organisation Afrobarometer suggest that the country’s opposition may be up against it in next year’s crucial national elections, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the analysts especially warned Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa that he would have to do…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday came out guns blazing, savaging Zanu PF bigwigs for indiscipline, saying he will not hesitate to take action against…
THE European Union (EU) yesterday said it was eager to strengthen its relations with Zimbabwe so as to improve trade and promote…
THE Church’s push for all-inclusive national dialogue to help resolve the country’s decades-long political and economic challenges is going a step up on Friday. This comes as clerics are set to launch a stakeholders campaign in Harare in this regard — code-named the “Zimbabwe We Want” — in a bid to nudge the country’s political…
A LACK of respect and abusive behaviour by some opposition members is standing in the way of “progressive forces” working together against Zanu PF ahead of the crunch 2023 national elections, opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mwonzora also reiterated his belief that opposition unity based on a shared vision was “absolutely…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared war on ritual murders and armed robberies, saying the justice delivery system will deal decisively with these…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga says authorities are working hard to try and bring closure to one of the saddest chapters in Zimbabwe’s history, the Gukurahundi killings of the 1980s. Speaking at the burial of Chief Vusumuzi Khumalo Mabhikwa in Matabeleland North at the weekend, Chiwenga said the government’s ongoing efforts in this regard were part…
THE government is rebooting its re-engagement efforts with the United States of America (USA), amid plans by Harare to send a high-profile delegation to Washington to this end. Speaking in Harare’s Glen View high density suburb yesterday after commissioning boreholes there, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe’s delegation to America would include Foreign Affairs minister Fredrick…
ZANU PF is set to amend its constitution to align it with the country’s Constitution, amid growing calls for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to appoint a female vice president. This comes amid growing pressure from women for Mnangagwa to appoint a woman as one of his deputies, as was the case before former vice president Joice…
