ZANU PF yesterday said opposition parties in Zimbabwe must learn to accept election results, adding that the just ended by-elections has shown that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has the capacity to run free and fair polls. Speaking at a press conference in Harare, Mutsvangwa said Zec managed to silence its critics during last weekend’s…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Bulawayo has snubbed former MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe, claiming that she is on a Zanu PF mission to destroy the new party. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, interim CCC Bulawayo provincial chairperson Swithern Chiroodza claimed that the party had seen that Khupe was a Zanu…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim leader Nelson Chamisa, has endorsed the party’s candidates for Masvingo ward four by-elections, blaming party bigwigs for bungling the nomination process. Addressing a rally in Masvingo on Sunday, ahead of the weekend by-elections, Chamisa called the two candidates Alec Tabe and Thokozile Muchuchuti to the podium and encouraged party…
FIREBRAND former liberation war veterans leader and Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson, Jabulani Sibanda has called for dialogue among the country’s political parties to help address Zimbabwe’s long-standing challenges. Addressing a Zanu PF campaign rally in Gweru at the weekend, Sibanda said Zimbabweans should put aside their political differences for their common good — warning…
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi says while President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered ministers to attend Parliament regularly, most of…
POLITICAL analysts have joined the growing list of influential voices which have warned that egos and petty differences could once again thwart the opposition in the fast-approaching 2023 elections. Respected University of Zimbabwe political science lecturer, Eldred Masunungure, was among the analysts who told the Daily News yesterday that hubris and petty grudges would likely scuttle opposition…
THE government is introducing a raft of new economic measures, including reducing fuel taxes, as authorities try to stabilise ever rising prices of basic goods to cushion long-suffering consumers. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Finance deputy minister Clemence Chiduwa said in addition to the ongoing Russian-Ukraine conflict, taxes were seen as having contributed to the recent…
AUTHORITIES are stewing over rising prices of basic goods and services in the country, amid growing concerns that more and more ordinary people are struggling to make ends meet. So serious are the concerns, that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has been asked by Parliament to explain the worsening hardships that long-suffering citizens are facing. This…
THE respected former Speaker of Parliament, Lovemore Moyo, has reiterated that the opposition desperately needs unity ahead of next year’s crucial national elections. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Moyo also said the chances of the opposition defeating the ruling Zanu PF in 2023 would also depend on some opposition leaders ditching their “worrisome…
….no to big brother mentality in leading proposed coalition ADDRESSING thousands of supporters in Gweru last weekend, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa spoke of the need for opposition parties to form a grand coalition ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 harmonised elections if they were to dislodge President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF…
