PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday said next month’s census is aimed at alleviating poverty as it will give the government  statistics on schools dropouts, housing characteristics and living conditions. Launching a 50 days countdown to the 2022 population and housing census scheduled to take place between April 21 and 30, Mnangagwa yesterday said the government would…

POLITICAL analysts say the “predictable” current political violence afflicting the country only serves to confirm that inclusive dialogue is the only way out for Zimbabwe at the moment. In addition, they say, the long-mooted national talks should pave the way for another government of national unity (GNU) in the country — like what  happened in 2009,…

THE country’s major political players have welcomed moves by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to diffuse rising tensions in the country ahead of this month’s by-elections. This comes as police have moved swiftly to arrest many of the thugs who disrupted a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally in Kwekwe at the weekend,…

LEGISLATORS want the country’s former colonial master, Britain, to pay reparations for the loss Zimbabwe incurred when it was under foreign rule. Raising a motion in the National Assembly on Thursday, Zanu PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi said Zimbabweans needed to be compensated, particularly because their forefathers had been disposed of their assets. “This disadvantaged…

THE battle for supremacy in the hugely-significant March by-elections is hotting up, with the Midlands playing host to both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa this weekend. This prompted police to warn yesterday that they would be deploying large teams in the province as from today, in a bid to try and ensure that the…

MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora has appointed his secretary-general Paurina Mpariwa as the new leader of the opposition in the National Assembly to replace Thokozani Khupe, pictured, who was recalled recently. Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda told the august House on Tuesday that Mwonzora had also appointed Makoni Central MP David Tekeshe as…

THE parliamentary portfolio committee on local government has called on the authorities to urgently put in place mechanisms to monitor the use of devolution funds. In a report tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday after legislators visited the Kenyan Parliament, the committee said the current laws needed to be amended to curb funds abuse….

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, says Zimbabwe’s military has suffered significantly from the West’s sanctions against the country. Speaking in an interview with a Belgian newspaper, La Libre, during his recent visit to Brussels, Mnangagwa said the sanctions had, for example, made it difficult for the military to acquire sufficient equipment to help fight bandits terrorising Mozambique. In…