POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF will deal decisively with self-styled party “demigods” — who oper ate as power-brokers, while stoking fires of factionalism within the former liberation movement. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Zanu PF director for information, Farai Marapira, said yesterday that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had made…

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Welshman Ncube has implored disaffected opposition constituencies to bury their differences and work together in the interests of the country. In this regard, the group wants all opposition stalwarts and the CCC camp’s erstwhile colleagues to shelve their disagreements and participate in the party’s congress that…

THE ruling Zanu PF must carefully manage its divisive succession politics, as any missteps can have dire effects on both the party and the country. So warns liberation struggle stalwart and former Cabinet minister, Rugare Gumbo, who adds that Zanu PF must learn from its history and past mistakes. Speaking to the Daily News On…

POLITICAL EDITOR  mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE ruling Zanu PF’s highest decision-making bodies outside the party’s congress are set to meet in Harare in three crucial gatherings from today until Friday. Among other things, the meetings of the party’s powerful politburo, central committee and national consultative assembly are expected to deal with escalating infighting that is threatening to…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@daily.co.zw BOTH ordinary consumers and business are concerned about the resurgence of brutal power cuts around the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, they said heightened blackouts would soon likely trigger fresh price increases. The spokesperson of the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC), Kudakwashe Mudereri, said power cuts had a negative effect on…

THE plans by former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to establish a new political movement will likely not succeed unless he changes his modus operandi. So say his erstwhile allies, who argue that the issues that led to the falling apart of all the outfits that Chamisa has led will continue to cast a shadow on…

WATER tariffs are set to go up in Bulawayo as the completion of Glass Block Bopoma Dam will see the precious liquid costing $0,90 per megalitre as compared to the current average of $0,33. In a report by the joint parliamentary portfolio committee on Local Government and Thematic committee on sustainable development goals on the…

THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Industry has added its voice to growing calls for the government to introduce a raft of new measures to support struggling businesses. Among its key recommendations is a call for the urgent removal of the country’s much-criticised Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT) from all currency transactions. In a report that…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are fretting over the re-emergence of machete-wielding gangs, especially in mining areas — amid a continuing rise in violent crimes in the country. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — national police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, said yesterday that more law enforcement agents had been deployed in…