ZANU PF has once again been forced to deploy party bigwigs across the country to quell the escalating factional fights which have now turned violent in some provinces during the current restructuring exercise.  This comes as party members especially in Mashonaland West, East, Central and Manicaland have been involved in skirmishes also involving the police…

A SOUTH Africa-based think tank, the Zimbabwe Institute (ZI), has initiated its own bid to bring the country’s three main political players to the negotiating table to discuss political reforms ahead of the 2023 national elections. ZI, which is led by Zimbabwean expatriates in SA, is said to have already opened channels of communication with…

REPORTS of alleged political violence are rising around the country as Zimbabwe approaches the 2023 national elections. Yesterday, the MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa claimed that his convoy had been pelted with rocks by suspected Zanu PF supporters in Masvingo yesterday, resulting in a number of his aides getting injured as they made their…

THE ruling Zanu PF Mashonaland East province says it has managed to weed out and deal with remnants of the vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction who were trying to derail the party during the on-going restructuring exercise.  Mashonaland East provincial executive member Cleopas Kundiona told the Daily News yesterday that the ruling party was able to detect…

ZANU PF and police are on a collision course after the law enforcement agents allegedly ran amok over the weekend by allegedly beating up the ruling party’s members who were conducting elections in Mupasira, Bindura.  Zanu PF politburo member Kenneth Musanhi told the Daily News yesterday that scores of ruling party supporters were left battered after the…

J USTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says the country still has time to conduct its pending by-elections before the 2023 national elections — following the suspension of the polls due to the still potent coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Ziyambi also revealed that the ruling Zanu PF was preparing for the…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned delinquent fuel companies that their days of short-changing the motoring public were over as authorities would now monitor all their activities in real time. This comes as authorities have been grappling with the scourges of fuel smuggling and other ills — that all work to the detriment of motorists and…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says despite the seemingly insurmountable task to turn around the country’s economy in the face of sanctions and the Covid-19 pandemic, Zimbabwe’s recovery trajectory is unstoppable. Presenting his State-of-the-Nation Address (Sona) in Parliament yesterday, Mnangagwa said the government was buoyed by the economy’s upward growth trajectory, amid a 7,8 percent growth projection by…

A LARGE cross-section of hard-pressed Zimbabweans is urging President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to maintain policies that had brought about price stability when he delivers his State of the Nation Address (Sona) this afternoon before the august House.     Speaking to the Daily News, consumers, workers and industry said it was critical for the government…