MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora has described the fact that his opposition rivals continue to underestimate him politically as “the best position” for him to be in. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, the Harare lawyer-cum-opposition boss also said time would show that his detractors were making a political mistake by maliciously…
THE government has demanded farm owners to submit production returns as it seeks to repossess and redistribute underutilised land. Speaking in the National Assembly yesterday, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka, pictured, said unproductive farmers risked losing their land. “We have requested farm owners to submit production returns and the deadline was February 15. We want to…
ZANU PF is re-admitting without conditions and burying the hatchet with all its members who were turfed out of the party on accusations of belonging to the former liberation movement’s Generation 40 (G40) faction. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the party’s secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, pictured, said the unconditional re-admission of the…
MDC president Douglas Mwonzora claims that he is in direct talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa as he pushes for the much-needed all-inclusive dialogue to address the country’s decades-long political and economic challenges. Mwonzora made the remarks on Tuesday while responding to Parliament’s Privileges Committee’s report which has recommended harsh and stiff penalties for opposition legislators…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa,, says Zimbabwe’s frosty relations with key European Union (EU) countries have improved markedly ever since his government embarked on its dogged re-engagement drive with the West. Speaking ahead of Zimbabwe’s Independence celebrations at the weekend, Mnangagwa also said the government would continue to reach out to both the United Kingdom (UK) and…
LAW Society of Zimbabwe vice-president Rumbidzai Matambo says women should aim for leadership positions and not wait for the quota system where seats are reserved for them. Zimbabwe adopted the quota system in terms of the country’s Constitution which demands women representation in Parliament as well as the 30 percent quota system agreed upon by…
WITH Zimbabwe starting to experience relative economic stability following years of markets turmoil, President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called for national unity and discipline to improve the lot of citizens further. Speaking during the country’s 41st Independence celebrations at State House in Harare, Mnangagwa said all the country’s key economic sectors were showing good growth potential….
EXPERTS say the ongoing amendments of the country’s Constitution will make sitting State presidents even more powerful — to the extent that incumbents will effectively be able to choose their successors. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the experts added that the planned changes would also empower presidents to handpick judges — in…
RULING Zanu PF legislators have claimed that they are being barred from opening nostro accounts because of their political allegiance. A nostro account is a bank current account denominated in foreign currency which allows one to transact in all major currencies. The legislators made the claims in the National Assembly this week where they pleaded…
THE ruling Zanu PF is no longer practising “old politics” and is pushing committedly for unity and tolerance among all Zimbabweans, party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, he also assured jittery opposition leaders and their supporters that the return of the national youth service training programme would not lead to…
