MASVINGO Provincial Affairs minister Ezra Chadzamira, pictured, is feeling the heat, as Zanu PF’s ugly factional wars in the region get more…

FORMER deputy prime minister in the 2009 government of national unity (GNU), Arthur Mutambara, has challenged the opposition to convince Zimbabweans that it has a plan to run the country better if it wins the 2023 elections. Writing on his Facebook page at the weekend, Mutambara also said while the opposition was anchoring its 2023…

THE new opposition coalition that Nelson Chamisa is stitching together is beginning to take shape, with former MDC stalwart Lovemore Moyo’s United Movement for Devolution (UDM) set to become part of the bloc. This comes as Chamisa also appears to be making headway in his courtship of Zapu, as the battle for votes in the…

EXILED former Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister, Mandiitawepi Chimene, has confirmed that she now wants to work harmoniously with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF. The once outspoken former freedom fighter and arch-critic of Mnangagwa also told the Daily News last week that she regretted embarrassing and spewing bile against the current Zanu PF leader at…

MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora,  yesterday said fellow opposition leader Nelson Chamisa must stop insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga if national dialogue is to be realised. This comes as Mwonzora has written to Mnangagwa requesting to engage in an inclusive national dialogue to help resolve the country’s decades-long political and economic challenges….

THE fight over where the remains of the late former president Robert Mugabe, pictured, should rest is escalating, with debates around Zimbabwe’s long-time ruler remaining as divisive after his death as was the case when he was alive. This is notwithstanding Friday’s surprise court decision to affirm a controversial Zvimba chief’s ruling in May which…

A CHINHOYI magistrate yesterday upheld a recent ruling by Chief Zvimba to have the remains of the late former president Robert Mugabe, exhumed and reburied at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. The ruling sets up a potentially bruising fight in the coming months between the State and the Mugabe family — which has previously said…

AUTHORITIES yesterday said at least 81 learners and 21 teachers had contracted the lethal coronavirus upon the reopening of face-to-face learning across the country. However, they said those infected had not contracted the virulent respiratory disease at their schools — meaning they were already ill when they reported for lessons. “From the statistics …we have…

PARLIAMENT has slammed the police over the “poor handling” of cases of sexual harassment in workplaces, colleges and churches. According to a joint report tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday by the portfolio committees on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare and Women Affairs following a petition from Emthonjeni Women’s Forum on sexual harassment…

THE MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa — which is on the verge of losing control of the MDC Alliance to opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora’s group — is ramping up its efforts to form a new coalition with other opposition parties ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 elections. On Wednesday, Chamisa met in Harare with the…