THE still grieving widow of the revered late founding father of the MDC Morgan Tsvangirai, Elizabeth Macheka, says she misses the former prime minister of the country “terribly”, the Daily News on Sunday reports. Tsvangirai, the much-loved former trade unionist turned politician died in a South African hospital on Valentine’s Day in 2018, after a…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that Zimbabwe would be importing maize from Uganda to avert a humanitarian crisis due to grain shortages and looming hunger. This comes as the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that it could reduce its assistance if it fails to get US$100 million immediately. Zimbabwe is battling massive shortages…
JUNIOR parliamentarians have petitioned the government to reduce examination fees after the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) hiked them by over 1 200 percent. Last week, Zimsec increased examination fees for Ordinary Level candidates from $15 to $190 and for Advanced level from $26 to $351 per subject. In the petition addressed to Primary and Secondary…
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says the country cannot go into 2023 harmonised elections without having resolved political glitches that arose during the disputed 2018 polls through a comprehensive national dialogue. Speaking at the Bulawayo Press Club last week, Chamisa said going into the next elections without comprehensive reforms would be meaningless. He said the nation…
VIOLENCE rocked Masvingo yesterday after angry MDC supporters fought running battles with police in the normally laid-back town — where the party’s deputy chairperson Job Sikhala was appearing in the High Court on treason charges, the Daily News reports. Judge Garainesu Mawadze subsequently acquitted Sikhala of the serious charges of subverting a constitutionally-elected government, after…
THE government’s desperate efforts to feed millions of Zimbabweans who are staring starvation are encountering significant challenges, after the World Food Programme (WFP) warned yesterday that it could reduce its assistance if it fails to get US$100 million immediately, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government is battling massive shortages of grain, which…
LOCAL non-governmental organisations have constituted the National Convergence Platform (NCP), which is meant to co-ordinate non-political actors as they deliberate on ways to solve the socio-economic and political crises prevailing in the country. The NCP comprises various leaders drawn from prominent civil society and labour organisations who will be working towards finding solutions to the…
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, said he will put politics aside and join hands with other Zimbabweans, including suspended Zanu PF youth leaders, in the fight against corruption and cartels. This follows the stunning revelations that were made by suspended Zanu PF youth league leaders Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu that there are cartels…
THE prospects for direct talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa — to end Zimbabwe’s growing political and economic crises — appear to be dead in the water, the Daily News can reveal. This comes after the government vetoed former South African president Thabo Mbeki’s now anaemic mediation efforts yesterday, which have…
AMID the country’s worsening political and economic crises, many Zimbabweans said yesterday that they remembered the enduring “humanity, heroics and patriotism” of the late opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai — who died two years ago today, the Daily News reports. This comes as the momentum for the much-needed dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Tsvangirai’s successor…
