By Brighton Muronzereyi and Blessings Mashaya PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere is working with Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, to dislodge President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF from power in next month’s polls, his associates have said. At the same time, political analysts who spoke to the Daily News yesterday were…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, yesterday said despite his rallies being “banned” and other attempts to derail its campaigns, the opposition party will win next month’s polls. Speaking at the launch of his party’s campaign at Mkoba Stadium in Gweru, Chamisa said the opposition party was doing everything to…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday implored all political parties and their supporters to campaign peacefully ahead of next month’s elections, as this will be a demonstration to the outside world that Zimbabwe is a democratic state. The Zanu PF presidential candidate said this while addressing thousands of party supporters at Chinorumba High School in Zaka,…
HEALTH experts have expressed concern over the high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among youth in the country. This is particularly so for people aged between 18 and 24 years in Harare, Bulawayo and parts of Mashonaland East — where one in five are affected. This startling fact is confirmed in a report…
NEXT month’s eagerly anticipated national elections should be treated as a “golden opportunity” for Zimbabwe to show that the country can hold credible and undisputed polls. So say political analysts who told the Daily News On Sunday yesterday that were that to happen, Zimbabwe would be firmly on the road to resolving its myriad…
LAWYER Lovedale Mangwana has filed an urgent High Court application seeking the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to go ahead and print presidential ballot papers without independent candidate Saviour Kasukuwere’s name. This is despite that Kasukuwere last week filed an appeal at the Supreme Court seeking to reverse an earlier High Court judgment that blocked him…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has warned party officials, seeking to represent the opposition as council candidates, not to be involved in corrupt acts once voted into office. This comes as most opposition-run local authorities across the country are being accused of being involved in corruption with scores of councillors…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has advised the public against investing in Ponzi schemes, adding the recent surge in such activities were fraudulent and potential “investors” will fail to recover their funds. In a statement, the RBZ’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) raised concerns with the proliferation of Ponzi schemes in the country designed to…
THE United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) are some of the countries that have raised red flags over the new Patriotic law, arguing it will impede freedom of association in Zimbabwe. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday signed the Patriotic law to be part of the Criminal Law (Codification and…
By Blessings Mashaya and Nyasha Kunyiswa THE Church and other civil society groups are pushing the country’s political leaders to meet and sign a peace pledge ahead of next month’s crunch elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC), Tryvis Moyo, confi rmed that the Church…
