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…
Melisa Chatikobo THE Seed Services Institute (SSI) in the Agriculture ministry is working in conjunction with law enforcement agents to deal with unscrupulous syndicates selling fake seeds this farming season. This comes as the preparations of the 2021-22 agriculture planting season are now in full swing while illegal seed sellers are out on the prowl…
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…
BOTH consumers and businesses alike are feeling the heat of the recent surge in the prices of goods and services in the country, raising the prospects of a bleak festive season this year. This comes as the relative stability which has been a notable feature of the economy over the past year is increasingly threatened…
POLITICAL analysts maintain that despite Zanu PF’s own deepening divisions, the ruling party remains on course to defeat the country’s at sea opposition in the 2023 national elections. Respected University of Zimbabwe Political Science lecturer, Eldred Masunungure, was among the analysts who told the Daily News yesterday that Zanu PF would have a relatively easy run against…
MALE parliamentarians have backed women’s call for 50-50 equality across all governance structures. The Women Reform Network (WRN), an informal collaboration of 25 women’s rights organisations and women-led community-based organisations, developed a position paper that outlines how women have been left out in electoral and political reforms. Legislators in Parliament’s justice portfolio committee, speaking on…
HIGH Court judge Owen Tagu has dismissed an application by the Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (Paz) challenging the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco)’s monopoly to ferry commuters in cities and towns. This comes after the government declared that only buses registered under Zupco were allowed to ferry passengers as a measure of containing the spread…
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…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, says another government of national unity (GNU) is a possible outcome of the country’s proposed national dialogue which is meant to help resolve Zimbabwe’s decades-long myriad crises. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Mwonzora added that while a GNU was a possibility, what was more important was for…
SIX people died while four others were injured after they were stabbed by a man who allegedly developed mental illness while at an all-night prayer session at an apostolic church in Kwekwe yesterday. The man reportedly drove home and threatened to stab his wife with a spear. The wife sought refuge at her sister’s place,…
