News Editor ZIMBABWE is seeking World Bank support to clear its international debt and unlock financing for its social and economic development to improve livelihoods, the Minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, has said. Speaking after meeting World Bank managing director Anna Bjerde and senior officials in New York on Friday, Ncube said the bank’s backing…
NEWS EDITOR ZIMBABWEANS must continue to pull in one direction to foster much-needed economic development in the country. So says the minister of Youth, Tino Machakaire, who adds that national development needs to take precedence over partisan divisions. “Let’s not allow our political differences to destroy this beautiful country. “The practice of saying ‘this one…
NEWS EDITOR THE country is making headway in its quests to only use the ZiG in all local transactions, helped by the continuing relative stability in the exchange rate and prices of basic goods, authorities say. However, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, John Mushayavanhu, added quickly in his mid-term policy review yesterday…
NEWS EDITOR IN A fresh, aggressive and major joint national crackdown to combat rampant customs leakages, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and the police are impounding hundreds of illegally imported and under-valued vehicles. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the campaign yesterday, adding…
NEWS EDITOR CONTRARY to the claims of critics, there remain ample opportunities within the legislative process to amend, refine or even reject Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3, the ruling Zanu PF has said. In this light, the former liberation movement’s Chief Whip in Parliament, Pupurai Togarepi, told party’s supporters at a rally in Gutu at…
NEWS EDITOR THE mooted new broad alliance of opposition parties plans to move away from the recent culture of cults of personality and return to collective leadership, democratic accountability and institutionalism. So says veteran politician and convener of the pressure group Defend the Constitution Platform (DCP), James Timba, who adds that hero worshipping leaders is…
Blessings Mashaya POLITICAL EDITOR IT IS surprising that the ruling Zanu PF wants to pass up the chance of having national elections in 2028, given the current shambolic and hyper-anemic state of the country’s opposition. So says presidential biographer, businessman and veteran economist, Eddie Cross, who also warns that Zimbabwe risks attracting unwanted international scrutiny…
POLITICAL EDITOR THE continuing fragmentation of Zimbabwe’s opposition politics is undermining efforts to challenge the accelerating moves by authorities to introduce a slew of constitutional changes, MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora says. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Mwonzora also rued at the weekend the lack of appreciation by some…
POLITICAL EDITOR THE late former freedom fighter-turned Zanu PF critic, Blessed Geza, is a respected patriot who deserves a burial that befits his significant contribution to the country’s liberation struggle. So said Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa yesterday, who further told the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — that Geza’s “recent waywardness”…
Political Editor RIVAL opposition outfits must unite now or forget about stopping Zanu PF’s 2030 drive or having any chance in the fast-approaching 2028 national elections. This fresh warning from distraught opposition stalwarts comes as the ruling party’s at war political opponents have arguably hit their lowest point since the late Morgan Tsvangirai fronted the…
