FORMER MDC Alliance and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has been blamed for the current near comatose state of the country’s opposition. Speaking last week during an online discussion, outspoken former MDC youth leader, Lovemore Chinoputsa — who served under both Chamisa and the revered late opposition icon, Morgan Tsvangirai — also…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw IT HAS come to light that a new political party is on the agenda of many opposition stalwarts, to take on the ruling Zanu PF in the country’s next harmonised elections slated for 2028. Well-placed sources who spoke to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — confirmed the plans…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw KEY stakeholders have called upon authorities to do much more to support hard-pressed Zimbabweans, as poverty levels in the country continue to increase. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the stakeholders said yesterday that some of the current estimates that suggested that up to 42 percent…

THERE is little doubt that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term in office will be extended to 2030, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyamb said at the weekend. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Ziyambi added that the constitutional amendments that would make this possible were in the offing. However, he stressed that…

LEGISLATORS are pushing for the prompt set up of both a Road Accident Fund (RAF) and treatment centres for accident victims along the country’s highways. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Transport, Knowledge Kaitano, said the proposed fund would provide muchneeded financial support to the…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE tiff between CCC MPs — Joanna Mamombe and Bridget Nyandoro — has taken a nasty turn, with the former claiming US$100 000 from Nyandoro over “defamation of character” allegations. This comes after the duo were recently engaged in a nasty altercation on social media platforms where they made a series of…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE MDC is continuing to burn, with Douglas Mwonzora now facing huge pressure from senior party officials to relinquish control of the broken organisation and all its properties. In addition, party bigwigs said yesterday that they wanted everyone who worked with the MDC’s revered late founding father, Morgan Tsvangirai, to “return home”…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a fresh warning to troublemakers in the country, adding that law enforcement agents stand ready to deal with any threat to national security. Addressing the country’s main Independence Day celebrations in Gokwe yesterday, Mnangagwa also implored Zimbabweans to remain united regardless of their political affiliations and differences. “The Second Republic…

THE MDC and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) should seriously consider holding a joint congress as a key step towards uniting the opposition ahead of the 2028 national elections. So said opposition stalwart Morgen Komichi yesterday, who further told the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — that the MDC and the…

THE omens are not encouraging for the country’s shambolic opposition ahead of the 2028 national elections, after Zanu PF romped to victory in a parliamentary by-election in Glen View South, in Harare, at the weekend. So warned respected political analysts yesterday, adding that the current levels of opposition disarray made it “virtually impossible” for them…