THE relationship between Zimbabwe and Zambia remains very strong despite concerns in Harare that some western countries want to put a wedge between the two sibling nations. So says presidential spokesperson George Charamba, who also told the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zambian counterpart, Hakainde Hichilema, related…

PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has warned Zimbabweans against abusing and maligning the country’s leaders. Responding to raging social media claims that businessman Wicknell Chivayo had allegedly captured President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Charamba said yesterday that these allegations were clearly intended to smear the president. At the same time, Chivayo himself averred that audio tapes making reference…

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim leader, Welshman Ncube, says he underestimated the work that had to be done to rebuild the party when he was asked to steer the ship. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ncube — who will remain at the helm of CCC until the party holds its elective congress —…

THERE are growing divisions among the country’s former freeedom fighters, with war veterans in Mashonaland Central unhappy with the indefinite deferral of the struggle stalwarts’ national elections. This saw tempers flaring up, and the minister of War Veterans, Monica Mavhunga, being greeted with a chorus of boos by Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA)…

ZANU PF Harare province yesterday called on the police to arrest all bus rank marshals and space barons who are abusing the ruling party’s name and wreaking havoc in the capital city by terrorising residents. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the Zanu PF Harare province chairperson, Godwills Masimirembwa, said rank marshals and space barons…

AUTHORITIES have emphatically ruled out the formation of another government of national unity (GNU) in the country, like what happened in 2009. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said while President Emmerson Mnangagwa had been engaging in dialogue with opposition leaders, “absolutely nothing” warranted the setting up of another GNU. “What…

ALL eyes in Zimbabwe and in other neighbouring countries are on South Africa as the regional powerhouse goes to its most tightly-contested polls tomorrow since 1994. This comes as pre-poll surveys have suggested that support for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s long-governing African National Congress (ANC) could drop to below 50% for the first time since the…

SENATORS have implored authorities to subsidise patients seeking renal treatment at public hospitals, as many people are failing to access these services due to the astronomical costs involved. Raising a motion in the Senate last week, Sessel Zvidzai of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) said the treatment for chronic kidney disease (CKD) was too…

IN A surprise development, President Emmerson Mnangagwa shuffled his politburo team yesterday. Zanu PF secretary general, Obert Mpofu, said Mnangagwa had appointed former principal of the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology, Munyaradzi Machacha, as the ruling party’s new political commissar. Machacha takes over from Mike Bimha, who will remain a member of the politburo. The…

TAX and market realities will soon compel fuel dealers to readily accept the country’s new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), the deputy minister of Finance, David Mnangagwa, has said. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, Mnangagwa also said the government was wary about prescribing the immediate sale of fuel and passports…