THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zimbabwe’s economy will grow by 3,2 percent this year and next year despite the impact of the devastating ElNino-induced drought. This is slightly lower than the country’s own projection of 3,5 percent growth. However, the southern African nation’s economy will remain flat at 3,2 percent in 2025 and will…
ZIMBABWE’s quests for crucial economic reforms and re-engagement with the international community continue to receive vital support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and regional bloc Sadc. Posting on her X account after meeting a Zimbabwe delegation led by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in Washington DC yesterday, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said the Bretton…
EFFORTS to unite the country’s opposition are gaining momentum, the acting leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Welshman Ncube, says. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, Ncube also said the recent decision by one of the CCC’s vice presidents, Tendai Biti, to take a sabbatical from politics, would not derail the…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the authorities are going to deploy more law enforcement agents to deal specifically with and arrest money changers. This comes as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mushayavanhu recently said he would silence money changers by introducing new economic measures.However, in the National Assembly last week, Zanu PF…
ZANU PF and major opposition parties are increasingly singing from the same hymn book on national unity and the need for all Zimbabweans to support the country’s new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). All main political party representatives who spoke to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday said national unity would help to lift the…
THE country’s main opposition is ramping up its push for an all-stakeholders dialogue in a bid to lift the lives of all Zimbabweans and remove the current toxicity out of national politics. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the spokesperson for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Nqobizitha Mlilo, said Zimbabwe would not move forward…
ZANU PF last week distributed cars to its party leaders in all the country’s 10 provinces in a bid to improve their operations. This also comes after Zanu PF last year said it was now fully focused on delivering on its 2023 election promises, and not on internal succession politics and the opposition’s mindless wars.Speaking…
THERE is now a growing appreciation among bickering opposition leaders that they need to work together and to engage in national dialogue in their own interest and that of the country. This comes as the acting president of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Welshman Ncube, has been leading the push for opposition unity —…
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has indefinitely postponed its congress which was supposed to be held before Independence Day. This comes after war veterans recently defended ZNLWVA chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa, saying he remained their legitimate leader until their congress is done. Their defence came after a faction opposed to Mutsvangwa had claimed…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander David Sigauke as an ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In an extraordinary government gazette published on Friday, chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Martin Rushwaya said Mnangagwa also appointed deputy clerk of Parliament Helen Bangawe Dingani as ambassador to the…
