PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was yesterday forced to abandon his trip to Victoria Falls after authorities were alerted to a “bomb or firearm threat” at all local airports. Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba, later confirmed the ominous development — revealing further that authorities had been alerted to the possible terrorist attacks by budget airline Fastjet, which had…

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday explained that the sugar content tax announced in the 2024 National Budget is for added sugar in specified beverages, excluding natural sugar. This comes as some stakeholders, including business, criticised the budget whose key elements include the introduction of a wealth tax, sugar tax on beverages, passport, toll fees and…

THE country’s worsening currency and prices crisis is becoming increasingly unbearable for many hard-pressed consumers and businesses alike. This comes as the Zimbabwe dollar is continuing to slump on both the parallel and official markets — causing the prices of basic goods in the country to shoot up regularly in response. Yesterday, the hapless domestic…

POLICE have launched a manhunt for an armed individual who posted a chilling video on social media threatening to kill President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The brazen suspect also threatened to harm other senior government officials during his rant. National police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, yesterday implored all those with information about the suspect to cooperate with law…

THE omens are not looking good for the new opposition movement that Nelson Chamisa is said to be planning. This comes as many of Chamisa’s erstwhile Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) allies are already at each other’s throats over the mooted new party, as their godfather seemingly continues with his controversial strategic ambiguity approach to…

THE secretary general of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC), Fikile Mbalula, made a surprise visit to Harare last week, where he met his Zanu PF counterpart, Obert Mpofu, and other top ruling party officials. This comes as the ANC is facing a tough general election mid this year, with many polls and political…

HARD-PRESSED Zimbabweans are praying that Treasury and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will work together with urgency to calm down runaway prices and the slumping local currency. This comes after Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube reiterated during a Zoom press conference yesterday that authorities were planning to introduce new policy measures to stabilise the country’s…

MEMBERS of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction that remains loyal to former party leader Nelson Chamisa are now at each other’s throats. This comes as the faction remains at sixes and sevens over whether they should withdraw from Parliament — and who should lead them in the august House should they stay engaged…