Political Editor LAWMAKERS are concerned that poor Zimbabweans have yet to experience the country’s growing economic stability. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Members of Parliament thus urged authorities to intensify their efforts to lower the country’s high cost of living for the benefit of needy citizens. This comes after the recent pledge by…
POLITICAL EDITOR THERE is a fresh push to unite Zanu PF’s atwar political rivals, amid firming plans to hold an all-inclusive opposition meeting on this at Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House soon. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — former MDC vice president, Elias Mudzuri, confirmed the bid yesterday. He added…
PEOPLE aspiring to lead the country must earn that privilege, as being a war veteran on its own is not a sufficient eligibility factor, Zanu PF secretary for war veterans, Douglas Mahiya, has said. Speaking at a ruling party rally in Chitungwiza on Tuesday, Mahiya also said no one had the authority to stop the…
POLITICAL EDITOR ZANU PF’s political opponents have little to benefit from enmeshing themselves in the ruling party’s ructions over its 2030 push, opposition stalwarts assert. This comes after Zanu PF said last week that the opposition was free to engage the former liberation movement over its much-debated 2030 campaign, as well as on other burning…
YOUTH minister Tino Machakaire called drug and substance abuse a crisis threatening national development, urging collective action. Speaking to the Zimbabwe Congress of Student Unions students and other youth groups during a public lecture at the United College of Education in Bulawayo over the weekend, Machakaire said there was an urgent need for collective action…
THE opposition is free to engage the ruling Zanu PF over its much-debated 2030 push, as well as on other issues, a top ruling party official has said. Addressing a Zanu PF meeting in Gutu on Wednesday, the former liberation movement’s secretary for security in the politburo, Lovemore Matuke, also warned that authorities would deal…
POLITICAL EDITOR THE ruling Zanu PF is stepping up its push to unite the party in the wake of the recent simmering tensions within the former liberation movement. In this regard, the party recently set up a dedicated conflict resolution and management committee, which is tasked with mediating and resolving all disputes among Zanu PF…
POLITICAL EDITOR AUTHORITIES must step up their efforts to ensure that the country’s current relative economic stability translates into tangible benefits for all Zimbabweans, key stakeholders say. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper— the stakeholders added yesterday that they also wanted to see the ongoing scarcity of the ZiG in…
POLITICAL EDITOR OPPOSITION leaders will meet in Harare and Bulawayo today, as they step up their campaign to thwart the ruling Zanu PF’s seemingly inevitable 2030 push. In this regard, they are scheduled to simultaneously hold media conferences in Harare and Bulawayo today, to crank up their opposition to the former liberation movement’s crusade. Among…
ZANU PF is threatening to recall its skiving and incompetent Members of Parliament, saying the concerned lawmakers are sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s development agenda. The ultimatum comes as the long-ruling former liberation movement has identified at least 17 party legislators whose performance in their constituencies it said to be well below par. Speaking to the…
