THE United Kingdom (UK) is so far encouraged by Zimbabwe’s preparations for next month’s crucial national elections. At the same time, Britain also says it stands ready to support Zimbabwe’s efforts to re-join the Commonwealth if the country meets the admission requirements. Speaking in the House of Lords on Thursday, the UK’s minister of State…
THE government’s recent policy interventions are starting to bear fruit, amid high hopes by business for the further stabilisation of the Zimbabwe dollar and prices of basic goods. In its latest inflation and currency developments update, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) — one of the country’s biggest business lobby groups — said Treasury and…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is battling to resolve its double candidates mess ahead of next month’s crunch national elections. This comes as its defi ant followers that the party wants to withdraw from key parliamentary and municipal contests insist that they will not do so, arguing that they were duly chosen as party…
CALLS for the formation of a government of national unity (GNU) after the August 23 polls have intensified, with opposition stalwart Morgan Komichi sounding out all presidential candidates over the issue. This comes hard on the heels of similar calls by independent presidential candidate, Saviour Kasukuwere, and Democratic Official Party leader, Harry Peter Wilson, who…
INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere wants the High Court not to entertain lawyer Lovedale Mangwana, who is seeking an order barring him from contesting the August 23 election, saying he failed to provide evidence of him being a non-Zimbabwean resident for a period of 18 months. In his opposing papers filed by his lawyer, Harrison…
OPPOSITION Free Zimbabwe Congress leader Joseph Makamba Busha says the country needs effective solutions to its socioeconomic crisis. He believes he is…
ZANU PF has issued a stern warning to its members, saying the governing party has enough support to win the coming elections and that any form of violence will only spoil its pending victory. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF secretary for security Lovemore Matuke said there was no room for perpetrators of violence in…
WAR veterans in presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere’s home province of Mashonaland Central are planning to toyi-toyi against the former Zanu PF national political commissar. The chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) in the province, Sam Parerenyatwa, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they would embark on protests against Kasukuwere, adding…
THE country’s health workers have demanded more than US$1 000 salaries for the lowest-paid employee in the sector, saying the current inflationary environment has eroded their incomes. In a position paper agreed to by health workers unions this month and seen by the Daily News, the workers want a basic salary of US$900 for the…
ZANU PF will not just chuck out all its members who are standing as independents in the August 23 elections, it’s also mulling laying criminal charges against some of the dissenters. The former liberation movement’s secretary for security in the politburo, Lovemore Matuke, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that Zanu PF viewed these candidates…
