OPPOSITION parties want authorities to review downwards the steep nomination fees that were set last year for candidates wishing to take part in this year’s national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, they said unless this is done before June 21 — nomination day — many parties and their candidates would struggle to raise…
LIBERATION war stalwart, Rugare Gumbo, has warned that people will vote with their stomachs in the upcoming national elections if Zanu PF does not fix the economy as a matter of urgency. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the former Zanu PF spokesperson said all Zimbabweans were suffering as a result of the country’s ailing…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country’s major economic sectors have thrived without the government accessing funding from multilateral institutions. Posting on his Twitter account after a roundtable meeting on Zimbabwe’s arrears clearance and debt resolution process in Egypt, Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe was moving in the right direction to achieve its set targets. “Proud of our…
POLICE have launched a national crackdown against illegal foreign currency traders, as authorities battle to stop the country’s worsening prices crisis. This comes amid growing calls for authorities to hold dialogue with all key stakeholders to mitigate Zimbabwe’s escalating economic challenges. Police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that law enforcement…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has once again called for urgent national dialogue to arrest the country’s worsening economic crisis. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, as prices of basic goods continue to run amok in retail outlets, Chamisa warned that the economy could collapse completely if the country’s political leaders don’t…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has filed another urgent application in the High Court, seeking to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa from announcing the dates for this year’s crunch elections. Mwonzora’s doubling down on the matter comes after he recently filed another High Court application to have the eagerly-awaited national polls postponed. That other application was made…
LABOUR unions representing both private and public sector workers are pushing for an urgent meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This comes as the country’s economic challenges are mounting, amid a prices spiral and shortages of some basic goods — both blamed on the worsening volatility of the Zimbabwe dollar. The secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Congress…
CASES of intra-Zanu PF confl ict are rising, amid ongoing fallouts over the party’s recent primaries. This has compelled the former liberation movement to organise peace meetings across the country, ahead of the country’s crunch national elections. The meetings — meant to pacify losing parliamentary and council candidates, as well as their supporters — are…
AUTHORITIES say they are watching the activities of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) closely, and will not hesitate to deal with those who sponsor chaos in the country. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, the deputy minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Lovemore Matuke said the government was doing this to ensure that NGOs operated…
ZESA has temporarily switched off its new Unit 7 in Hwange, to allow the power utility to carry final tests on the 300MW generator before it becomes fully operational. The move will, during this period, result in heightened load-shedding, as it will deprive the national grid of significant energy — piling fresh pressure on both…
