ZANU PF must put more effort on people-centred policies and programmes that will further lift the lives of needy Zimbabweans, President Emmerson Mnangagwa reiterated yesterday. Addressing a Zanu PF central committee meeting in Harare, Mnangagwa also said the ruling party was committed to seeing the country achieve an upper-middle-income status by 2030. He added that…

Blessings Mashaya POLITICAL EDITOR THE government will not be pressured to comply with the conditions set by the United States of America for the complete removal of its sanctions on Zimbabwe. So says Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who told Parliament this week that authorities would also move at their own pace with regards to compensating…

THE government will continue to engage with its suppliers and contractors as it strives to clear as soon as possible the long-delayed US$1,2 billion that it owes these service providers. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Finance minister Mthuli Ncube confirmed yesterday that dialogue would remain central to overcoming…

POLITICAL EDITOR THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Welshman Ncube says Zimbabwe’s fragmented opposition is in a jam ahead of the 2028 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the camp’s spokesperson, Willias Madzimure, lamented yesterday that both participating in, and snubbing the polls, would…

POLITICAL EDITOR THE country’s current crop of opposition leaders no longer have the gravitas and capacity to challenge the ruling Zanu PF in forthcoming national elections. So says former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) youth leader, Lovemore Chinoputsa, who argues further that even Nelson Chamisa’s chances of leading Zimbabwe one day are as good as…

AUTHORITIES have once again put on notice social media trolls who stand accused of seeking to cause anarchy in the country. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, said yesterday that they were going all out to bring to book all social media troublemakers. “We…

POLICE are ramping up their investigations into last month’s brutal murder of prominent Ruwa businessman, Joseph Mutangadura. This comes after the 67-year-old businessman was gunned down in cold blood by armed robbers at his Lisheen Estate Farm, a crime that sent shockwaves throughout the local community. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most…

POLITICAL EDITOR PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged Zanu PF to prepare thoroughly for the 2028 national elections, which he wants the ruling party to win resoundingly. Addressing a Zanu PF central committee meeting in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa made it clear that the former liberation movement was readying itself for the country’s next harmonised polls in…

POLITICAL EDITOR THERE is hope for even warmer relations between Harare and Washington, after an American lawmaker tabled a bill that could result in all sanctions on Zimbabwe and its leaders scrapped. Although the surprise new bill by Brian Jeffrey Mast — a Republican Representative for Florida — comes with a caveat, it could see…

POLITICAL EDITOR YET another prominent figure has lamented the country’s toxic politics, saying this is continuing to stand in the way of national unity and development. Speaking at the launch of his latest book in Bulawayo this past weekend, former deputy prime minister in the 2009 to 2013 government of national unity (GNU), Arthur Mutambara,…