AMID escalating hikes in the prices of basic goods, as well as the continued weakening of the Zimbabwe dollar, authorities have warned that public sector officials found dealing with blacklisted firms will be punished severely. This comes after the government blacklisted 13 companies last week for allegedly trading on the resurgent parallel foreign currency market,…

ZANU PF has warned its officials who lost in its recent primaries that they will be dealt with ruthlessly if they contemplate sabotaging the party in this year’s crunch national elections. This comes as the former liberation movement has said it will not entertain any further appeals from its disgruntled officials who lost in the…

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says the opposition party’s nomination process has created surprises with new faces, especially the youth, being nominated to represent the party in the forthcoming elections. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Chamisa said the nomination process, barring a few technical glitches, was exciting and every…

HIGH inflation, low disposable income and unrelenting power cuts have dampened prospects for pomp and fanfare during the Easter holidays, consumers have said. Thousands of city-dwelling Zimbabweans usually travel back to their rural homes during the Easter holidays, taking gifts and food for feasts and sharing them with their families, however, this year consumers said…

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will select its parliamentary and local government candidates for the country’s upcoming national elections today. At the same time, political analysts have warned that the CCC’s chosen and “untested” method for conducting this key process could destabilise the party if this was not carefully managed. This comes as CCC…

AUTHORITIES say Harare’s relations with Washington are improving despite the recent extension of sanctions on Zimbabwe by President Joe Biden’s administration. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, David Musabayana, said the government is happy with the signals coming from Washington. “They are warming up to us and relations between…

THE government has declined to be drawn into the court battle between opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). This comes after Mwonzora approached the Constitutional Court last month, challenging the constitutionality of Zec’s much-debated and since gazetted delimitation report. The MDC boss cited President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and…

ZANU PF members who participated in, lost and raised complaints about the recent primaries will know their fate after a meeting of the party’s politburo in Harare today. The party’s secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, confirmed the meeting to the Daily News yesterday, adding that its deliberations would be communicated immediately after. “The politburo is…

PARLIAMENT will ask Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to issue a ministerial statement in response to global broadcaster Al Jazeera’s documentary alleging rampant money laundering and gold smuggling in the country. This comes after the news network aired the first of its four-part documentary last week, naming a number of people and institutions allegedly involved in…

THE chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Priscilla Chigumba, has warded off attempts by opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora to have the forthcoming national elections delayed in the wake of the criticism levelled against the recent delimitation report. This comes after Mwonzora recently filed an application at the Constitutional Court(ConCourt) challenging the delimitation report, arguing…