WHILE the first episode of Al Jazeera’s probes into alleged rampant money laundering and gold smuggling in Zimbabwe has been hugely damaging, what has come out so far will not necessarily sway voters in this year’s crunch polls. So say independent political analysts who spoke to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, in the wake…

BUSINESS and ordinary consumers are reeling under worsening power cuts as Zesa has in recent days enforced punishing 15-hour daily outages across the country due to low power generation. According to daily updates by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), a Zesa subsidiary, the power utility on Wednesday produced 361 megawatts (MW) and 810MW yesterday against…

IT WILL be a case of the old versus the new in Zanu PF’s upcoming primaries, after the ruling party’s politburo gave the green light to all its hitherto out of favour former heavyweights to participate in the crunch internal polls. This will see many of the former party bigwigs — who include ex-Cabinet ministers…

ZANU PF is racing against time to conduct and conclude its primaries ahead of the country’s forthcoming elections, amid fierce jockeying for seats and concerns that the internal polls could be delayed to accommodate late candidates. This comes as the party’s provincial and national elections directorates are set to consider the CVs that have already…

THE knives appear to be out for the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Justice Priscilla Chigumba, amid calls for a judiciary inquiry to determine her suitability to remain as the head of the polls management body. This comes after a Plumtree man, Thamsanqa Ncube, recently wrote to Chief Justice Luke Malaba, questioning Chigumba’s…

THE Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu has been requested by the Parliament to issue a ministerial statement outlining the measures the government is taking to prevent bullying in schools. This comes as cases of bullying in schools are on the rise and the scourge has been seen in some learners killing other students…

THE divisions rocking the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) have the potential of blighting perceptions around the credibility and integrity of the country’s upcoming harmonised elections, analysts have warned. This comes after Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba recently accused some of her colleagues of operating in breach of their mandates and holding clandestine meetings, as cracks at…

OPPOSITION senator Morgen Komichi believes there is a need to amend the country’s Constitution to pave the way for a Government of National Unity (GNU) after any election and end the current setup where a winning party takes charge of all levers of government. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Komichi said the…

AUTHORITIES are fighting to have embattled flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe, resume its flights to the United Kingdom and other international destinations. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Transport minister, Felix Mhona, said now that Air Zim had cleared its arrears with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), it was able to fly again to…

ZANU PF will hold a crunch politburo meeting in Harare today, where the party is expected to deal with the issue of fake structures and also set the dates for its primary elections for those aspiring to represent it in this year’s national polls. Insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said the former…