AUTHORITIES are stewing over rising prices of basic goods and services in the country, amid growing concerns that more and more ordinary people are struggling to make ends meet. So serious are the concerns, that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has been asked by Parliament to explain the worsening hardships that long-suffering citizens are facing. This…
THE respected former Speaker of Parliament, Lovemore Moyo, has reiterated that the opposition desperately needs unity ahead of next year’s crucial national elections. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Moyo also said the chances of the opposition defeating the ruling Zanu PF in 2023 would also depend on some opposition leaders ditching their “worrisome…
….no to big brother mentality in leading proposed coalition ADDRESSING thousands of supporters in Gweru last weekend, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa spoke of the need for opposition parties to form a grand coalition ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 harmonised elections if they were to dislodge President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF…
THE United States of America (USA) says Zimbabwe remains an attractive investment destination for its companies despite Washington’s long-standing sanctions on the country. Speaking in a USA Harare Embassy podcast on the Zimbabwe sanctions this week, Washington’s director for economic sanctions policy and implementation for the Department of State, Jim Mullinax, added that America had…
AUTHORITIES say they are doing everything in their power to further improve the lives of long-suffering Zimbabweans. Speaking in an interview last night with the recently-launched independent television station, 3Ktv, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, pictured, said the government considered the country’s economic challenges a major priority. This comes amid complaints by struggling…
THE government has promised to improve the welfare of chiefs by giving them fuel, airtime and medical aid on top of their official cars. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Local Government deputy minister Marian Chombo, said several meetings had so far been held “to try as much as we can to address their…
DESPITE the government reviewing upwards allowances for its employees in the health delivery system, health workers still feel their employer’s gesture was half-hearted as it fell short of their expectations. This comes after the authorities have increased allowances for health workers as they bid to lift morale within the public service. Senior Hospital Doctors Association…
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has dismissed the recent call by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for South Africa to once again intervene in Zimbabwe’s decades-long political challenges. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Charamba also said the issue of political violence in the country was largely “traceable” to the opposition as a result of its regular…
THE discord within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) over whether or not to accept former MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe, into its ranks continues to rage on. And with the usual cast of vocal party gatekeepers — albeit almost all of them never having been elected even for goat-skinning duties in their villages —…
AUTHORITIES are sweating over the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, which has seen the government battling to evacuate all the country’s citizens from the Eastern European country. So serious is the situation concerning Zimbabweans in Ukraine, that authorities have now petitioned the European Union (EU) and Russia for their safe passage out of the war-hit country. This…
