INCESSANT power cuts and delayed payments from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) continue to burden farmers across the country, the parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands and Agriculture has revealed. In its latest report on the operations of the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda), the committee said there was a need for the government to…

SENATORS have called on the government to urgently address the issue of reckless driving in cities across the country, demanding decisive action against offenders. The concern was raised in the Senate last week by Manicaland Senator Irene Zindi who criticised authorities for delaying action against unruly drivers. “We asked this question three or four months…

A HEATED debate erupted in Parliament this week, after male legislators said violence perpetrated by women against men in the country was rising. This followed a report on gender-based violence (GBV) that has been presented by the parliamentary portfolio committee on women’s affairs. Zanu PF chief whip, Pupurai Togarepi, said existing national laws predominantly safeguarded…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF will deal decisively with self-styled party “demigods” — who oper ate as power-brokers, while stoking fires of factionalism within the former liberation movement. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Zanu PF director for information, Farai Marapira, said yesterday that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had made…

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Welshman Ncube has implored disaffected opposition constituencies to bury their differences and work together in the interests of the country. In this regard, the group wants all opposition stalwarts and the CCC camp’s erstwhile colleagues to shelve their disagreements and participate in the party’s congress that…

THE ruling Zanu PF must carefully manage its divisive succession politics, as any missteps can have dire effects on both the party and the country. So warns liberation struggle stalwart and former Cabinet minister, Rugare Gumbo, who adds that Zanu PF must learn from its history and past mistakes. Speaking to the Daily News On…

POLITICAL EDITOR  mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE ruling Zanu PF’s highest decision-making bodies outside the party’s congress are set to meet in Harare in three crucial gatherings from today until Friday. Among other things, the meetings of the party’s powerful politburo, central committee and national consultative assembly are expected to deal with escalating infighting that is threatening to…

POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@daily.co.zw BOTH ordinary consumers and business are concerned about the resurgence of brutal power cuts around the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, they said heightened blackouts would soon likely trigger fresh price increases. The spokesperson of the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC), Kudakwashe Mudereri, said power cuts had a negative effect on…

THE plans by former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to establish a new political movement will likely not succeed unless he changes his modus operandi. So say his erstwhile allies, who argue that the issues that led to the falling apart of all the outfits that Chamisa has led will continue to cast a shadow on…