PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, yesterday whipped into line Zanu PF members, who are campaigning for positions, saying they must stop it straight away and wait for the party leadership to give them the green light. This comes as the former liberation struggle movement has been engulfed by serious infighting and factionalism during the ongoing restructuring exercise…
WITH the MDC’s ugly factional fights worsening by the day as rival camps brace for the fast-approaching 2023 national elections, opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora, is now going for the kill against his bitter party rivals. In an ominous message yesterday, MDC chairperson Morgen Komichi said the party was once again sharpening the axe against “recalcitrant”…
FIREBRAND former Zanu PF youth kingpin, Godfrey Tsenengamu, yesterday castigated President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party for “failing to change” the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans since the stunning fall from power of the country’s late former leader Robert Mugabe. Speaking in Harare during the launch of his new party, the Front for Economic Emancipation…
THERE is seemingly no end to the senseless brawling that is ravaging the country’s opposition, with the fatal zero-sum game between the MDC’s two major factions continuing to escalate despite the country’s next national elections now being less than two years away. Currently, the mindless infighting is over the control and use of the name…
THE government says its re-engagement drive is beginning to bear fruit, amid a gradual thawing of relations between Harare and many Western nations. Speaking in the Senate this week, the deputy Foreign Affairs minister David Musabayana said recent developments that included improving trade relations with the West and sentiments from Western capitals showed that the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, is once again set to meet war veterans amid internecine fights ravaging the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) over the establishment of the Zanu PF ex-combatants league. This comes after the president met the war veterans in June, after the ex-combatants demanded top Zanu PF positions, saying this would enable…
THE MDC has reiterated that holding the 2023 national elections without dialogue is not in the best interests of the country and long-suffering citizens, as the polls will not cure Zimbabwe’s history of violent and disputed voting outcomes. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MDC national chairperson Morgen Komichi, pictured, said it was “almost guaranteed” that if…
THE country’s bickering opposition will find it difficult to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling party from power in the fast-approaching 2023 national elections, unless it offers tangible policies to the electorate, former Zanu PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu, has said. At the same time, political analysts say it is pointless for the opposition…
AUTHORITIES announced the return of face-to-face schooling yesterday, with learners writing major examinations this year to start their lessons on Monday. The rest of the learners will start having their face-to-face classes on September 6. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the government’s assessment team was satisfied that schools could…
SENATORS say the government should capacitate the country’s health system as most hospitals and clinics are facing shortages of drugs and equipment to use. Zanu PF senator, Alice Chimbudzi, told the Senate on Tuesday that the government must allocate more money to the Health ministry in order to improve the situation in health institutions. “Disturbed…
