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HARARE – Britain’s alleged staunch support for Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pushed it into an increasingly acrimonious corner, with opposition and diplomats warning that the former colonial power is taking a huge gamble. Zimbabwe’s main opposition conglomerate, the MDC Alliance, sought a common strategy to force Britain to drop its perceived support for Mnangagwa,…

HARARE – Apex Council, the top body that represents all government workers, will meet today with their employer to discuss the way forward with regards to demands for a salary review made by teachers. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Apex Council spokesperson George Mushipe said the decision to down tools or not…

HARARE – New MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa — who had his work cut out when he succeeded the late popular opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai earlier this year — is confounding his critics, holding his own where many expected him to be a dismal failure and packing venues to the rafters when he addresses his supporters….

HARARE – Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa talks to Stephen Sackur of the BBC current affairs programme HARDtalk: Find below excerpts of the interview: Question: You could be a man in a hurry that your critics think you are a bit too much in a hurry. You understand that criticism? Answer: Well I’m a man…

HARARE – The return to the throne of 93-year-old former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad appears to have stirred some cemented belief in winning the forthcoming poll by newly-formed opposition party, the National Patriotic Front (NPF). Perhaps it could inspire a possible comeback of former president Robert Mugabe. The two strongmen share almost a similar…

HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC)’s contribution arrears to several statutory bodies has risen by over 100 percent from $200 million to $500 million over the past two years, it has emerged. Institutions owed include the tax collector Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), the national pensions administrator National Social Security Authority (Nssa) and the Zimbabwe…

HARARE – The shock withdrawal by Jessie Majome from the MDC primary elections has triggered an outpouring of sympathy and anger from the residents of Harare West constituency who have vowed to derail the opposition party’s attempt to retain the seat in the impending national elections. Majome, who had served Harare West for 10 years…

HARARE – The new phenomenon of motorists driving without vehicle registration was a disturbing tendency, and government does not seem keen to address this problem, an opposition legislator has said. “Mr. Speaker Sir, I asked the minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development a few weeks ago the position regarding vehicles on the road without licence…

HARARE – The woeful shortage of PoS machines in the country is stopping government departments from embracing plastic money. Responding to a question from Glen Norah MDC MP Webster Maondera, whether it was not hypocrisy that the Finance minister is saying we should be embracing electronic payments yet the very same government departments that he…

HARARE – As the country hurtles towards the watershed national elections, struggling companies are warning of steep price increases and debilitating shortages of basic goods due to Zimbabwe’s worsening foreign currency squeeze. This comes as the country’s biggest food and beverages firm,  Delta, has lamented the worsening foreign currency shortages — adding that its popular…