OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora says despite the efforts by “a few people” to the contrary, national dialogue is the only sure way of forging national unity and curing the country’s long history of disputed polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mwonzora also observed that the current polarisation and deep-seated divisions in the country made holding…
ZIMBABWEANS have re-ignited the demand for the diaspora vote in the 2023 elections and have since written to the Parliament, making the request. In a petition being fronted by the Patriotic Zimbabwe Party, Zimbabweans in different parts of the world said all citizens must be given a chance to elect the country’s leadership of their…
THE Health ministry utilised one percent of its 2019 budget of over $100 million leading to the non-implementation of key programmes including the purchase of ambulances and medicines, an auditor general’s report has revealed. The auditor-general Mildred Chiri’s 2019 audit report tabled before Parliament last week attributed the development to Treasury’s failure to release funds…
ZIMBABWE’S most influential national newspapers, the Daily News and the Daily News On Sunday, continue to perform strongly both in print and…
By Mugove Tafirenyika and Jeffery Muvundisi THE ructions consuming the MDC Alliance and its structures around the country are escalating, with Bulawayo Province becoming the latest to witness ugly infighting that has seen regional chairperson James Sithole being put on notice by a rival faction. So bad is the ruckus in the second city, that…
THERE is a likelihood international drug cartels are using Zimbabwe as a smuggling hub, according to a medical expert who testified in the case of South African cocaine smuggler Shila Khumalo yesterday. Speaking under oath, medical and forensic expert Clancy Nyamukure told the court that organised crime groups and powerful cartels were behind cocaine trafficking. …
THE government yesterday delayed the reopening of schools for the start of the second term by a further two weeks owing to the recent increase of Covid-19 new infections and deaths. Classes were scheduled to resume this coming Monday but those plans have been pushed back as the authorities fear the learning institutions could be…
THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) is lobbying the government to reserve some business sectors in the Zimbabwean economy for locals as they seek to advance their empowerment programmes. AAG president Mike Chimombe yesterday said the authorities must make sure that all departments comply with the policy “As AAG, we want the reserved sector to be…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has re-iterated his call for urgent and all-inclusive national dialogue — adding, crucially, that this must involve his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa, to help end the country’s decades-long political and economic crises. However, Mwonzora also pooh-poohed claims by Chamisa at the weekend that he alone held the keys to ending the…
EIGHT local car dealership proprietors have approached the High Court to stop Harare City Council (HCC) from evicting them from their premises. This comes after the HCC issued eviction notices to the companies earlier this month and ordered them to vacate the properties as they were in illegal occupation of the land. In their court…
