PREPARATIONS by political parties for the 2023 national elections are gathering pace, with the ruling Zanu PF announcing at the weekend that it had embarked on a national restructuring exercise ahead of the fast approaching polls. At the same time, analysts said yesterday that the former liberation movement’s root and branch re-organisation exercise demonstrated how…
THE Senate yesterday overwhelmingly voted for the passage of Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2, after 65 legislators voted in favour of it, while only 10 voted against it, as the opposition MDC once again found common ground with the ruling Zanu PF party. Out of the 80 senators in Parliament, Zanu PF currently has 53…
POLICE in Bulawayo have impounded over 400 motor vehicles operating illegally and not registered with the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) in terms of the new regulations put in place to curb the spread of Covid-19. Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube, however, told journalists that reports that all personal vehicles or those belonging to a…
THE government has admitted that prices of basic commodities have in recent months increased marginally and is now working tirelessly to curb…
THERE is no let up to the senseless infighting consuming the country’s opposition, with MDC supporters belonging to different factions involved in ugly scenes at the weekend. Yesterday, officials from the two dominant factions of the country’s main opposition traded accusations and counter accusations over the chaotic scenes which led to police intervening in the…
THE Covid-19 pandemic continues to haunt the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) after last year’s Ordinary Level candidates performed dismally, registering a 6,8 percent decline compared to the 2019 results. This comes as the school calendar was disturbed several times since the country recorded its first Covid-19 case at the beginning of last year, forcing…
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has said it will continue engaging the government to find common ground on the ongoing constitutional amendments, which it argues are being rushed and unnecessary. Speaking during a LSZ-organised media cocktail held in the city at the weekend, the organisation’s president Wellington Magaya expressed concern over the new constitutional…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says there is a need to expand the entrepreneurship base as part of the country’s broader strategy to empower locals, particularly the youths. Ncube said this while officiating at the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Policy launch in the city hosted by Zanu PF in conjunction with the Affirmative Action Group (AAG)…
IN AN ominous message for the opposition, Zanu PF says it wants all people who have supported the West’s sanctions on Zimbabwe to be barred from taking part in the 2023 polls. In that light, the ruling party says, it wants a provision — barring the likes of MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa — inserted…

