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By Daniel Chigundu MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has assured his MDC Alliance partners that his party is still committed to the Alliance agreement which includes seat allocation. Tsvangirai’s reassurance comes in the wake of a report that MDC-T was conducting candidate selection in all 210 Parliamentary seats and local authority against the spirit of the alliance which agreed to share the same seats. In a …
By Daniel Chigundu People’s Democratic Union (PDU) says there is no need for opposition parties to gang up against Zanu PF, adding that what is needed only are good policies and good leadership. A coalition of opposition parties is widely believed to have been the missing link that was needed to defeat Zanu PF which has ruled the country for an uninterrupted 37 years. In …
By Buhle Tshavango. The President and first secretary of the ruling ZANU-PF party Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed retired general Constantino Dominic Guvheya Nyikadzino Chiwenga and Cde Kembo Mohadi as Vice Presidents and second secretaries of ZANU PF with immediate effect. In a press statement just released by the Presidential press secretary George Charamba, the two senior appointments have filled the remaining vacancies in the …
By Daniel Chigundu MDC-T vice president Nelson Chamisa says his party has the solution to the current cash crisis being experienced in the economy and President Emmerson Mnangagwa only need to consult them. Zimbabwe is currently facing a worse financial crisis that has seen people spending many hours in bank queues while others are actually sleeping there with the hope of withdrawing their money. According …
By Pretty Chavango Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has revealed that his ministry is working on building a new hospital in Harare in fulfilment of his previous promise. The new hospital is earmarked to make up for the now dilapidated Harare Central Hospital which has gone through continuous renovations. The plans for the more spacious Hospital are said to be at an …
By Wisdom Mumera Local Government Ministry has set in motion an ambitious plan to create about 1 million jobs within the next 100 days by harnessing quick wins through stalled and pending projects in the country’s various constituencies. These include the building of roads, clinics, dams, sports centres and other such infrastructure. Speaking during a meeting with various local government officials, permanent secretary in the …
By Daniel Chigundu The country’s biggest opposition party MDC-T has dismissed the State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa describing it as hopeless and lacking in detail. MDC-T said the SONA was unnecessarily long on promises but short on detail as to how the new administration will tackle the various challenges obtaining in the economy. In a statement, MDC-T spokesperson Obert …
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged the local business community to desist from wanton price hikes as seen in the past few weeks, adding that this will open spaces for cheaper imports. Speaking during his maiden State of the Nation Address (SONA) yesterday, President Mnangagwa said hiking prices of local commodities would raise the appeal of cheaper imports and undermine government efforts to develop the local industry. …
By Daniel Chigundu President Emmerson Mnangagwa says all cases of corruption must be investigated and the offenders brought to book adding that his government will not tolerate corruption. Corruption in both the government and the private sector has been blamed for the country’s economic woes were it has chased away, potential investors. According to the country’s former President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe lost about US$15 billion …
By Daniel Chigundu President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to use the State of the Nation Address (SONA) that he will present later today to assure the nation that things will turn for the good despite the current price increases of basic commodities. Since 24 November when he took oath of office, prices of such basic goods as meat, washing powder, rice, flour, cooking oil, mealie-meal …