Zanu-PF warns of civil unrest

Newly-elected Mpopoma-Pelandaba MP Joseph Tshuma (Zanu-PF) has pleaded with government to swiftly act on the decaying economy and arrest the unabated company closures especially in Bulawayo.

Tshuma, who won the seat last month after the MDC-T recalled Bekithemba Nyathi for joining the MDC Renewal Team, warned that the economic collapse was a recipe for social and political unrest.

Delivering his maiden speech in the National Assembly yesterday, Tshuma said the state of the economy, especially its industries, was worrying and now required all political parties to put aside their differences and help the country "get out of the woods".