February 2021

Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITERS DEBATE continues to rage among the chattering classes over President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s appointment on Monday night of Frederick Shava, pictured, as the country’s new Foreign Affairs minister. The publicity shy Shava, 71, has been Zimbabwe’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He will…

  Dakarai Mashava FEATURES & MAGAZINES EDITOR FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube will headline a discussion forum to be convened tomorrow by the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) via Zoom on the funeral sector’s capacity to handle rising Covid-19 deaths. Ncube will share the podium with Health and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro at the…

Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO FORMER Speaker of Parliament and MDC bigwig, Lovemore Moyo, has thrown his weight behind the current push to nudge President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage the opposition and other key stakeholders in the country. The still highly-regarded Moyo, who now leads the opposition United Movement for Devolution(UMD) party, told the Daily News yesterday that…

  Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw   PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday said the country is on the right path as all key economic sectors are showing growth potential. Speaking during a virtual Africa Reconstruction Global Summit, Mnangagwa said the country’s mining, Information Communication Technologies (ICT), tourism and agriculture sectors were all moving in…

Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts have warned that millions of Zimbabweans could be at risk if authorities acquire coronavirus vaccines without establishing their efficacy against regional variants of the disease. This comes after neighbouring South Africa (SA) put on temporary hold this week the rollout of AstraZeneca vaccines which were scheduled to be…

Blessing Mashaya SENIOR STAFF REPORTER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa replaced two Cabinet ministers last night who recently succumbed to coronavirus, while also making other appointments. Zimbabwe’s ambassador to the United Nations, Frederick Shava, is the country’s new Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister, replacing the late Sibusiso Busi Moyo in that portfolio. Felix Mhona, the…