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WHILE the church continues to push for inclusive national talks, clerics will not join the expanded Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform as they say that this is inappropriate for their “apolitical” position. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, church leaders instead urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to create a more suitable platform that will enhance national dialogue as…

THE government is escalating its push to stem the resurgent foreign currency parallel market, including publicising the names of people who are allegedly involved in illegal forex activities and ordering banks to freeze their accounts. The governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mangudya, said yesterday that the central bank’s Financial Intelligence Unit…

THE government yesterday said Zimbabwe’s new Covid-19 cases continue to be recorded at schools which are turning out to be super spreaders.  This comes as the country has recorded 129 919 confirmed cases and 4 607 deaths since the virulent pandemic was first recorded here in March 2020.  Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in…

THE ugly ructions ravaging the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC faction escalated last weekend after its youth league unilaterally cut loose its organising secretary Godfrey Kurauone as factional fights continue unabated. This comes as Kurauone, who is currently furthering his studies in the United States (US), is being linked to a faction allegedly close to the party’s…

PROSECUTOR-General Kumbirai Hodzi has filed a petition seeking the High Court to throw out former Information Communication Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira’s freedom bid. This comes after Mandiwanzira approached the High Court last year challenging deputy chief magistrate Bianca Makwande’s decision to dismiss his application in which he sought to have criminal abuse of office charges…

ACTING on the belief that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu PF respect their wishes, the indignant family of the late former president Robert Mugabe says it has completed building a mausoleum of their own for their long-ruling patriarch at his grave in Zvimba. This confirms the family’s resolve to resist to the bitter…

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson, Loice Matanda-Moyo, has emphasised the importance of protecting whistle-blowers if the country is to win the war against graft.  This comes as Zacc has made proposals to Cabinet for the amendment of the constitution which would see whistleblowers being protected.   It also comes as the country continues to score…

Melisa Chatikobo  FARMERS and agriculture experts want the government to quickly act on the rogue parallel market which is now forcing the prices of inputs to skyrocket beyond the reach of many.  This comes as the local currency which has been stable against the greenback on the foreign currency auction system has been under siege…