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Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AMID fears of a return to prolonged and debilitating power cuts in the country, following the blaze that engulfed Hwange Power Station on Wednesday evening, authorities were hopeful yesterday that the damage would be repaired quickly. Energy and Power Development minister, Zhemu Soda, told the Daily News last night that the…

  Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE POLITICAL Actors Dialogue (Polad) members are meeting today as the push towards inclusive national dialogue continues to gather momentum. This comes as pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leaders to engage in open talks to help solve the country’s decades-long myriad crises. National Constitutional…

Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) director for health, Prosper Chonzi, pictured, has warned that the capital is at risk of much bigger and deadlier outbreaks of cholera and typhoid due to uncollected refuse and burst sewer pipes. Chonzi, who is also the city’s acting Town Clerk, said the diseases could cause…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AS THE momentum towards inclusive national dialogue continues to gather speed, churches have now presented a draft talks framework to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition leaders and other key stakeholders. The secretary general of the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD), Kenneth Mtata, pictured, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they…

CHIEF WRITER ZANU PF was yesterday forced to postpone its scheduled meeting of the politburo amid fears that attending party bigwigs would be infected with Covid-19 as no measures had been put in place to protect them. The routine monthly meeting had been called to discuss, among other things, the Covid-19 pandemic and national immunisation….

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is expected to continue receiving heavy rains for the next three months, which can cause floods in low lying areas. Speaking during Tuesday’s post-Cabinet media briefing, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Environment minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu told the Cabinet that people must stay alert as the heavy rains were…

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…