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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…

Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw DIALOGUE between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable, and also remains the best way to ending Zimbabwe’s decades-long myriad challenges, professor of World Politics at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (OAS), Stephen Chan, says. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the…

Godknows Matarutse POLICE have arrested former Labour, Public Service and Social Welfare minister, Petronella Kagonye, for allegedly selling vast tracts of land in Harare and Mashonaland East illegally. This comes after the Daily News reported last month that Kagonye was under investigation on allegations of improperly acquiring six farms in Mashonaland East under her real estate firm,…

Tarisai Machakaire  SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw  THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned people against steaming, saying it does not kill the coronavirus no matter how hot the concoction might be.  This comes as Zimbabweans have gone into a steaming frenzy (kunatira) amid beliefs that the practice can kill the virus. Most people boil eucalyptus…