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Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw   NEWLY-elected MDC president Douglas Mwonzora was yesterday accepted into the Parliament’s Standing Rules and Orders Committee (SROC) to replace Innocent Gonese — an ally of his erstwhile colleague, Nelson Chamisa. Since the commencement of the ninth Parliament, Gonese, who is the MDC MP for Mutare Central, has been serving…

Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THERE is discord brewing between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and residents on whether to use devolution funds to rectify perennial water challenges or go towards the rehabilitation of roads. In 2019, Bulawayo received half of its $41 million in devolution funds from the government. In the latest council report, it…

Tariro Sajeni and  Emmerson Njanjamangezi STAFF WRITERS AUTHORITIES are not yet sure that Ivermectin, the drug that the government recently approved for controlled use on Covid-19 patients, is effective in treating people infected by the lethal disease. This comes after South Africa’s Department of Health discouraged the use of Ivermectin for the management of coronavirus…

Emmerson Njanjamangezi  SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw  THE government says it is consulting with the Joint Operations Command (JOC) to institute jail sentences or more punitive penalties for farmers abusing, misusing or selling inputs accessed via the Command Agriculture or Presidential  schemes.  This follows reports that unscrupulous farmers enlisted on the schemes in Binga and Gokwe…

Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO PROVINCIAL Affairs minister Judith Ncube has said the Ekusileni Medical Centre, which is one of the designated Covid-19 hospitals, will “soon” start admitting patients as payments for major requirements have been processed. Although Ncube could not give the actual timelines as well as shedding light on the actual causes of the…