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Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw KWEKWE Central MP Masango Matambanadzo, popularly known as Blackman, has died. The National Patriotic Front (NPF) legislator died on yesterday at his home in Kwekwe after a long illness. He was 56. Announcing his death, Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, said Matambanadzo was a hard-working legislator. “He…

THE parliamentary portfolio committee on youths has recommended an amendment to the Constitution to allow the government to appoint a Youth Commission. In a report presented in the National Assembly recently, the committee said the laws of the country do not respect youths. “In the long term, the Youth Commission should be included in the…

THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) will embark on a temporary 16-hour power supply cut this Thursday for the purpose of carrying out critical annual maintenance works in the country’s Southern Region. In a notice, ZETDC said the affected areas include Nkayi in areas such a Nkayio Centre, Loreto Gothic Mine, Silobela, Cottco,…

STATE-OWNED mobile network operator NetOne yesterday donated surgical equipment to the University of Zimbabwe department of dentistry and oral health care at Parirenyatwa Hospital to facilitate facial reconstruction surgery for Taremeredzwa Mapungwana (29) whose face has been deformed by a rare tumour. Mutare-born Mapungwana, who works for NetOne, has unsuccessfully undergone 16 surgeries to remove…

Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO RESIDENTS here have shot down proposals by the local authority to hike fines for alleged illegal vending and flouting other by-laws governing the operations of informal traders. The proposal by the local authority comes at a time the greater part of the population in the city has in the last two…

TEACHERS’ unions have urged the government to give schools bailouts for them to pay ancillary staff. This comes after the government deferred the opening of schools — which was initially scheduled for July 28 — due to rising cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) which now stand at 2 512. Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz)…

  ENERGY and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi yesterday ordered Zesa Holdings to immediately investigate executive chairperson Sydney Gata on allegations of corruption at the power company, the Daily News reports. The corruption allegations at Zesa Holdings were first published by our sister newspaper, the Daily News on Sunday. Reports last night were that the…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw   TOURISM minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndhlovu has called on local players to design affordable and attractive packages to boost domestic tourism following the collapse of the sector owing to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as Finance minister Mthuli Ncube recently indicated during the mid-term budget review that the…