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Blessings Mashaya  SENIOR STAFF WRITER  mashayab@dailynews.co.zw  ZANU PF political commissar Victor Matemadanda, pictured, says the lethal Covid-19 pandemic will not destroy the ruling party as yearned for by its detractors, but will emerge stronger. The killer virus last week claimed the lives of senior Zanu PF and government officials who include Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso…

ACTING Information minister, Jenfan Muswere, yesterday likened Zimbabwe’s raging and deadlier second wave coronavirus storm as a war — amid the country’s soaring deaths and infections. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday, the concerned Muswere also described the global pandemic as “one of the worst diseases in the history of the country”. “During the burial…

WITH Zimbabwe’s coronavirus deaths and infections continuing to soar, the cost of treatment for the killer disease has become a very big issue in the country. The Daily News on Sunday established yesterday that treatment costs for the deadly respiratory disease remain beyond the reach of the majority despite the public spotlight on this —…

AT LEAST 257 families in Manicaland have already been evacuated to safe places by the Civil Protection Unit (CPU) as tropical cyclone Eloise made landfall just south of Beira in Mozambique yesterday, threatening possible disruptive rain and flooding in the country. According to the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) and CPU, the storm will continue to…

THE Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) has called on the government to extend social safety nets to minimise the burden on breadwinners. The call comes as Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) has also urged the government to come in and support the informal sector and assist the vulnerable by giving them grants…

Nigel Matongorere DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR matongoreren@dailynews.co.zw  TRANSPORT and Infrastructure Development minister, Joel Biggie Matiza, pictured, yesterday became Zimbabwe’s fourth minister to die from coronavirus. Matiza, 60, succumbed to complications brought about by the deadly disease at a Harare hospital last night. He had been in hospital for the past two weeks. Information ministry permanent secretary,…

Tarisai Machakaire  SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw INCARCERATED MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala will have to endure more time in prison after his bail appeal hearing was postponed to next week when he appeared before the High Court yesterday. Sikhala was represented by Jeremiah Bamu, Harrison Nkomo and Paidamoyo Saurombe when he appeared before High…

Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO TWO Bulawayo men appeared in court yesterday for allegedly gang raping a 15-year-old girl, who was on her way back from school. The men, whose names cannot be mentioned in order to protect the victim, appeared before Bulawayo Provincial magistrate Linear Khumalo facing rape charges. They were not asked to plead…

Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO TWO Bulawayo women are demanding US$40 000 and an apology from a local pharmacy after they were implicated in a shoplifting syndicate that had stolen from the outlet. Gamuchirai Chikobvu and Perpetual Tigere alleged that Emergency 24 Pharmacy circulated their pictures together with those of two other women, who were caught…