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STAFF WRITERS AS THE country waves good-bye to a horrific 2020 today, the Daily News once again brings you its much-anticipated end of year ratings of the work of the president and his Cabinet ministers during the year. To say 2020 was a ginormous “annus horribilis”, an unspeakably horrible year, is probably an understatement. What with Zimbabweans…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw POLITICAL analysts say the deepening rifts in the country’s seemingly voodooed opposition will once again gift the ruling Zanu PF an easy victory in the 2023 national elections. The analysts also told the Daily News yesterday that neither the MDC’s new leader Douglas Mwonzora nor his predecessor Thokozani Khupe could change…

Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw APOSTOLIC Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) president Johannes Ndanga says member sects will accept Covid-19 vaccines if they are offered to them. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Ndanga said some members have expressed concerns around the anti-Christ allegations surrounding the vaccines as well as fears about the side…

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has again appealed to the public to register to vote to avoid having their constituencies cut in the next delimitation exercise. This comes as Zimbabwe awaits the next delimitation exercise meant to create new constituencies ahead of the 2023 general elections. Zec Bulawayo provincial elections officer Innocent Ncube appealed to…

Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw MDC Alliance and Nelson Chamisa’s lawyer Thabani Mpofu was yesterday arrested and later released for allegedly obstructing the course of justice in police investigations into alleged fake abductions of the opposition party’s youth leaders. The lawyer was advised he would soon be summoned to court to answer to the…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw FORMER MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, pictured, is the new leader of the country’s biggest opposition party after he trounced his main rival, Thokozani Khupe, in Sunday’s chaotic election in Harare. But speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, a fuming Khupe claimed that she remained the MDC’s interim…

Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw The ailing Marry is facing multiple charges at the courts, including claims that she wanted to kill her powerful husband when he was receiving medical treatment in South Africa two years ago. She has been diagnosed with lymphoedema — a condition which her doctors describe as a build-up of…

Perpetua Rojasi STAFF WRITER rojasip@dailynews.co.zw CHURCHES say they are ready to provide evacuation centres for people in the eastern parts of the country who may be affected by Cyclone Chalane that is expected to hit the area tomorrow. This comes after the Metrological Services Department raised concerns over the anticipated cyclone. Zimbabwe Council of Churches…

Emmerson  Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw THE Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services ministry has increased fees for broadcasting licences with effect from November 2020 and approved an additional category for the provision of provincial commercial radio broadcasting. The initial application fee for a free to air national radio broadcasting service has gone up to $205…