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Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AS THE violent armed rebellion in neighbouring Mozambique worsens, there are growing concerns that Zimbabwe and other regional countries are at risk on a number of fronts — unless Sadc deploys troops there to quell the insurgency. Political analysts who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said Sadc needed to assist Mozambique…

Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO EXPELLED MDC organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe, pictured, has filed an urgent chamber application at the Bulawayo High Court seeking to stop the opposition party from holding its elective extra-ordinary congress.  The congress has been set for December 19 at Harare’s Rainbow Towers where the party is seeking to elect a new…

Godknows Matarutse in GWERU LOCAL media should put national interests first in their reporting to contribute towards the success of the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said. This comes as Finance minister Mthuli Ncube recently introduced the economic blueprint, which kicks in next month to succeed the Transitional Stabilisation Programme…

Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO HEART patients have launched a national appeal to the corporate world and individuals to assist in raising US$1,5 million to re-establish a cardiac surgery unit at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo. The hospital that caters for patients from Matabeleland, Masvingo, Midlands and Bulawayo provinces last conducted cardiac surgeries a decade ago….

Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is stepping in to try and end the widening fallout from Zanu PF’s chaotic district coordinating committee (DCC) elections, which have raised political temperatures higher even in his Midlands home province. So concerned is Mnangagwa, it has emerged, that he has asked to meet the ruling party’s…

Blessings Mashaya in Beitbridge LONG-DISTANCE truck drivers have raised fresh concerns over undue delays that they are continuing to endure at the Beitbridge Border Post, the Daily News reports. Apart from having to spend days in serpentine queues which sometimes stretch more than 10 kilometres, the truckers also complained about the proliferation of criminals at the border…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw MORE than 12 000 farmers in Mhondoro-Ngezi and Chegutu districts will benefit from the Agricultural Centres of Excellence (ACE) established at Chibero Agricultural College, Mhondoro and Chegutu by the European Union-funded Zimbabwe Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Services (ZAKIS) project. ZAKIS recently completed the refurbishing and upgrading of learning facilities…

Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw TWO bribe demanding cops were arrested after allegedly conducting unauthorised traffic duties where they  arrested and demanded money from a motorist on flimsy charges. Osivinda Maphosa, 25, and Prisca Nyadongo, 43, were arrested on charges of criminal abuse of duty while another officer escaped. They were not asked to…