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  By Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya SOUTH Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) says its government should be frank and straightforward about what is happening in Zimbabwe before a solution to the country’s problems is found. ANC chairperson of the subcommittee on international relations Lindiwe Zulu, told a virtual Governance Accountability Platform (GAP) discussion…

Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AS EFFORTS continue to end Zimbabwe’s decades-long political crisis, MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti, pictured, says any meaningful national dialogue that is to take place in the country should necessarily involve the military. Speaking to the Daily News in an exclusive interview yesterday, the shrewd lawyer-turned-politician said the…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba has become the latest casualty of the MDC’s mindless bloodletting, after he was removed from office yesterday together with five other councillors, the Daily News reports. The Glen Norah councillor became the mayor of the capital city in September 2018, after the Harare City Council…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw   THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has seriously affected the second session of the 9th Parliament which will soon come to an end. This comes as both the National Assembly and the Senate are not sitting as the country is grappling with the spread of the deadly Covid-19. Legal watchdog…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE ongoing labour unrest in the health sector is contributing to the increase of daily Covid-19 deaths in the country as patients are not able to receive medical treatment, health experts have said. This comes as the country recorded nine Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday with the total death toll…

Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw POLITICAL tensions continue to escalate in the country, with a bristling President Emmerson Mnangagwa accusing some local churches yesterday of advancing a dangerous agenda against the government, the Daily News reports. In addition, Mnangagwa also challenged church leaders whom he said might be harbouring political ambitions to formally swap…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw AMID the escalating dysfunction within the public health sector, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — the country’s new Health minister — has come up with a new restructuring strategy aimed at reviving the system, the Daily News reports. Among his top priorities, it has emerged, is to ensure that striking…

Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF’s politburo yesterday dismissed as malicious claims by Catholic bishops in the country that the government was carrying out human rights abuses and instilling fear among the populace, the Daily News reports. This comes as the bishops issued a pastoral letter last week, saying the country, under President…

Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw   EDUCATORS have warned government against going ahead with plans for students to sit for the November and December public examinations this year despite learners having only attended school for just three months as this compromises the quality of the country’s education system. This comes as the government recently…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw FORTHRIGHT Zanu PF politburo member and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, pictured, has once again warned that only dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition will save the country from plunging into civil strife and total implosion. Speaking to the Daily News in another exclusive interview yesterday, the…