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Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw SOUTH African envoys recently seconded to Zimbabwe by President Cyril Ramaphosa should only pre-occupy themselves with allegations of human rights abuses and not President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy question, the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe has said. This comes as this week Ramaphosa dispatched three envoys; ex-ministers Sydney Mufamadi and…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF says it will soon flush out party members, including bigwigs, allegedly working with the vanquished Generation 40 (G40), a faction that was associated with the late former President Robert Mugabe. The G40 faction fought tenaciously to block current President Emmerson Mnangagwa from succeeding Mugabe until his ouster…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw SOME MDC Alliance bigwigs are said to be making a determined push to have the coalition’s firebrand deputy national chairperson, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, expelled for his radical political activities and dogged opposition to Zanu PF and its government.   So bad is the situation said to have become for…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations (UN) says it’s time that the government addresses the country’s health crisis, beginning with the on-going doctors and nurses’ strike, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe’s confirmed cases of coronavirus are nearing 5 000, including 104 deaths. At the same time, more than 300…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw INTERNATIONAL labour organisations continue to pile pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government demanding that it respects workers’ rights. This follows the recent characterisation of the country’s largest labour unions, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, by the ruling Zanu PF party as a terrorist organisation. Southern Africa Trade Union…

Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Republic Police deputy commissioner-general Stephen Mutamba and head of Criminal Investigation Department, commissioner Chrispen Charumbira, have been accused of interfering in operations of a mine in Mashava, Masvingo. Two Flags Trading owners, one of the mines in the dispute, recently wrote to commissioner- general Godwin Matanga raising a complaint…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw SOUTH Africa’s ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mphakama Mbete, has refuted claims that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s special envoys snubbed the country’s opposition and civil society organisations when they came to Harare on Monday. Mbete told the Daily News yesterday that while the envoys had come to Zimbabwe with an open mind…

AS POLITICAL tension continues to mount in Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed yesterday that there was a plot to divide the country’s security forces in an alleged bid to fuel national instability, the Daily News reports. This came a day after Mnangagwa also lashed out at what he termed “renegades” within and outside the country,…

Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITERS THE African Union Commission (AUC) is following closely political developments in Zimbabwe and has warned the government against flouting its human rights charter. In a statement, AUC chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said he was concerned about reports of disproportionate use of force by security forces in enforcing…

SECURITY forces and the municipal police will continue to pounce on vendors operating illegally and the operation must not be viewed as a crackdown, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi has said. This comes after outcries from vendors who believe they were being targeted for harassment by security agencies. Some have claimed council officials were demanding bribes…