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PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa’s special envoys arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday and immediately went to work — meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other key stakeholders in the country, the Daily News reports. Interestingly, Ramaphosa’s two initial envoys — former South African vice president Baleka Mbete and ex-minister Sydney Mufamadi — were accompanied by another former minister, Ngoako…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday lashed out at government critics, describing them as “renegades” bent on derailing the country’s economic recovery, the Daily News reports. Addressing the nation as Zimbabwe marked Heroes Day, Mnangagwa also said most of the criticism of his administration was unjustified. This comes as the government…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zwTHE Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) have expressed hope that the visiting South Africa envoys will catalyse the beginning of an inclusive national dialogue, the Daily News reports. This comes after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last Thursday announced that he had appointed former South African vice president and…

Mugove Tafirenyika and Jeffrey Muvundisi STAFF WRITERS ZIMBABWE’s law enforcement agents were yesterday, Heroes Day, in full force manning roadblocks leading into Harare and Bulawayo central business districts (CBDs), sending travellers back home. This follows announcements by MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala that more protests were planned for a week — starting from…

Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw   PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa conferred with President Emmerson Mnangagwa before he appointed his two special envoys to Zimbabwe last week — amid allegations of human rights violations in the country — it has been confirmed. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba told the Daily News yesterday that Mnangagwa had “nothing to hide”…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations (UN) says Zimbabwe urgently needs US$85 million to respond to the country’s health crisis, as well as the needs of vulnerable citizens in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s health system has hit an all-time low —…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has released over US$2,5 million to scale up the country’s provision of gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual reproductive health services during the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as GBV cases in the country have significantly increased, with advocacy organisation Musasa Project recently revealing that…

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa’s cautious intervention in the current Zimbabwean crisis has got off to a rocky start, with the opposition warning yesterday that they will not be railroaded to accept any deals that they disagree with, as had happened a decade ago when the country’s unity government was put in place, the Daily News On…

MDC Alliance has claimed that 30 of its members have fled from their homes in fear of falling victim to the alleged on-going crackdown of opposition activists in the city. In recent weeks several politicians, activists and citizens have been arrested, with others beingsubjected to alleged torture by suspected State security agents on charges of…

Government has gazetted the Zimbabwe Manpower Planning and Development Amendment Bill which removes Higher Education minister as the responsible authority to manage the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (ZimDef) and replaces him with a board. This comes after the ZimDef allegedly lost about US$245 000 to former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo who claimed he channelled…