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ZIMBABWE is pinning its hopes on re-joining the Commonwealth after receiving backing from Rwanda which is currently chairing the group. Speaking during a post-cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said: “Rwanda is committed to assist Zimbabwe in its bid to be readmitted to the Commonwealth, taking advantage of Rwanda’s chairpersonship of…

FORTHRIGHT liberation stalwart and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, says there is all likelihood that the looming Zanu PF congress will restore a woman as one of the party’s top three leaders. Speaking last Thursday on independent television station 3Ktv’s popular programme, Vantage, Dube noted that the wishes of the women’s league had historically always…

Rutendo Ngara and Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERS THE government is committed to improving the welfare of security forces so that they can continue to do their work diligently, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday. Speaking in Harare during National Defence Forces Day commemorations, Mnangagwa said authorities were doing everything in their power to increase the salaries of…

FORMER MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe has challenged opposition political parties to adopt new strategies to lure more voters ahead of the crunch 2023 harmonised elections. Khupe, who was speaking recently on a twitter space organised by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mthwakazi, a group of the party’s supporters based in the diaspora, said…

Melisa ChatikoboSTAFF WRITERchatikobom@dailynews.co.zwTHE Harare City Council (HCC) says it has man- aged to secure water treatment chemicals to ease water shortage in the capital. In a notice, HCC urged residents to use water wisely as chemicals were still in short supply.“Please note that water treatment chemicals have started trickling in and there is minimum pumping…

Blessing MasakadzaSENIOR STAFF WRITERAmasakadzab@dailynews.co.zwTRUCK driver has been nabbed on allegations of conning a local business- man of over 500 000 rand in a botched groceries supplies deal. Admire Mubaiwa allegedly misrepresented that he was in the business of importing groceries from South Africa for a fee before supplying his bank account on the guise that…

Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.za PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared, posthumously, national hero status to the founding president of Zanu, Ndabaningi Sithole and nationalist James Chikerema. Sithole died in 2000, while Chikerema died in 2006, but were not declared national heroes by the late former president Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa also conferred the same honour to Brigadier General…

Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw NATIONAL Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) yesterday said the country is facing a serious shortage of blood and appealed for more blood donations. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NBSZ spokesperson Kuda Chidziye said the situation needed immediate intervention.“As NBSZ we are short of all blood types. Statistically, we are below our average…

Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERmuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored Zimbabweans to always cherish the gains of the liberation struggle and guard against people who seek to foment divisions in the country. Speaking at the National Heroes Acre in Harare yesterday, as the nation marked Heroes’ Day, Mnangagwa also reiterated that his government was committed to engaging…