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By Brandon Josphat THE country is continuing to count the cost of the opposition’s internal wars, which authorities say negatively impact both national politics and the government’s coffers. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, amid the Citizens Coalition for Change’s (CCC) deepening infighting — and before that the MDC Alliance’s discord — Justice minister Ziyambi…

Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s two major referral hospitals, Parirenyatwa and Mpilo, are set to resume radiotherapy treatment for cancer patients after authorities sourced funding for new machines. In addition, Health minister Douglas Mombeshora said at the weekend, funds had also been released for the urgent servicing of in situ cancer machines…

Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE government has accused some players in the livestock sector of short-changing farmers by playing multiple roles in the value chain when they are not supposed to. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ministry of Agriculture permanent secretary Obert Jiri said some of the players in the sector who own…

Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatb@dailynews.co.zw THE ruling Zanu PF won the Gutu West constituency in the by-election that was held over the weekend in Masvingo Province, taking its tally to 137 MPs out of the 210 in the National Assembly. This comes as elections in the constituency could not be held simultaneously with the August harmonised…

A SUSPECTED habitual offender allegedly convinced his ex-wife to legally change their son’s name so that he would share Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s surname. Lloyd Matotote, 36, who was previously arrested for masquerading as the vice-president’s close aide, is now facing another charge of falsifying a birth certificate. He was brought before Harare magistrate Dennis…

BY BRANDON JOSPHAT & BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI POLITICAL analysts yesterday laid much of the blame for the shocking carnage taking place within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the country’s opposition generally at the hands of Nelson Chamisa. At the same time, the analysts said Chamisa’s faint hopes of saving the CCC from imploding altogether…

BY BRANDON JOSPHAT CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) stalwart and former MP for Harare East Tendai Biti has refuted allegations that he was behind the ongoing crisis in the party saying he has never sold out their struggle. This comes after Biti and another party stalwart, Welshman Ncube have been accused of being behind Sengezo…

BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE government has approved a proposal for traditional leaders to also receive a thirteenth cheque just like civil servants. In a letter dated November 7, and addressed to the secretary of the Public Service Commission, secretary in the ministry of Finance George Guvamatanga said the government had approved that this year traditional…

BY RUTENDO NGARA THE Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) has demanded that nonuniformed civil servants be paid a clothing allowance as part of their conditions of service. This comes as the government has said all government workers were due to get their full bonuses this year beginning next week, albeit in staggered…