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ED in surprise team reshuffle … fires Chasi, appoints two new ministers  

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Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw IN A move that caught many by surprise, President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday fired Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi, pictured,  and also appointed two new ministers, the Daily News reports.   The unexpected sacking of Chasi came amid ongoing chaos at Zesa Holdings, where the former minister was…

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Pretoria envoys to return to Zim  

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Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa will soon dispatch his special envoys to Harare again — to meet with key local stakeholders, including the opposition, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government has come under renewed pressure internally and internationally for alleged gross human rights breaches by authorities. It also…

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Corona misinformation a security threat: Muswere  

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Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO THE government will open more information centres in rural areas as it endeavours to boost access to reliable information on the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes at a time when there has been a lot of misinformation around the pandemic, which has claimed almost 130 lives and infected close to 5…

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Stop using rapid Covid-19 test kits, Govt told  

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Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government should abandon the use of Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) and revisit its testing strategy in order to improve the country’s response to the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19), senior doctors have said. In a letter dated August 11 and addressed to the Health and Child Care ministry in possession…

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‘Coronavirus patients need psychosocial support’  

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THE Women’s Coalition in Zimbabwe (Wcoz) has called on the government to improve psychosocial and counselling support for people diagnosed with the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) as many are currently grappling with societal stigmatisation. This comes as the country’s confirmed Covid-19 cases are nearing 5 000, including 128 deaths and 1 927 recoveries. In its latest…

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Kombis, vendors back with vengeance  

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Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw KOMBIS and vendors are back in town in defiance of the lockdown imposed by the government to contain the spread of Covid-19, which has claimed almost 130 lives from close to 5 000 confirmed infections. The kombis and vendors, which were first banned on March 30 when President Emmerson Mnangagwa…

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Justice Bere challenges tribunal’s lifespan  

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Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw SUPREME Court judge, Justice Francis Bere, has filed an application in the High Court arguing that the lifespan of a tribunal set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to investigate his conduct ended on July 10. Bere now wants all proceedings that followed after that date to be declared unlawful, null…

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‘Do not expect foreign support’ … analysts tell brawling ED, opposition

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Blessings Mashaya and Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITERS WITH the situation in Zimbabwe remaining tense, both local and external analysts say the only viable path out of the country’s mess is to get President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, to work closely with the opposition, the Daily News reports. This comes as some in the opposition have…

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More men fall to coronavirus  

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Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw MORE men than women have so far succumbed to, and been infected by the lethal coronavirus in the country, the Daily News reports.   The Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that from the close to 5 000 confirmed local cases of the disease, about 55 percent of them…

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Covid-19 in prisons — urgent application filed

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Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Forum) has filed an urgent chamber application for the government to address health, dietary and sanitation requirements at the country’s prisons as part of efforts to combat the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19). Part of their requests are for prisoners to be given two N95…

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