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Zimbabwe pins hopes on Biden… as Harare seeks better relations with Washington

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Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government is hopeful that United States of America (USA) president-elect, Joe Biden, pictured, will be open to mending the strained relationship between Harare and Washington, the Daily News reports. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was among the first leaders around the world to congratulate Biden — a…

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Ginimbi dies in horrific crash

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Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw SOCIALITE Genius Kadungure, popularly known as Ginimbi, died together with three passengers yesterday morning after his vehicle burst into flames following a horrific crash in Harare, the Daily News reports. The flamboyant businessman, known for his colourful and often controversial life, was only 36. Kadungure was travelling from a friend’s…

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Harare water crisis deepens

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Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynew.co.zw CASH-STRAPPED Harare City Council (HCC) has blamed its water provision challenges on shortages of aluminium sulphate, a major chemical used to treat raw water. The local authority said it is currently receiving a third of its daily aluminium sulphate requirements. “We are currently experiencing depressed water production and onward…

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Ex-minister Chikwinya sued

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Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Women Affairs minister Nyasha Chikwinya has been taken to court in a land dispute relating to residential stands in Glen Forest, Harare. Mama Mafuyana Housing Cooperative (MMHC) cited Nyasha Chikwinya, Susan Sibanda, Jacob Madhanganyi, Honest Nyamaka and Munyaradzi Zimunya as respondents. They want Chikwinya and the others stopped from…

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Chinese company in US$2,5m agric project

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Brighton Goko STAFF WRITER gokob@dailynews.co.zw      THE China and Zimbabwe Agricultural Company has started an ambitious US$2,5 million seed breeding project in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central, to help the government to revamp the agricultural sector. The investment was made through the China Industrial International Group, the parent company of the China and Zimbabwe Agricultural Company….

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Kariba generation capacity increases

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THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has increased water allocation for electricity generation at Kariba power station to 30 billion cubic meters, following a favourable outlook for the 2020/21 rain season. The allocation, which was increased from 27 billion cubic meters, will be shared equally between Zambia’s ZESCO Limited and the Zimbabwe Power Company for their…

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Tobacco farmers plant 13k hactares irrigated crop

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AT LEAST 13 000 hectares of land has been put under irrigated tobacco ahead of the 2020/21 summer cropping season, the industry regulator has said. Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board chief executive officer Andrew Matibiri said at the weekend the irrigated tobacco hectarage planted so far was almost the same as last year. “Planting of…

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Oppah Muchinguri upbeat about women missions

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DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has hailed the participation of Zimbabwean women in  peacekeeping missions and pledged to continue supporting their involvement in security and conflict management. Muchinguri-Kashiri was speaking during a high-level virtual session commemorating the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution (United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325) by African Women Leaders Network (Awln)…

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Zimbabwe, Zambia to share Kariba water for power generation

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THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has allocated 30 billion cubic metres of water for power generation at Kariba Dam to be shared equally by the Zimbabwe-based 1 050MW Kariba South power station and Zambia-based 1 08GW Kariba North hydroelectric power station. This comes after the 24th Annual Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum indicated that…

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‘Lives have been lost’: Women forced to pay bribes when giving birth

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IN agonising labour pain and turned away from a Harare health centre, Aurage Katume feared that, like many other Zimbabwean women, she could lose her unborn baby. She struggled to another clinic in the country’s capital. The midwives there were not ready to help her either. “What did you bring us?” one of them said,…

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