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CHURCHES have renewed their push for the country’s political parties and other stakeholders to have dialogue before 2023 elections, saying  Zimbabweans need to come together to end the decades-long social, economic and political challenges. Speaking during an online discussion on Thursday, Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) secretary-general Kenneth Mtata said only an all-inclusive dialogue would…

HARARE provincial development coordinator Tafadzwa Muguti  says Harare, Chitungwiza, Ruwa and Epworth are losing 65 percent of treated water to illegal connections. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday at the weekend, Muguti said the areas were losing the water to unscrupulous practices by residents.“As a province, we are losing a lot of the non-revenue…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has formed a taskforce meant to find ways to reduce challenges associated with refuse collection in the city.  This comes after the shortage of refuse compactors had forced BCC to alter its refuse collection schedule, a situation which has seen the residents getting up in arms with the local authority.This…

THE ruling Zanu PF has reiterated that it will not hold talks with the opposition, including on much-needed electoral reforms, outside the government’s Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform. Polad is a platform where President Emmerson Mnagagwa regularly meets with the leaders of small opposition parties who contested him in the 2018 presidential election. Responding to…

TEMPERS flared yesterday after regional magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka issued a warrant of arrest on former Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s wife, Marry Mubaiwa, for wilful default of court despite being within the precinct of Harare courts. The court was due to make a ruling on Mubaiwa’s application that it had no jurisdiction to charge her with…

Rumbidzai NgwenyaSTAFF WRITERngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw PADARE, a men’s forum, has called on the government to invest in providing psychological support to men as the country has of late been recording high cases of suicide. This comes as there has been an increase in the number of abuse, murder and suicides committed by men.Speaking to the Daily News…

A FREEDOM bid by legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole has again failed after a regional magistrate threw out their applications challenging placement on remand and refusal of further remand. Sikhala is accused of posting a video allegedly inciting violence, threatening to avenge the death of a Nyatsime, Seke, woman Moreblessing Ali while Sithole stands…

THE director corporate affairs at National Social Security (Nssa) has appeared in court accused of siphoning over US$180 000 from his firm on the guise that it was for renovations at his home. David Makwara is alleged to have misrepresented to Nssa by submitting an invoice of US$182 661.77 purporting that Zivo Project Management (Pvt)…

Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is ramping up its push for inclusive dialogue ahead of the crunch 2023 national elections, which they say must break the country’s history of violent and disputed polls. Yesterday, the party announced that it had begun to engage key stakeholders in this regard, including the government,…