ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed wine and spirit maker African Distillers (Afdis) says business outlook for the company remains bleak as hyperinflation, poor agricultural season and the continued foreign currency shortages impact negatively on business performance. According to the company’s half year financial results, volumes for the half year ended December 31, 2019, the company registered a…
HANGOUTS were over the weekend still recording huge crowds with people enjoying booze and braai despite the ban on public gatherings owing to the threat of coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded two confirmed cases of the deadly disease. The government last week issued a ban on public gatherings of more than 100…
POLICE reportedly fired teargas in Mbare on Saturday at Killer T’s birthday bash venue, leaving guests scurrying for cover. With the ban on public gatherings in place, the birthday bash was a-strictly-by-invitation event but resulted in hordes of people turning up. Reports from Mbare say that police fired teargas canisters to disperse the crowd that…
WARRIORS and Dynamos defender Partson Jaure is recovering in hospital after suffering head injuries in a ghastly car accident in the early hours of yesterday morning. The accident, which occurred near Prince Edward School in Harare, left the 29-year-old severely injured and he is currently admitted at Parirenyatwa Hospital, where he is receiving treatment. Pictures…
The army could be deployed to patrol South Africa’s streets to delay the need for a countrywide lockdown if there is a huge spike in Covid-19 infections, as experts now fear. A possible national “state of emergency” — the first to be declared in SA in more than 30 years — could be introduced as…
FOLLOWING last Friday’s announcement by the government that the country now had two confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Daily News reporters Tarisai Machakaire and Tinashe Nekati went out on the streets to glean people’s views on Zimbabwe’s preparedness, knowledge of the disease among other issues. Collin Muziringa, Student, Alexander Park What I know…
DOCTORS have called for the unfreezing of teaching posts at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Medical School, saying the development is affecting the institution’s ability to enrol medical students. This follows numerous appeals by hospital management for the unfreezing of posts which they say is affecting the training of midwives, nurses as…
NEDBANK Zimbabwe Limited has appointed Sibongile P Moyo as its new managing director, taking over from Charity Jinya, who held the leadership rope for the past decade. In a statement last week, Nedbank company secretary Farai Sithole said Jinya retires on March 31, 2020, adding that her commercial acumen, wealth of knowledge and wisdom will…
A GROUP of MDC supporters on Saturday assaulted Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi during a Chegutu ward 2 by-election, the Daily News can report. According to Ziyambi, he went to a polling station to meet a Zanu PF polling agent, but rowdy MDC supporters confronted him and attempted to block his way before they hurled obscenities…
FOUNDER of Christ Life Generation Church (CLGC), Mduduzi Dube has responded to government’s call for everyone to help curb the coronavirus by supplying high density areas with sanitisers. Dube is calling on his fellow pastors and church leaders throughout the country to come together and complement government’s efforts. With several African countries having recorded positive…
