FORMER Zanu PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, who was expelled from the ruling party for defying protocol, has pleaded for forgiveness from the people of Zimbabwe as he claims to have seen the light. Tsenengamu quit politics after he had been expelled from Zanu PF for calling on the party to act on corrupt…
PRESIDENT Trump has signed the largest-ever US financial stimulus package, worth $2tn (£1.7tn), as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. The House of Representatives passed the cross-party bill two days after the Senate debated its provisions. On Wednesday the number of Americans filing for unemployment surged to a record high of 3.3 million people….
Huawei has launched a range of new flagship smartphones despite the coronavirus pandemic. The firm unveiled the P40 phones a day after the firm’s founder announced that 90% of the company’s 150,000 China-based employees had returned to work. But experts say demand for the handsets will likely be weak outside of its home market, at…
Italy has recorded 919 new coronavirus deaths, its highest daily figure in the outbreak so far. It means 9,134 people have now died from the virus in the country. Earlier World Health Organization chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a “chronic global shortage” of protective equipment was one of the “most urgent threats” to the…
Frontline NHS staff in England will begin being tested this weekend to see if they have coronavirus. Workers with symptoms or those who live with people who have symptoms will be checked – starting with critical care doctors and nurses. It follows criticism over a lack of testing for health workers. Meanwhile, the prime minister…
Vodafone is offering free unlimited mobile data to half a million of its pay monthly customers. The mobile network said it was doing so as part of its support measures during the coronavirus pandemic. Customers considered “vulnerable” will be automatically upgraded, it said, while others can apply. It comes a day after Vodafone faced criticism…
Virgin Atlantic is expected to ask for a government bailout worth hundreds of millions of pounds in the coming days, the BBC understands. Requests for state aid are also expected from other airlines. The government has said it will only step in to help struggling airlines “as a last resort” on a case-by-case basis. However,…
Fungi Kwaramba and Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITERS ©️ FEARFUL Zimbabweans who are reeling from the country’s worsening coronavirus menace now also have to contend with a major strike by medical doctors and nurses — all this coming at a time Zimbabwe’s healthcare system has collapsed, the Daily News reports. The strike also comes as the…
ONE person died in a mining accident at Mimosa Mining Company in Zvishavane on Tuesday, the company has announced. The victim, Stephen Chizola, died upon admission at the mine clinic. “It is with deep regret that Mimosa Mining Company advises of a fatal accident at its mining location in Zvishavane. On March 24, Stephen Chizola,…
MANICALAND CSOs have called for the alignment of laws and more consultations, before fast-tracking the Constitutional Amendment Bill No 2. This emerged at a meeting held in Mutare by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn), the Election Resource Centre (ERC) and the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum with (Civil Society Organisations) CSOs in the eastern…
