A 19-YEAR-OLD Harare man was allegedly caught red-handed attempting to rape an 85-year-old woman on Saturday. Panashe Officer, 19, was granted $2 000 bail and ordered not to interfere with witnesses when he appeared before Harare magistrate Richard Ramaboa charged with attempted rape. He as remanded to May 11. The complainant resides in Waterfalls, Harare….
MORE returnees arrived in Victoria Falls, bringing the total number of people quarantined at Mosi-oa-Tunya High School to 60. Mosi-oa-Tunya High School was identified as one of the isolation centres in Matabeleland North Province and accommodates Zimbabweans returning to the country through Victoria Falls. Permanent secretary in the Information ministry Nick Mangwana said the returnees…
AS FRONTLINE workers in the health delivery system are complaining over measly salaries and incentives, the lack of Personal Protective Clothing (PPEs) in order to be able to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic among other things, it has emerged that members of the Health Services Board have controversially awarded themselves hefty additional allowances. For example,…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is considering giving rental and mortgage relief to both tenants and landlords during lockdown, which was introduced to mitigate the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told journalists during a post-Cabinet media briefing held in Harare yesterday Mnangagwa would soon announce presidential regulations to give the relief to…
Maxwell Sibanda ASSISTANT EDITOR TRIBUTES continued to pour yesterday as Zimbabweans received with sadness the passing on, on Monday of former Radio 3 disc jockey (DJ) and Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) television presenter Peter Johns, 60. Johns known by his legion of listeners as PJ or the Radio Driver died in the United Kingdom where…
PREACHER-cum-musician Tapiwa Freddy, pictured, has deferred his album launch because of the current national coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown and is optimistic that he will come out stronger than before. The preacher was supposed to have launched his album Area 1 over the weekend but the launch was put on hold owing to the current lockdown and…
BULAWAYO-based Kingsville TV is introducing hip-hop online sessions so as to entertain Zimbabweans during this national coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown. The sessions, unveiled this week, will be taking place twice a month and they are already streaming on various online platforms. “Bulawayo is arguably the capital of hip-hop in the county. In an effort to spread…
Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR matongoreren@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE high number of Zimbabwean footballers flocking to Zambia could be a thing of the past starting from next season, the Daily News can report. In recent years, Zimbabwean top stars have chosen to play in the Zambian Super Division owing to its lucrative remuneration as compared to here…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITERS ©️ PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, faces the tough choice of balancing the health of Zimbabweans against the country’s economic interests when he reviews the current national lockdown this week, the Daily News reports. This comes as health experts are urging Mnangagwa not to relax his extended stay-at-home order…
©️ IN MORE bad news for the country, a joint report by relief agencies and the government says about a third of Zimbabweans living in rural areas need food aid due to the country’s worsening economic rot and the coronavirus pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe has been ranked among the countries…
