©️ THERE was a mixture of anger and dejection within the leadership ranks of the MDC yesterday, after the Supreme Court upheld a 2019 High Court ruling which confirmed Thokozani Khupe as the legitimate interim leader of the party, the Daily News reports. In arriving at this decision, the Supreme Court immediately stripped Nelson Chamisa…
WORKERS have expressed dismay over the lack of seriousness on part of the government after it exempted more companies to operate during the 21-day lockdown meant to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). The government imposed the lockdown from March 30 to April 19, but the largest workers’ body — the Zimbabwe Congress…
THE CHINESE government has assisted 145 000 people in the country with food aid as efforts to minimise the effects of drought, the World Food Programme (WFP) Zimbabwe confirmed. The Chinese aid comes at a time when most of the attention is being given to the coronavirus (Covid-19) which has killed thousands of people across…
SCORES of Zimbabweans who were detained in Tanzania over coronavirus (Covid-19) arrived in the country on Saturday after government intervention, the Daily News can report. The 107 Zimbabweans who had travelled to the East African country early last week aboard Air Zimbabwe, met horror upon landing at the airport when they were ordered to go…
IT IS unfortunate that there are still some Zimbabweans who are ignoring the stay-at-home lockdown instructions imposed from Monday by the government designed to stop the spread of coronavirus. Sadly, some people are determined to do what they want despite the government orders, resulting in a number of citizens having skirmishes with the police and…
Oliver and Farisai Kapepa – THE world is reeling from what Donald Trump — tongue in cheek — called the “China virus”, but it’s the Covid-19 pandemic. The civilised world — well-resourced and better prepared for disasters and pandemics — has been caught off guard and consequently been hit hard. Italy, Spain, the United States…
STAFF WRITERS ©️ THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Harare municipal police officers engaged in running battles with vendors and scores of people who sought to defy the government’s call to stay at home as the country entered its second day of a 21-day lockdown aimed at curtailing the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19)….
A SHOWDOWN is looming between the government and its workers after the Labour ministry gazetted Statutory Instrument 81 of 2020, which pegged the minimum wage at an equivalent amount of US$100. Workers have been demanding a minimum wage equivalent to US$200 through the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). Peter Mutasa, the ZCTU president, said they…
THE Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association (Zela) has bemoaned lack of personal protective clothing and information on the deadly coronavirus among small-scale and artisanal miners, saying it exposes them to the risk of contracting and spreading the disease to others. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a 21-day lockdown in efforts to curb the spread…
©️ THE government will shortly embark on an aggressive national testing for the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19), as authorities step up the fight against the global pandemic, the Daily News can reveal. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded its eighth case of people who have tested positive for the virus — as the country enters its…
