©️ THE deadly coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across our globalized world and governments are duly reacting by closing schools, emptying offices and suspending cultural and sports events. In the past few weeks many nations went on lockdown forcing struggling companies to close down, retrench and scale down on their workforce. This delivers bad news,…
Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER kadirireh@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council (HCC) has increased burial as well as cremation fees by more than 300 percent from 2019 fees. According to a list released by the city on Thursday, prices have been categorised based on whether one is resident, non-resident and non-Zimbabwean. The increase in fees comes after…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE man who yesterday told the court that he used dagga in his food and drink to prevent contracting the coronavirus (Covid-19) was slapped with a one-year prison term. Terence Joronga was represented by lawyer Knowledge Maeresera when he was convicted of unlawful possession of one kilogramme of dagga…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO MPILO Central Hospital has indefinitely banned relatives from visiting patients who are admitted to the hospital, in a move aimed at stemming the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes after four people, including a nurse at the hospital and a patient who went to the health institution for treatment…
FOUR Zimbabweans who illegally skipped the border from South Africa to attend a funeral in Umzingwane District in Matabeleland South Province have been placed in mandatory quarantine after the community sold them out. This comes after more than a hundred Zimbabweans have escaped from quarantine centres dotted around the country, while some have reportedly used…
AT LEAST 23 people have been arrested for escaping from various quarantine centres across the country, the police have said. This comes after over a hundred people fled from quarantine centres across the country at a time the number of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases has doubled with the new infections coming from Zimbabweans returning from…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has approached the High Court seeking to evict a group of people, who invaded his farm in Mazowe on May 6, this year. In the application, Kasukuwere and Sea Flower Investments (Private) Limited, cited Efanos Mudzimunyi, Kudakwashe Moyana, Kenneth Mudzimunyi and Akim Mudzimunyi,…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw DIVERSIFIED digital services group Cassava Smartech has launched Akello Digital Classroom, a platform that offers Zimbabwean students, from primary level to high school, access to online Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) curriculum lessons for all subjects. Cassava Smartech recently announced that all interested Zimbabwean students will have free access to…
ZIMBABWE’S opposition parties, led by the popular youthful Nelson Chamisa of the MDC Alliance, must continue to exert pressure on the Zanu PF government to implement economic and political reforms to rescue the long-suffering citizens. The country is currently battling to flatten the coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, which continue to rise by the day. It is…
GEORGE MAKONI – THE recent decision to demolish illegal structures by the Local Government ministry failed to consider a number of key issues, hence is irrational and insensitive. In doing so, the government indeed put the cart before the horse. In as much as issues to do with proper urban and rural planning are critical,…
