Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw ©️ ZIMBABWE is racing against time to import bucket seats and automated turnstiles for the National Sports Stadium (NSS) and Barbourfields Stadium to beat a July 15 deadline set by the Confederation of African (Caf). This emerged during Sports minister Kirsty Coventry’s tour of the NSS yesterday where workers have…
THE MDC Alliance has fired its national executive members, Douglas Mwonzora, Elias Mudzuri and Morgen Komichi, for associating with the Supreme Court ruling that replaced Nelson Chamisa with Thokozani Khupe as the leader of the country’s biggest opposition party. Addressing the media to outline the resolutions made by the party’s national standing committee on Wednesday,…
Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zwDOCTORS warned yesterday that it was too early for authorities to start thinking that they have managed to control the spread of conoravirus because of the absence of reported positive cases in the country this week, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government has been criticised for failing to…
Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw©️ PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he is aware that people are suffering due to the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19)-induced lockdown, the Daily News reports. Addressing a Zanu PF politburo meeting at the party’s headquarters, Mnangagwa said all sectors of the economy have been battered by the current lockdown. …
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw ©️ A HARARE businessman suspected to be part of a syndicate trafficking cocaine was allegedly busted with US$18 000 worth of the dangerous drug and machines used to process and package it at his Borrowdale home, a court heard recently. Tafungiswa Kennedy Jasi, 52, who is the chief executive…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has raised concern over the increase in the number of people who are flouting lockdown regulations and conducting church gatherings, thereby breaching social distancing rules. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa relaxed the lockdown last Friday, which allowed more companies to resume operations….
Fungi Kwaramba CHIEF WRITER kwarambaf@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE battle for control of the MDC escalated yesterday after the group that is temporarily in charge of the strife-torn party — following last month’s Supreme Court ruling — recalled four top allies of Nelson Chamisa from Parliament, the Daily News reports. The four legislators who were shown…
©️ WITH confusion and chaos continuing on the second day of the relaxed coronavirus lockdown yesterday, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is demanding an urgent meeting with the government and employers to deal with all the challenges that workers are facing. This comes after authorities relaxed the national lockdown at the weekend, on…
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) yesterday said the 30-year-old man — Tafadzwa Zunza — who allegedly led an armed robbery gang that pounced on a Madokero family misrepresented facts by claiming that he is a soldier when he was fired from the army in February this year. Zunza, who is jointly charged with Leonard Joseph,…
THE Community Newspapers Association of Zimbabwe (CNAZ) has called on the government to come up with a media policy aimed at empowering community newspapers through the devolution programme. This comes as Zimbabwe recently joined the rest of the world on Sunday in celebrating World Press Freedom Day under the theme ‘Journalism Without Fear or Favour’….
