Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE Republic of Congo’s Foreign Affairs minister Jean-Claude Gakosso on Friday met President Emmerson Mnangagwa and called for a peaceful resolution of the dispute over a border area between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia. This comes as tensions have been brewing between the two African countries…
Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zw THE government has pulled the plug on a US$60 million deal that would have seen a Switzerland-registered company, Drax Consult (Drax), supplying Covid-19 equipment, arguing the firm overpriced its supplies. This comes as the government has also refused to pay for the goods which include test kits and personal protective…
©️ THE spike in cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) from 56 to 132 between Tuesday and Wednesday in the country is scary and calls for urgent robust measures to arrest the tide. What makes it more scary is the admission by the deputy chairperson of the country’s Covid-19 national taskforce, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, that the government was…
By Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR ©️ DARK clouds are hanging over the Felton Kamambo-led Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board after the government last night said they are following recent events in Trinidad and Tobago where Fifa recently installed a normalisation committee. This comes as the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) revealed to the Daily News…
©️ MEDICAL experts yesterday implored authorities to tighten their measures at all the country’s borders and quarantine centres, to avoid a coronavirus catastrophe in the country, the Daily News reports. This comes after Zimbabwe recorded a staggering 76 new positive cases of the disease on Wednesday, with 75 of them involving returnees and deportees from…
By Helen Kadirire and Blessings Mashaya ©️ IT HAS emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa met Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and central bank governor John Mangudya for three hours on Wednesday, before directing them to jointly address the nation on the steps they are taking to mitigate the worsening crisis, the Daily News reports. Ncube and…
©️ TOBACCO farmers countrywide are not keen to release their golden leaf for sale at auction floors demanding all their earnings in United States dollars due to a lack of confidence in the local currency, a government official has said. This comes as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has offered to pay tobacco farmers…
©️ PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned civil servants against sabotaging government programmes, including the scandal-ridden Command Agriculture and presidential inputs scheme, as he launched a piggery project in Harare. This comes as over 7 million Zimbabweans are currently facing starvation in the country, with programmes such as the Command Agriculture having failed to turn around…
©️ALL Members of Parliament — including those from the opposition — will now be expected to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa following the adoption of new rules by the august House, the Daily News reports. Parliament is now using new Standing Rules and Orders after MPs on Tuesday approved a motion by Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the growing calls for political dialogue in the country, including the formation of a new government of national unity (GNU) to help end Zimbabwe’s myriad challenges. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, presidential spokesperson George Charamba also said even if Mnangagwa were to be persuaded…
