June 2020

Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER kadirireh@dailynews.co.zw MUNICIPAL bills appearing with backdated increments are figures that were adjusted according to inflation, Harare City Council spokesperson Michael Chideme has said. This comes as several Harare residents received high bills for their May and April rates. Chideme told the Daily News on Monday that the high bills were reflecting…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw   ZANU PF-aligned Zimbabwe Citizens Forum (the Forum) has called for the auditing of civil society organisations (CSOs) operating in Zimbabwe to establish where they are getting their funding among other things, saying that some of them are being funded to fuel anarchy in the country, the Daily News…

Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) is concerned over the poor working conditions of nurses which it attributed to the sudden spike in numbers of its members who have been exposed to the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes after 13 more Mpilo Central Hospital nurses tested positive to Covid-19, bringing to…

45 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ventilator suites that were donated by businessman and Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa are now in the country and ready to be distributed to public hospitals in Zimbabwe. The telecommunications mogul acquired the ventilator suites from the United Kingdom through his Higher Life Foundation Zimbabwe and in partnership with some donors….

The electoral management body of a country is regarded as one of the most important essentials to a credible and acceptable election. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is perpetually under spotlight as electoral contestants continue to be blighted by disputes emanating from real and perceived questions over the degree of independence of its electoral administration…