NAMIBIA has denied donating coronavirus test kits to Zimbabwe, following reports that it had donated 4 499 rapid result test kits. The alleged controversial donation caused a row in Namibia, which has also been struggling to access test kits for its own citizens. However, in a statement at the weekend, Namibia said it had not…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ©️ RETURNING Zanu PF liberation stalwart, Rugare Gumbo, pictured, has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to join hands with the opposition and other social formations to end the country’s deepening political and economic crises. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Gumbo — the only surviving member of…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has received a major boost in its fight against the lethal coronavirus following significant personal protective equipment (PPE) donations by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), the Daily News reports. This comes as health workers have been striking over poor conditions and the lack of adequate PPE…
ZIMBABWE Defence Forces (ZDF) commander, General Philip Valerio Sibanda, says the level of corruption displayed by some of the country’s leaders is tantamount to selling out. Speaking in a rare interview posted by the ruling Zanu PF party on Twitter, the army commander — who took over from retired general Vice President Constantino Chiwenga after…
THE death toll from COVID-19 surpassed half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first wave. The respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus has been particularly dangerous…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT has summoned the minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema, junior MPs and the deaf community to share their views on the reopening of schools amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government through Mathema announced last month that schools would…
THE government says it has a substitute for the second line drugs for anti-retroviral treatment (ART) which is currently in short supply. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, deputy minister of Health John Mangwiro said Ritonavir or Kaletra drugs were in short supply not only in Zimbabwe but the world over. In 2016,…
THE worldwide coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown has rekindled former band leader of Hohodza, Portia Gwanzura’s love and passion for music. Gwanzura left Zimbabwe in early 2002 having released more than 10 music albums and is now based in the UK in Greater Manchester where she has been running several businesses. “When I arrived here I carried…
THE government is set to meet with civil servants today over salaries and perks under the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC). The NJNC has since written to Apex Council chairperson Cecilia Alexander and her deputy Thomas Muzondo advising them of the meeting. “The chairperson of the National Joint Negotiating Council invites members to a meeting…
CHINA has reinstated a strict lockdown near Beijing, affecting around 400,000 people, after a small surge in cases. The restrictions have come into force in Anxin county in Hebei province near the capital. After the pandemic emerged in China at the end of last year, the country has managed to get new infections to a…
