Austin Karonga Staff Writer karongaa@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw DESPITE over two decades of love for the wild and tourism industry, coronavirus has dealt a blow to businesses hinged on free travel, says Jason Turner, general manager for tourism at the award-winning Singita Pamushana Lodge in Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve, Chiredzi. “The Covid-19 pandemic has had a drastic impact…
SINDISO MHLOPE Senior Staff Writer msindiso@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw AS ZIMBABWE’S political and economic crises continue to deepen, analysts have delivered a damning assessment of the country’s opposition, the Daily News on Sunday reports. Speaking during a virtual meeting that was organised by SAPES Trust last week to discuss South Africa’s role in Zimbabwe’s ongoing crises, the…
Blessings Mashaya and Sindiso Mlophe OVER a dozen suspected armed robbers pounced movie-style on the affluent Borrowdale Hospital Trauma Centre yesterday —an incident that was captured on CCTV, the Daily News on Sunday reports. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident saying the police were currently investigating the matter. Trauma Centre owner, prominent…
SINDISO MHLOPE Senior Staff Writer msindiso@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw IN A major blow to the country’s public health sector, 70 staff members at Parirenyatwa Hospital’s coronavirus treatment centre have tested positive for the lethal disease, the Daily News on Sunday reports. The hospital said at the weekend that the increase in the number of health workers testing positive…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessing Masakadza ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi says he has been alerted to fresh corruption allegations at Zesa Holdings (Zesa) — and specifically being perpetrated by executive chairperson Sydney Gata — and which the government will thoroughly investigate. The development comes as the electricity concern has been dogged by graft allegations since…
Maxwell Sibanda and Vasco Chaya ZIMBABWEANS from all walks of life yesterday celebrated the life of the late Mbira Queen Chiwoniso Maraire who died in 2013. Others took to social media where they recounted the moments they shared with the legendary mbira player and hugely gifted singer. The United States of America Embassy in…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES said yesterday that they had deployed more security forces around the country, to force compliance with Covid-19 regulations, including the recently imposed dusk to dawn national curfew, the Daily News reports. This comes as there are growing concerns that even more urban commuters will violate the new curfew…
ZIMBABWE international Marvelous Nakamba and his Aston Villa teammates go into tomorrow’s English Premier League match at West Ham fully aware there is no room for error. Villa’s stay in the top flight is under threat going into the final game of the 2019-20 season and could end in tears for Nakamba and his teammates…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Hebert Gomba, who is facing allegations of converting State land to council land and parcelling it out to a housing cooperative in Mufakose at the expense of another cooperative, has been denied bail. The State had opposed his admission to pre-trial freedom, arguing that the likelihood of interference…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ANALYSTS have said the South African government’s foreign policy based on politics of solidarity and a brotherly stance has failed Zimbabwe which is on the brink of collapse, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe is experiencing its worst socio-economic crisis in a decade characterised by hyperinflation, foreign…
