THE government has suspended face-to-face lectures across all tertiary institutions owing to the soaring cases of the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes as the country’s Covid-19 cases have surpassed 1 700 with 26 deaths and 472 recoveries from these. It also comes as the government recently deferred reopening of schools that had been scheduled for…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw FORMER vice president Phelekezela Mphoko, who is accused of corruptly ordering the release of two former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officials at a Harare police station, will stand trial on August 19. Yesterday, his application for exception was dismissed by regional magistrate Trynois Utahwashe. Mphoko, through his legal practitioners,…
HARARE City Council principal housing officer Edgar Dzehonye was yesterday slapped with another graft charge, accused of offering housing stands to public officials, among them a magistrate, prosecutor and senior and junior cops. The matter saw Admore Nhekairo, the city’s housing director, being denied bail on Monday. The State alleged the public officials who were…
THE surging numbers of coronavirus (Covid-19)cases in the country’s prisons is a public health disaster unfolding before our eyes. Recent reports that several prisoners and correctional officers at Bulawayo and Grey prisons in Bulawayo tested positive for Covid-19 should send alarm bells to those in authority that more needs to be done for prisons to…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO-based brand activist and conceptual strategist Godwill Tasunga believes the Covid-19 pandemic was to some extent a blessing in disguise to the artists as it has given them an opportunity to think deep outside the box and embrace the new technology. Better known as G – Factor in the arts fraternity,…
MBIRA teacher Trust Mutekwa, pictured, has been nominated for the Global Teacher Prize Award courtesy of Varkey Foundation. Mutekwa is one of the 50 finalists vying for the prestigious gong and is now competing for a place in the Top 10. The award comes with a cool US$1 million. “In 2018 . . . Mutekwa,…
Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw THE 2020 Zimbabwe National Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships (formerly Mr Zim) have been cancelled due to the continued spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19). Since March the government has imposed a nationwide lockdown which is still in place to curb the spread of the novel virus. In recent weeks, Zimbabwe has…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw THE Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA) has warned Zifa and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) to avoid creating a disaster should they get the nod to resume football in September. Zifa and PSL are increasingly confident of a September kickoff and the association’s health and competitions committees have drafted a…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zwAWARD-winning novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga has joined musicians Edith WeUtonga, Sani Makhalima and Takura among others who have publicly condemned the recent arrest of politician Jacob Ngarivhume among several activists who have been arrested as the July 31 demonstration looms. On Monday, Dangarembga staged a one person demonstration in the capital over…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw INTERIM MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has indefinitely postponed the party’s extraordinary congress that was scheduled for July 31 on account of the government’s lockdown measures, the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe found herself in the proverbial rock and hard place after the government barred her from holding…
