FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube once again failed to lift the hopes of despondent Zimbabweans when he announced his mid-term budget policy yesterday, the Daily News reports. Among other notable omissions, he failed to address how the country should deal with the United States dollar following the growing rejection of the local currency by many…
DOCTORS have raised alarm over the increasing numbers of local coronavirus (Covid-19) positive cases which are without trace, saying this is an indicator that there is an impending implosion of the virus in the country. This comes as the country recorded 22 local cases on Wednesday with the source of infection for 21 of…
NURSES have written to the government demanding over $200 000 per month if their salaries are to continue being paid in local currency. In the letter dated July 14 to acting Health minister Amon Murwira, the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) said their salaries are too low. “If we are to negotiate for an RTGS amount…
BULAWAYO legislator Anele Ndebele has revived calls for the city’s on-going water crisis to be declared “a state of national disaster” as 13 residents have died due to diarrhoea-related diseases arising from contaminated tap water. Two months ago, government rebuffed calls by residents to declare the city’s water crisis a national disaster citing a report…
TOP flight clubs have called on the responsible authorities to relook the issue of security fees paid to police officers during Premier Soccer League matches. This comes as Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe on Wednesday told the National Assembly that the security officers must be paid by clubs for the services. “Soccer matches are private…
THE late Simon Chimbetu’s commemorations will go ahead next month despite the coronavirus (Covid-19) national lockdown, the organisers have said. Chimbetu also known as “Master of Song” died in 2005 at the age of 50. “Preparations for this year’s edition of Ndarangarira Gamba are at an advanced stage. They are actually going to be…
OPINION BLACK EDWARD Poverty-weary Zimbabwean youths are very bitter. The bitterness stems from lack of opportunities to lead minimally decent lives because of inept leadership. And the underperforming leaders further inflame this bitterness by bleeding the economy through looting and amassing obscene wealth. However, the youths must not feel doomed — there’s hope as…
AT least 11 895 kilogrammes of dagga was recovered in Beitbridge after a police patrol team along Limpopo River intercepted three men carrying two wooden drawers and a wrapped cardboard box which they abruptly abandoned. “The trio fled to the South African side after police informed them that they were under arrest for violating Covid-19…
A RUWA man has been nabbed on allegations of sneaking into his stepdaughter’s blankets before raping and impregnating her. Isaac Whisky, 39, was not asked to plead to a charge of rape when he appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko. He was remanded in custody to today for the State to verify the age of…
THE Coca-Cola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the global beverage giant, has availed funding to boost Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS)’s response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) which has so far claimed 20 lives out of over a thousand people who tested positive to the killer virus. As a result of the partnership, ZRCS) is currently…
