July 2020

Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira, who is facing allegations of criminal abuse of office after allegedly seconding his personal assistant to the board of the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) without due process, has raised complaints against the conduct of the State in handling…

THE State wants bail revoked for lawyer Tapiwa Makanza who is accused of filling a case with a fictitious name at the Constitutional Court while challenging the appointment of the Prosecutor-General. Makanza, who is jointly charged with Joshuwa Chirambwe, is out on $20 000 bail and the State alleges he is interfering with investigations which…

A total of 13 student nurses at Mpilo Central Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19 amid concern that frontline health workers remain exposed to the deadly pandemic. This comes as 14 nurses at the same institution also tested positive for the virus last month. Earlier on, about 197 health workers were sent on self-isolation after…

A 42-YEAR-OLD man from Chitungwiza landed himself in trouble after he was arrested for stealing a billboard at the National Sports Stadium. Phillip Maphosa was seen cutting the billboard into pieces outside the stadium premises before fleeing from security guards. He admitted to theft charge when he appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko. Maphosa is…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw VARIOUS stakeholders have called on the government to design a comprehensive strategy which will see Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operating as the government moves to tighten the national lockdown, owing to the increasing coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. This comes as the country’s confirmed cases have reached 1 064, with…