Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw IN A surprising development, expelled former Zanu PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, has sensationally claimed that some ruling party bigwigs are involved in the organisation of the planned July 31 mass protests against the government, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zanu PF is once again beset…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT-OWNED fuel retailer Petrotrade has called on authorities to liberalise the country’s fuel industry to allow players to procure and sell fuel in foreign currency, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government admitted last week that the fuel crisis would persist as it was facing challenges securing…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Limited (ARC), an insurance agency set up by the African Union, has paid more than $US1 million to the government and over US$290 000 to the World Food Programme (WFP) to enhance Zimbabwe’s response to the effects of successive droughts. This comes as…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THERE are renewed calls for authorities to reimpose a tighter national coronavirus lockdown following a worrying surge in the number of locally-transmitted cases in the country, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe recorded 98 new cases of people infected with the disease on Wednesday — its single…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has received a major boost in its fight against the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) following donations of over 134 oxygen concentrators by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), the Daily News reports. Unicef further availed 968 solar-driven refrigerators in support of Zimbabwe’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation to strengthen…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw A SOLDIER attached to the Presidential Guard is in trouble for allegedly waylaying motorists giving way at the N Richards intersection along the Harare-Bulawayo Road, smashing car windows and grabbing their wares. John Millard Johnson reportedly ran out of luck when two motorists managed to chase and catch him, resulting…
IT WAS Francis Bacon, the prominent philosopher and politician, who said rather flamboyantly that silence is the virtue of fools. What the former attorney general and Lord Chancellor of England meant when he said this 400 years ago was that one would be a fool to keep their mouth shut when something needed to be…
THE National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has suspended the blood coupon system for all hospitals and resolved to exclusively charge in United States (US) dollars for its services owing to the country’s deteriorating economic situation. This comes as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to lose value against major currencies, prompting businesses to prefer charging in the…
FOUR City of Harare employees who are facing allegations of fraudulently selling council land and pocketing over US$1 million have been denied bail. Principal housing officer Edgar Dzehonye; Tineyi Kureva, Samantha Bobosibunu Maserere, from the water department; and Wellington Tauya — a general worker — who are facing allegations of fraud, or alternatively criminal abuse…
THE Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO), Clever Isaya, as the company is moving towards digital solutions that will enable the organisation to service the nation amid disruptions brought about by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as the Covid-19 pandemic has shifted the way businesses operate, calling for…
