DESPERATE Zimbabweans have launched an online petition to nudge President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa towards talks, the Daily News reports. The petition, which was started by youth activist Moses Machipisa, has already attracted 2 400 signatures — and is 1 100 shy of the target that was set for it to be presented to…
Jeffrey Muvundusi In BULAWAYO THE decision by Catholic-run private hospital Mater Dei to demand exorbitant fees from coronavirus (Covid-19) patients has apparently caused a furore in the city and beyond. The hospital is demanding US$3 000 for general ward hospitalisation as well as US$5 000 for intensive care unit hospitalisation. The development has attracted criticism…
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has threatened to boycott the 2023 elections, saying there is need for electoral reforms before participating, while also hinting that the opposition party will soon embark on massive protests to deal with the economic and political crises. Speaking at an e-rally in Harare yesterday, the youthful opposition leader said they…
THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has hit the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) hard as the Manicaland-based mining firm is struggling to pay workers who have now gone for months without salaries, the Daily News can report. ZCDC acting chief executive Roberto De Pretto told the Daily News in an interview that the company, like many…
TWO Harare illegal foreign currency dealers were on Thursday robbed of US$12 000 at gunpoint by three men, police have said. The police warned people to desist from illegal trading. “Two men who wanted to engage in illegal foreign currency dealings were robbed at gunpoint by three men in a red Honda Fit on July…
CIVIL servants are planning to embark on crippling protests, saying the government is not taking their plight seriously. This comes as the government indicated that there would be no salary increase for health workers for the next three months because they were offered a 50 percent increase and US$75 coronavirus (Covid-19) allowance valid for the…
THE trend in African politics has had a uniform pattern with incumbent leaders often preferring to cling to power like leeches, which explains the tragic situations the continent’s nation states find themselves in. The general trajectory has been towards decadence — economic, political and social — which has made the continent poorer than it should…
WOMEN’S organisations have called on the government to constantly revisit laws that govern the payment of child maintenance in face of spiralling inflation rates. This comes as the cost of living for the average Zimbabwean continues to rise, with many struggling to afford basic commodities. Women’s Academy Leadership in Political Excellence director Stabile Dewa said…
EXPELLED former Zanu PF youth secretary for the commissariat Godfrey Tsenengamu feels President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to revive the country’s comatose economy. He argues that the only solution is for Mnangagwa to dialogue with MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, but believes the two are arrogant and self-centred. The Daily News on Sunday Senior Writer…
WITH beer halls and bars officially closed because of the coronavirus (Covid-19) national lockdown, shebeens have taken over and like a bush fire, are spreading to the affluent suburbs of Bulawayo. Shebeens, which were usually concentrated in the city’s old suburbs of Mzilikazi, Matshobana and Makokoba among others have since the lockdown now mushroomed in…
