WITH cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) continuing to rise in the country, the government must exercise extreme caution in relaxing measures it employed to arrest and mitigate the spread of the pandemic when it decreed a national lockdown on March 30. As of Wednesday night, the country had recorded 605 positive cases of the lethal disease,…
THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has postponed its research week due to the obtaining coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. According to a notice by the university, the research week was scheduled for next week. “The University of Zimbabwe regrets to inform its esteemed researchers and innovators, invited guests, strategic partners, UZ Alumni and the general public that…
TWO employees at the Zimbabwe Republic Police National Armaments workshop have appeared in court on allegations of conniving with two fellow employees to steal five pistols. Nhawu Jongwe and Wellington Nata were not asked to plead to allegations of theft when they appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko. The two were remanded to September 3….
Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw TRIATHLON Zimbabwe (TZ) has given Pamela Fulton a fresh mandate to continue as national team coach following her recent appointment. “As per the TZ constitution requirements and following careful consideration, we are pleased to announce that the executive board has appointed…Fulton as the national coach for triathlon,” TZ said in…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw TWO women from Harare’s Avenues area have been arrested on allegations of detaining a man, undressing him and extorting $120 000 from him as compensation for spending a day with one of them. Lawrence Mberi reportedly picked up one of the ladies, Faith Catherine Togara, and spent the night with…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw THE Supreme Court has released prominent Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya from a week-long incarceration after the Bulawayo High Court revoked his bail together with eight other accused persons on theft allegations involving gold worth US$1 million. Rubaya is jointly charged with Jefat Chaganda and eight others, Plumtree regional magistrate Timeon…
FIVE MDC Alliance MPs who were last week recalled from Parliament have challenged the recalls in the High Court. Bacillia Majaya, Macharairwa Mugido, Annah Myambo, Fransisca Ncube and Nomathemba Ndlovu want an order setting aside National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda’s decision to recall them at the instigation of the MDC-T. The latest recall of the…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO TENS of thousands of Zimbabweans based in South Africa have reportedly benefited from that country’s coronavirus (Covid-19) relief funds. This comes after hundreds of Zimbabweans based in the neighbouring country have been trickling back home owing to challenges brought about by the pandemic. Those returning have been quarantined at the country’s…
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) welcomes the move by the government to come up with a Census and Statistics Amendment Bill of 2020 to enable the delimitation of electoral boundaries to be conducted well in time before the 2023 elections. Gazetted on June 12, this Bill will amend the Census and Statistics Act so…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Music Rights Association (Zimura) has paid $0,75 each to five musicians in royalties while the highest paid singer got $40 000, the Daily News reports. Zimura said it paid a total of $2 million to musicians this week. “Musicians are getting 10 times or more than what they got…
