July 2020

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw This comes as the Health Apex Council met with the government in the Bipartite Negotiating Panel on Tuesday, where the government indicated that there would be no salary increase for the health workers for the next three months given that they were offered a 50 percent increase and US$75…

CHITUNGWIZA council nurses have been accused of demanding payment from mothers for immunisation of their infants. According to parents who spoke to the Daily News yesterday, they were being asked to make payments of US$5 or the equivalent in rand for their infants to be immunised. One parent who spoke on condition of anonymity said…

A SUSPECTED fraudster has been nabbed on allegations of posing as a public prosecutor at the High Court and swindling a desperate man of US$550. Berven Chipunza, 32, appeared in court on allegations of fraud, and alternately impersonating a public official. He denied the allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Sheunesu Matova. He was…

HARARE City Council’s parking unit — City Parking — has said it is planning to expand its business outside the Central Business District to include various shopping centres. The company’s managing director, Simon Muzviyo, told the Daily News yesterday that following a presentation they made to the council last month, they are now geared to…

Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is having a massive headache trying to recover billions of dollars stashed outside the country in the form of funds and properties, the Daily News reports. This comes after the organisation in February this year said it had identified properties worth over US$7 billion,…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’S largest sugar producer, Tongaat Hullet (Tongaat), recorded a 11 percent decrease in sugar production for the year ended March 31, 2020 owing to a decline in the volume and quality of cane, the Daily News reports. In a statement accompanying the group’s abridged audited financial results, Tongaat indicated…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday revealed that Cabinet has relaxed the coronavirus (Covid-19) mitigation measures and approved the re-opening of safari operations for local hunting and for restaurants to serve sit-in meals at 50 percent of their capacity. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently announced that the country…

Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw   Zimbabwe’s fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus received a boost when the Econet Group handed over 400 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth $347,341 to Parirenyatwa Hospital, with United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) scheduled to receive its consignment later this week. The donated PPEs consist of PVC overalls, overshoes, heavy-duty gloves, goggles,…

Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw United Kingdom based Econet founder and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa, who also serves as African Union Special Envoy for COVID-19, has donated 120 000 Test Kits to Zimbabwe, along with Mobile Test Laboratories to be used at the country’s border posts. The donation of Test Kits also includes 50 000 of…