ASSISTANT EDITOR ZIMBABWE Election Support Netwwork (Zesn) this week received numerous reports of running battles between police and vendors from its Long Term Observers (LTOs) resident in the 210 National Assembly Constituencies. Zesn said many of the vendors have since resorted to selling their wares in their backyards for fear of arrest. “However this is…
THE arrest of MDC Alliance vice president Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, in Harare on Friday has opened a can of worms within the country’s afflicted opposition, with accusations flying around furiously as to how he ended up being nabbed by authorities, the Daily News reports. Yesterday, two party members who had been living with Sikhala in…
ZIMBABWE witnessed a surge in malaria cases this year, which has seen at least 364 people succumbing to the disease — at a time that the country has also been battling with Covid-19, the Daily News reports. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 361 000 people were this year infected by the…
THE MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa has described the recall of Harare mayor Herbert Gomba and five others by the MDC-T camp led by Thokozani Khupe as a ploy to destroy the opposition party. Gomba was recalled together with Hammy Madzingira (Ward 10), Kudzai Kadzombe (Ward 41), Gaudencia Marere (Ward 32), Costa Mande (Ward…
STRIKING nurses have received their July and August salaries despite the Health Services Board (HSB’s) no-work, no-pay principle. Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Enock Dongo confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they were paid double their normal salaries this month to compensate for last month. “The majority of nurses who did not receive salaries in…
POPULAR preacher Nixon Chibuzor Ohizu, 46, the leader of Empowerment Ministries Church along Seke Road, Harare, has been arrested on allegations of bribery. He allegedly tried to bribe National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) officials to reverse the cancellation of a lease agreement between his church and NRZ. Ohizu was not asked to plead to the…
UNITED Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has appealed for US$70,9 million to help Zimbabwe deal with a worsening humanitarian crisis. The international organisation mandated to provide humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, said as of July 31 funding totalling about US$30,7 million, about 30 percent of the total 2020 funding requirement, had been received from…
GULLIBLE investors lost US$2 million to a suspected pyramid scheme in Harare. This was revealed at the Harare Magistrates’ Court at the weekend where Richard Samunda of Berven Capital in Milton Park was accused of violating provisions of the Banking Act. He was not asked to plead to the charges. It is alleged that sometime…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw SOUTH Africa based promoter and cleric Chenjerai Kangausaru has decided to channel most of his resources towards the development of his rural area during this Covid-19 period. This comes as the arts sector is grounded in line with the Covid-19 regulations. “When we promote music, we usually do so to…
POOR governance and a lack of transparency remain the major impediments to Zimbabwe’s quest for economic stability and recovery, a British think tank has said. Taking over after former President Robert Mugabe’s 36-year reign in November 2017, the current administration had promised sweeping reforms to bring the economy back on track, but the situation has…
