The eviction ban in England and Wales has been extended by four weeks, the government has announced. Ministers had come under pressure to extend the ban beyond Monday – when it was due to end – amid warnings thousands of renters could lose their homes otherwise. The measure was announced in March because of the…
California is struggling to contain huge wildfires burning forests and homes warned Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday as more than 12,000 fire-fighters battle the blazes that have killed six people. Help is on its way from several US states as Gov Newsom put in a plea for assistance from Australia and Canada. “These fires are…
Below is an outline of the Voter registration functions of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) as drafted by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) in the recently launched Draft Comprehensive Electoral Amendment Bill. Commission to prepare voters rolls After determining, in terms of section 83, the places where polling stations are to be situated…
Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Karate Union vice president Shihan Tawanda Mufundisi has bemoaned the eroding of discipline within the up and coming karatekas as a result of the Covid-19 induced lockdown that has rendered athletes idle. “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop, we were slowly but confidently winning the battle and idleness…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has urged the public to respect the sanctity of human life and avoid taking matters into their hands after 16 people were murdered within a week, the Daily News reports. “ZRP notes with concern the upsurge in murder cases during the period extending from August…
Austin Karonga STAFF WRITER Karongaa@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday sent a message of condolence to the family of former University of Zimbabwe history associate professor, Chengetai Jonas Mudadirwa Zvobgo, pictured, who passed on in Harare on Tuesday after a protracted stroke-related battle. He passed on at St Giles Medical Rehabilitation Centre aged 78. He is…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, pictured, yesterday said the country partly dollarised to allow citizens to use foreign currency they get from their relatives in the diaspora, the Daily News reports. Addressing a virtual press conference jointly held by the RBZ and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority,…
TOURISM minister Mangaliso Ndlovu says the government is finalising the structuring of the sector’s satellite accounts, for Zimbabwe to accurately record the industry’s revenue, which he says is currently understated. This comes as the ministry is targeting to bring the sector’s revenue up to US$5 billion by 2025, from US$1,3 billion in 2018. “A lot…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw TRADITIONAL leaders should join the fight against soaring cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in the wake of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic- induced national lockdown, Heal Zimbabwe Trust has said. This comes as the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Gender Protocol Barometer 2020 recently revealed that 68 percent of women…
VICE PRESIDENT and also Health minister Constantino Chiwenga on Tuesday tabled in Cabinet an ambitious restructuring strategy to transform public health delivery service which has been comatose for a considerable time. Chiwenga said among his top priorities would be ensuring an end to the perennial industrial action by doctors, nurses and other health workers over…
