THREE Bulawayo residents who were arrested over the weekend in connection with the July 31 anti-government demonstration have been released on bail. The trio; Nigel Ndlovu, a media entrepreneur and freelance journalist, Nyasha Lydia Muzaba and a Nust student Methembe Msipha were released on $1 000 bail each when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Shephered…
THE Avenues Clinic in Harare has reopened its accident and casualty unit after it had been temporarily closed for disinfection after their staff members were exposed to coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes at a time when hospitals are turning away patients without test results to prove that they do not have Covid-19. In a statement, the…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw SOUTH African celebrities and public figures took to social media in support of Zimbabweans under the hashtag #ZimbabweanLivesMatter. The hashtag which calls on the African Union to respond to Zimbabwean government’s violence against citizens, has since gone viral, attracting over 300 000 tweets yesterday. Former South Africa opposition leader Mmusi…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw CONDOLENCE messages continue to pour in for the late former Dynamos chairperson Philip Mugadza, whose burial has now been pushed to the weekend to allow some of his children to travel from abroad. Mugadza, who had a history of hypertension, died on Saturday at his Harare home shortly before he…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zwAMID the country’s deepening political and economic crises, church leaders have once again implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, to take the initiative to launch inclusive national dialogue to heal the nation. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, a number of prominent clerics said as the situation continued to take…
IT IS now very clear to all those who choose to see, that no matter what long-suffering Zimbabweans try to do to lift themselves out of their decades-old misery, they are on a hiding to nothing as long as the narrow interests of politicians hold sway. In fact, and to be brutally frank, Zimbabwe’s long-standing…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO ZIMBABWEAN immigrants have once again been given a reprieve after the South African government extended the expiry date of their visas to October. Thousands of Zimbabweans in that country were facing deportation following the expiry of their visas after travel restrictions induced by the Covid-19 lockdown were imposed. However, many had…
A LOCAL businessman, Shepherd Chiringa, has been arrested for allegedly swindling the Defence ministry of over $2 million. Chiringa, the director of Cherly Ethan Travel Services, allegedly connived with Defence ministry finance director Denison Muvandi, who is on the run, to defraud the ministry by falsely claiming that he had facilitated travel for 79 army…
MANY people failed to purchase electricity tokens countrywide via electronic platforms at the weekend. The power utility’s customers had to endure long hours without power as they also could not access the service in supermarkets and other prepaid electricity outlets since most businesses were closed for the weekend. To make matters worse, in Harare, the…
TOXICITY on social media is carving out a new niche for mainstream media companies, as globally, major players in the industry pour resources into building trust in an era of fake news and “alternative facts”. This was a theme that emerged during News24’s Future of News Summit last week. Fin24 editor Ron Derby moderated a…
