By Fatima Khan HAS the World Health Organisation (WHO) kissed and made up with traditional medicine men and women? Or has it merely realised tough love and tersely worded statements are no way to win hearts and minds? Witness the change in tone in two statements issued by the WHO on herbal medicine and Covid-19…
TikTok has avoided a government-ordered block on new downloads in the US after a judge issued a temporary injunction. The video-sharing app had faced being removed from Apple’s App Store and Android’s Google Play marketplace at midnight local time in Washington DC. Existing US-based users would have been able to have continued using it. But…
FIREBRAND MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, says the struggle for a just and better Zimbabwe for all will never be derailed by the alleged persecution of individuals like him by the State. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the larger-than-life Zengeza West legislator also vowed that…
CRIMINAL Investigation Department (CID) boss, Crispen Charumbira, will spend the next fortnight in remand prison following his court appearance on corruption charges yesterday. Charumbira, the national director at the CID, allegedly interfered with lawful arrests by ordering his subordinates to abort some criminal investigations. He was represented by Tabson Bvekwa and Sylvester Hashiti when he…
AFTER a careful analysis of all the factors, it is apparent there is still a long way before the local football season can start during this coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The 2020 domestic season should have commenced in March but it could not kick off after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown and banned all sporting…
AS the government continues to ease coronavirus national lockdown measures, artists are hoping they will be the next industry to be given the green light to resume their activities, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as the government has announced the dates for the opening of schools, a development that has revived hope…
ZIMBABWE’S cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ), food basket for a low income family of six, rose to $14 438 in August from $14 256 in July, representing a 1,27 percent increase. This comes as prices of basic goods and services in the country increased in August although annual…
THE United Nations (UN) says it is committed to finding solutions to assist landlocked developing countries, including Zimbabwe, whose debt crisis has been exacerbated by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This emerged during the annual ministerial meeting for foreign ministers of landlocked developing countries at the 2020 UN General Assembly. Speaking during the meeting, UN secretary-general…
POLICE have launched a manhunt for suspected 30 machete-wielding gangsters who wreaked havoc at a business centre in Fort Rixon near Bulawayo assaulting people and destroying property last week, the Daily News on Sunday reports. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere / Isitsheketsha Kasiphele and No to Machete Gangs, launched late…
LARGER than life MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala was last week released on bail from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison after spending nearly five weeks in remand custody on allegations of inciting public violence before the foiled July 31 demonstration. The Daily News on Sunday Senior Staff Writer Blessings Mashaya caught up with Sikhala who…
