January 2021

  By Emmerson Njanjamangezi THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) says health authorities need to speedily act to regulate nurse aides being hired to offer palliative care by wealthy Covid-19 patients. Well-off Zimbabweans, who are isolating at home after contracting the virus, are hiring nurse aides to provide them with care during the period, offering between…

SOUTH Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa last night announced that Beitbridge Border Post will be closed this Friday for the rest of the public as a containment measure for the spread of Covid-19. In an address last night, Ramaphosa said at least 20 entry ports including Beitbridge would continue to process only exempted travellers and goods…

  By Tamary Chikiwa BULAWAYO Provincial minister Judith Ncube has warned informal traders and vendors in the city to adhere to lockdown regulations amid reports they are sneaking back to the city’s streets. Following a spike in Covid-19 cases, the government imposed a hard lockdown last week with only businesses offering essential services allowed to…

  TEACHERS’ unions have made sensational claims that at least 200 of their members currently marking recently completed public examinations have tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, the unions want Zimsec to stop the marking until it is safe to continue. “Teachers must use their brains, and not stomachs, during these hard times. “Covid-19…

Blessing Masakadza masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw FIREBRAND MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala believes his arrest is unconstitutional as the law he is being charged under was struck off by the Supreme Court in 2014. Sikhala is being charged with communicating or publishing false statements prejudicial to the State emanating from a social media post he made while…

  By Tamary Chikiwa A BULAWAYO man has filed a court application begging the State to release his vehicle which was impounded by police last year in connection with a burglary case. Bhekimpilo Sithole, who is being represented by lawyers from Pundu and Company, filed his application at the Bulawayo Provincial Magistrate’s Court. Sometime last…

MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has become the latest opposition figure to be arrested for allegedly claiming a police officer killed a baby in Harare last week. Mahere is accused of peddling falsehoods which are prejudicial to the State and causing resentment of the police force. The video was widely shared on various social media…