By Aaron Nhawu nhawua@dailynews.co.zw DESPITE the devastating effects Covid-19 has had on general life and the sporting calendar, the Zimbabwe Volleyball Association (ZVA) is looking forward to a better 2021. This comes as the country has been plunged back into a lockdown and the government has banned all sporting activities for the next 30 days….
BUSINESS WRITER CONTROVERSIAL investor Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) has lost its platinum mining claims in Zimbabwe after failing to develop them for the past 11 years, The Financial Gazette can reveal. Senior government officials said the Kazakhstan-based mining firm recently sent two emissaries to try and renegotiate a new deal after the government…
THE country’s main opposition party, the MDC, recently held a chaotic extraordinary congress that elected Douglas Mwonzora as the new president. Mwonzora has pledged to work with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his rivals, among them Nelson Chamisa of the MDC Alliance. Below are excerpts of the interview with the Daily News’ Senior Staff Writer, Blessings…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw NEW MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, says the continuing active participation of elements of Zanu PF’s vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction in the affairs of the MDC Alliance is jeopardising prospects for a united opposition in the country ahead of the crucial 2023 elections. This notwithstanding, Mwonzora told the Daily…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITERS HEALTH experts have implored authorities to complement the re-introduced coronavirus lockdown measures with heightened testing of as many people as possible, to curb the spiralling infections in the country. This comes amid soaring deaths and numbers of people infected with Covid-19, which saw the government re-introducing…
Anesu Mirisawu STAFF WRITER mirisawua@dailynews.co.zw POPULAR Zimdancehall producer DJ Fantan and David House International promoter Boss Dammer have been arrested for organising a Covid-19 super spreader New Year Eve party in Mbare. Fantan, whose real name is Arnold Kamudyariwa, and Dammer — real name Simbarashe Chanachimwe — were picked up yesterday after a huge…
IT DID not surprise many Zimbabweans that the authorities have imposed a stiffened coronavirus stay-at-home order which has re-introduced a duskto-dawn curfew, which comes into effect tomorrow. This is welcome because Zimbabwe is now reeling from the deadly second wave of coronavirus, which saw 29 people dying in the country last week alone — amid…
ZESA has started charging for electricity in foreign currency as it steps up efforts to increase its capacity to import power from neighbouring suppliers. The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of the power utility, revealed that bill payment and token purchases can now be done using the prevailing foreign currency auction…
By Tamary ChikiwaA MPILO Central Hospital authorities have dismissed, as fake, reports that the southern region’s biggest referral institution had recorded 206 Covid-19 positive cases among members of staff in the last week. This comes as social media was awash with a purported statement from the hospital claiming that 87 general nurses, 68 student nurses,…
By Nyasha Dube THE government has approved the proposed budgets of at least 52 local authorities, with another 24 set to be analysed by the end of this week, the Daily News reports. Local Government minister July Moyo said the government will take action against 14 non-compliant local municipalities which are yet to submit their…
