BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic with the local authority revealing that payment of bills by residents has drastically gone down. Bulawayo is one of the cities in Zimbabwe whose economy is highly informalised owing to de-industrialisation with many companies relocating either to Harare or outside the country. With…
THE Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) says widespread heavy rainfall and fertiliser shortages across the country will likely contribute to a reduction in national crop yields. Heavy rains, coupled with the occurrences of Tropical Storm Chalane and Tropical Cyclone Eloise, have led to average to above-average rainfall from October to January. This has…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Chitungwiza deputy mayor Frederick Mabamba accused of parcelling out land for sale to desperate home-seekers will spend the weekend in custody after he was denied bail yesterday. Mabamba is facing 18 counts of fraud involving U$13 million and $845 billion in local currency with the investigating officer claiming…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AS AUTHORITIES fight to procure much-needed Covid-19 vaccines, health experts have warned that the country faces a third wave of the lethal disease — unless the jabs arrive ahead of winter and citizen discipline also improves. In addition, the experts also told the Daily News yesterday, that the country needed to embark…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE arrest of foreign investors in the country is counter-productive and could destroy the goodwill that Zimbabwe has internationally, lawyers representing businessman Ali Mohamad have argued. This comes after the businessman — a director of a company called Ali Japan — was arrested last year together with businesswoman Henrietta…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw ECONOMISTS are predicting a slight increase in the price of basic goods after the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) yesterday announced an eight percent increase in fuel prices. The increase attributed to supply disruptions caused by Covid-19 travel restrictions, now sees petrol costing US$1,26 from US$1,21 while diesel is…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw THE devastating effects of Covid-19 have been laid bare after Anglican Bishop Jonathan Siyachitema lost five members of his family in a space of just weeks. The cleric lost his wife Rosemary and two daughters Elizabeth and another one named after her mother, as well as his siblings —…
Nyasha Dube STAFF WRITER duben@dailynews.co.zw FIDELITY Printers and Refineries (FPR) has approached the High Court seeking protection after claiming that hooligans had invaded their mine in Midlands. FPR, a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, cited Mines minister Winston Chitando, Midlands Provincial mining director Nelson Munyanduri and Jonah Nyevero as respondents. In the lawsuit,…
Godknows Matarutse THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) yesterday released the 2020 Grade 7 results with the body noting a decrease in the national pass rate as compared to the previous year. In announcing the results, Zimsec chairperson Eddie Mwenje revealed a 9,79 percent pass rate decline as compared to the 2019 results, something…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday arrested four suspects in connection with a case of stock theft in Mutare. The four, Leon Muuya ,34, Albert Garira,28 , Justice Ndihana, 28 and Innocent Ngwenya,50 , were arrested following a tip off by members of the public. In a statement yesterday,…
