SAN communities in Tsholotsho and some parts of Plumtree have reportedly been shunning the Covid-19 vaccination programme despite the dangers posed by the deadly respiratory virus. This comes as a total of 633 635 people have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and 288 437 their second dose across the country. However, the…
ZANU PF Harare province has a serious headache over land barons and has written a letter to the party leadership saying it is now finding it difficult to mobilise supporters ahead of the 2023 elections. In a May 13 letter addressed to Zanu PF chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, the party’s Harare provincial chair Godwills Masimirembwa urged…
A MOUNT Darwin nurse has approached the High Court seeking $4 million in damages from the wife of a co-worker, who accused her of having an affair with her husband. In summons filed at the court, Nyasha Katsande, who is a theatre nurse at Mount Darwin Hospital, cited Rumbidzai Chundu, who is the wife of…
A CHINESE national is facing a possibility of a five-year jail term after he was caught at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport with 21 grammes of gold on his way to Mali. Tao Jianming pleaded guilty to the offence and was remanded in custody to today for continuation of the hearing. His lawyer Alec…
ARMED robbers fired three shots before raiding a Choppies Supermarket in Parklands, Bulawayo yesterday where they got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. When the Daily News crew visited the scene, residents as well as the security guards, who were manning the premises were in shock. One of the security guards alleged that the armed robbers,…
THE government has crafted a new law which criminalises unscrupulous traders who sell their wares using black market foreign currency rates, as the country’s economy continues to stabilise and authorities bid to calm prices of goods further. Speaking at a meeting in Harare yesterday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the newly-enacted Statutory Instrument (SI) codifying…
THE tourism industry is showing significant strides of recovery from the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, but failure to access loans by industry players threatens to derail the revival efforts, Tourism minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has said. Speaking during a breakfast meeting held in Harare yesterday to discuss the uptake of the Tourism Support Facility,…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo has called on the country’s criminal justice system to be impartial and maintain high standards of integrity to boost the fight against graft. Matanda-Moyo said this yesterday in her opening remarks during a Transparency International Zimbabwe-organised indaba on corruption in the legal system in Zimbabwe held in…
THE Indian government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have donated 20 ambulances to Zimbabwe in a development set to improve the country’s public health sector. Speaking during the handover ceremony at Sally Mugabe Hospital in Harare yesterday, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who doubles as the Health minister, said the donation was a clear sign…
ALL-FEMALE musical group, Breeze has collaborated with Botswana-based music producer and singer Dr Tawanda on a new single titled Kutemberi (Temple). The single will officially be launched simultaneously in Botswana and South Africa tomorrow with the group hoping to inspire people during these trying times of the Covid-19 pandemic. “The single seeks to remind people that God…
