HUNDREDS of National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students are stuck in Bulawayo and cannot go back home due to the inter-city travel restrictions, forcing them to appeal for food donations. Following a surge in Covid-19 cases, the government closed all learning institutions, including universities, and a number of learners who stayed outside Bulawayo…
ONE of the three suspects who were recently nabbed by detectives in the city after being found in possession of about 6kg of ivory has finally been granted bail by the High Court. Godknows Nyoni, 32, of Insiza is jointly charged with Admire Gomba, 44, and Promise Lunga, 21, of Lupane for contravening the Parks…
THE Agricultural Rural Development Authority (Arda) has approached the High Court seeking to evict 12 Harare residents who are allegedly occupying its land in Stoneridge. In summons filed at the High Court, Arda cited Rangarirayi Muzvanya, Anderson Mutenje and 10 other residents as defendants. Arda, which claims to be the rightful owner of a farm…
THE current coronavirus drumfire has not spared the country’s health workers, with authorities revealing yesterday that about 5 000 of them — including doctors and nurses — had contracted the virulent respiratory disease, while 24 others had succumbed to the pandemic so far. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the executive chairperson of the Health Services Board…
THE National Aids Council (Nac) outreach programmes to help fight HIV/Aids have been negatively affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Nac chief executive Bernard Madzima said the travel restrictions that have been in place ever since the outbreak Covid-19 have made it difficult to conduct their work in most areas around the country. Speaking during a…
ONE of Zimbabwe’s largest seed companies, SeedCo, yesterday launched a vaccination campaign at the Mandebvu community in Mt Hampden to help complement the government’s drive to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19. Most of the seed manufacturer’s workforce at their headquarters is drawn from the Mandebvu area. This comes as the government gave the private sector…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has put forward three traffic by-laws for possible amendment to ease congestion once the Attorney General (AG) ratifies them, the Daily News has been told. Every year, HCC earmarks at least 26 by-laws for review so that they keep them in sync with international standards. HCC acting chamber secretary Warren Chiwawa yesterday…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has tasked a group of business people led by Philip Chiyangwa to build a US$140 million war chest for the Zanu PF 2023 general elections campaign. This comes as the ruling party has set itself a target to mobilise five million voters for the watershed elections in which Mnangagwa is set to…
VIOLENCE erupted again in the opposition last week after MDC Alliance youths attacked Kwekwe councillors they accused of aligning themselves with MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured. MDC spokesperson Witness Dube told the Daily News yesterday that the incident occurred during the burial on Thursday of Kwekwe deputy mayor Shadreck Tobaiwa who succumbed to Covid-19. Dube said the…
MORE woes mount for a Harare woman, who is accused of swindling a local businessman of US$488 000 in a botched mining deal in which she name-dropped President’s Emmerson Mnangagwa’s name, after the State withdrew its bail consent. Eustine Charambira is facing fraud allegations and the State had consented to her bail if she surrendered…
