THE government says it is monitoring the Covid-19 situation in learning institutions before schools are allowed to resume sporting activities amid fears of a fifth wave of the pandemic. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, called on citizens to be vaccinated saying it was the only sure way…
ZIMBABWEANS showed little appetite for yesterday’s planned national shutdown, with analysts calling on activists to adopt new strategies to push authorities to…
MEN are at the top of the list for mental health patient admissions at Ingutsheni Central Hospital, at 75 percent of the total cases at the country’s biggest referral hospital for such conditions. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ingutsheni Hospital clinical director Wellington Ranga said men who get admitted at the hospital presented multiple mental health…
A Zimbabwean woman, Josphene Mudzingwa, was recently elected as the councillor for Benton, United Kingdom (UK) under the Labour party ticket. The Chirumanzu-born Mudzingwa garnered 1577 votes with the Conservative party candidate getting 534 votes. Speaking to Daily News yesterday, Mudzingwa, who has lived in the UK for 22 years, said getting elected as a councillor in a…
THE Zimbabwe Passengers Transport Organization (ZPTO) is targeting to buy 1 300 buses this year after the authorities said they are liberalising the country’s transport sector. Zupco has been enjoying monopoly in the transport sector since 2020 after the government gazetted Statutory Instrument 83 of 2020 putting a blanket ban on commuter omnibuses on the…
FORMER Warriors players Dickson Choto, Justice Majabvi and David Sengu have been evicted from their rented Harare offices owned by a local real estate agency over non-payment of $1 001 547.06 in rentals. The trio through their company, Four Prosper Investments (Private) Limited, cited as the first respondent, were served with summons by Zimre Property Investments…
VICTORIA Falls City Council is struggling to keep its operations afloat ostensibly because the ongoing loss of value in local currency is immensely eating into its annual budget. This emerged during last Friday’s stakeholders’ consultation over fluctuating economic headwinds which have left the council operating with a deficit of more than $15 million from its…
FORMER Zesa Holdings group chief executive Joshua Chifamba together with the company’s group secretary Saidi Sangula and the legal officer Garikayi Churu are fighting to be cleared of criminal abuse of duty charges. The trio is accused of engaging a law firm Chihambakwe, Mutizwa and Partners Legal Firm to carry out debt collection services for…
THE State is pushing to have businessman Felix Munyaradzi stand trial on allegations of obstructing the course of justice. However, Munyaradzi believes the State was abusing the court process as the charges were quashed by the High Court. Munyaradzi was summoned to appear in court yesterday on allegations of trying to influence police commissioner Erasmus…
TRANSPORTER Everjoice Rimbi, nee Sithole, the estranged wife of Decent, Rimbi Travel and Tours proprietor, has ceded eight percent of her shareholding over a US$5 000 debt. Rimbi was issued summons by a local company, Loanex Zimbabwe (Private) Limited, directing her to pay US$5 000 within five days. She, however, said she was not able…
