THE government has resolved to review the payment model for Covid-19 vaccinators’ allowances by making them performance-based as a way to accelerate the ongoing national inoculation programme. This comes as the country has so far vaccinated 1 674 710 people against a national target of 10 million by the end of the year as the…
THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform is working on a draft bill that seeks to change the country’s electoral laws ahead of the 2023 polls, National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku has said. This comes amid concerns by opposition political parties and other electoral stakeholders that the country’s electoral laws do not provide for…
KADOMA businessman Jimayi Muduvuri, who has just recovered from Covid-19, says the illness has inspired him to renovate an isolation centre in his home town as he seeks to embark on other initiatives aimed at complementing the government efforts in fighting the pandemic. Muduvuri, who spent 21 days on a ventilator after being infected by…
HEALTH experts have warned the country to brace for a fourth wave of the lethal coronavirus, despite the number of infections in the country seemingly stabilising in the last few days. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the experts also urged citizens to continue heeding calls to get vaccinated — warning that as long as the country…
FORMER vice president Kembo Mohadi has pleaded with Zimbabweans to give President Emmerson Mnangagwa more time to turn around the country’s fortunes judging by the way he has steered the economy since taking over from the late former president Robert Mugabe. Addressing Zanu PF Midlands provincial leadership at the weekend, Mohadi said the government must…
INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere says current laws are weak to deal with cybercrimes and that the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill is meant to address the inadequacies. This comes as the Bill, which was passed by the Senate last week, was referred back to the Upper House after some spelling errors…
THE country’s second city has become the latest local authority to struggle with space to bury people due to soaring Covid-19 deaths. Apart from having to deal with high local coronavirus deaths, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is also having to contend with more bodies of Zimbabweans who would have succumbed to the lethal disease…
MDC Alliance Bulawayo provincial executive says it is still in the dark on the outcome of a probe conducted by the national executive in June following serious factional fights in the province. The party leader Nelson Chamisa dispatched a five-member team to Bulawayo led by one of his deputies, Lynnette Karenyi-Kore, in a bid to…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, is considering President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s invitation to him to join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform, in a move which could spur national talks aimed at resolving Zimbabwe’s decades-long challenges. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mwonzora said he would be convening an MDC national council meeting to deliberate on the invitation…
THE government says Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has not contracted Covid-19 and is in China for his routine medical check-ups. This comes amid reports that hundreds of guests were removed from a luxury hotel in Beijing after a member of Chiwenga’s entourage was found to have been infected by the lethal coronavirus. Presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, yesterday…
