ZANU PF fundraising committee chairperson Philip Chiyangwa yesterday said his team is well positioned to raise a US$140 million war chest for the ruling party’s 2023 harmonised elections campaign. Speaking at a press conference at Zanu PF headquarters to unveil the committee, Chiyangwa said they would meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s expectations in time for the…
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has authorised the use of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccine after the government…
ELECTIONS for the Zanu PF women’s league provincial chairpersons have become the latest battleground for brawling ruling party bigwigs ahead of the…
CIVIL servants in Bulawayo are stampeding to get the Covid-19 vaccine after those who are not vaccinated are being blocked from accessing the Mhlahlandlela government complex in the city.This comes as authorities last week ordered the vaccination of all civil servants, with the head of the Public Service Commission Jonathan Wutawunashe saying the government employees…
TWO truck drivers have been arrested and appeared in court after they were intercepted by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) at Chirundu Border Post while attempting to smuggle fuel into the country, an official has said.Zimra head of corporate communications Francis Chimanda yesterday said that officials discovered that fuel headed for Zambia had been off-loaded…
GOVERNMENT yesterday said the country remains on level 4 lockdown, which among other things will see public schools remain closed, as the country battles a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic characterised by rising new infec- tions and deaths.Addressing journalists at a post-Cabinet media briefing last night, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, warned citizens to remain vigilant…
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday swore-in the new Judge President Mary Zimba-Dube who replaced George Chiweshe, who was recently promoted to the Supreme Court bench. Speaking to journalists during the swearing-in ceremony, Justice ministry permanent secretary Virginia Mabhiza, said that Zimba-Dube’s experience was key to her new position and will come in handy in the…
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…
