WITH the deadly Indian variant of Covid-19 now in the country, health experts have warned citizens to strictly adhere to preventive measures while urging authorities to take a cautious approach and close schools early as a third wave looms. This comes as Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Health minister, revealed on Wednesday…
PARLIAMENT has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa personally comes to the National Assembly to answer questions from legislators amid concerns that Cabinet ministers either choose not to attend or are incompetent. In the exercise of Parliament’s oversight and representational roles, backbenchers pose questions for oral or written answers to a vice president or a minister…
THE government has set up a grain procurement committee aimed at curbing side-marketing and encouraging farmers to sell their produce to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). This comes as the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) recently said it was closely working with the government to block maize side-marketing and importation. Speaking in the National…
Blessings Mashaya and Mugove Tafirenyika ZANU PF’s restructuring exercise has gotten off to a chaotic start in a number of provinces, where some bigwigs stand accused of fomenting party divisions and working for their narrow interests. Party insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said this had seen some irate members disrupting convened re-organisation meetings in…
ZIMBABWE health authorities last night announced they have detected the Indian Covid-19 variant in Kwekwe following the death of a local businessman from the deadly virus. This comes after Robson Kadenhe, 76, a known hypertension patient died last Wednesday after testing positive for Covid-19. His wife and niece, who had just returned from India, also…
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, pictured, says the crime rate in Zimbabwe has declined by 17 percent due to Covid-19-induced restrictions as well as efforts by the police in combating the scourge. Speaking during the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commander’s Conference held in Harare yesterday, Matanga said the police had managed to contain crime last year,…
TWO managers employed by a money transfer institution — Mukuru — have been arrested on allegations of stealing US$100 000 secured in a vault on behalf of a client. Mukuru’s Harare Sam Nujoma branch manager Alexander Zengeni and his assistant Raphael Ruduvo have since been charged with theft of trust property. It is the State’s…
LEGISLATORS yesterday demanded that the Local Government ministry must table in parliament the Justice Tendai Uchena Commission’s land audit report which exposed massive illegal land grabs by politicians and businesspeople in and around urban areas. The matter arose during the National Assembly question and answer session, with Zanu PF legislator Energy Mutodi asking Local Government…
LEADING business software provider, Twenty Third Century System (TTCS), says it is continuing to provide SAP Services in Zimbabwe and the region. While the company’s contract to collect money on behalf of SAP (SAP Value Added Reseller) expired two years ago, this did not end their provision of services, according to the company. SAP is…
THE government is pushing for a private sector-centred economy backed by increased exports which will contribute to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Speaking during a tour of the United Refineries (Private) Limited in Bulawayo at the weekend, Mnangagwa said in order to achieve this goal, the government had put…
