Tamary Chikiwa in Bulawayo GENDER-based violence (GBV) cases are on the rise during this Covid-19 lockdown, a new report by Msasa Project has revealed. The report indicates that from the beginning of the first lockdown in March 2020, it recorded 6 200 cases, with an overall average increase of over 60 percent compared to the…
STAFF WRITER ASSOCIATED Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) — the publishers of the inimitable Daily News and the Daily News On Sunday — yesterday paid a moving tribute to the company’s much-loved Assistant Editor, Maxwell Sibanda, who died in Harare late on Sunday. Sibanda succumbed to renal-related complications at Avenues Clinic, having complained of unbearable stomach aches in recent weeks….
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw WHILE health experts have welcomed the country’s declining Covid-19 deaths and infections, they are urging continuing national vigilance and observance of all public management measures of the lethal disease. In addition, the experts have also advised authorities to further ramp up their awareness campaigns for coronavirus vaccines — to engender…
Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw MILLIONS of Zimbabweans, especially those living in rural areas, are facing hunger and starvation, a new report by relief agencies says. The report by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (Zimvac) — a grouping of representatives from the government, United Nations, civil society organisations and technical agencies working in collaboration…
STAFF WRITER THE Daily News webinar on the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) is set for tomorrow, amid calls by the organisers for participants to register early to avoid disappointment. To be officiated by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, the webinar is meant to provide the central bank chief with a platform to get feedback…
Godknows Matarutse and Jeffrey Muvundusi SENIOR STAFF WRITERS THE Covid-19 vaccination drive will move a gear up today following the delivery of doses to all the provinces and districts at the weekend. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday urged Zimbabweans to embrace the ongoing inoculation programme, saying the vaccines are completely safe. The…
ANGRY authorities vowed yesterday that they would hammer perpetrators of violent crime in the country, while also dealing ruthlessly with rogue police officers caught participating in criminal activities. In addition, police also warned ordinary citizens against undermining and acting violently towards law enforcement agents going about their duties. This comes after police gunned down four…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has urged Zimbabweans to embrace the ongoing Covid-19 national inoculation programme, saying the vaccines are completely safe. This comes after the country commenced its vaccination campaign on Thursday, with Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — who is also Zimbabwe’s Health minister — becoming the first local to take the available SinoPharm jabs….
VASCO CHAYA AND ANESU MIRISAWU Staff Writers ONCE again, the police had a torrid time in enforcing Covid-19 regulations as scores of people thronged Warren Hills Cemetery for the burial of the much-loved Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love. With the country still in a nationwide lockdown to help combat the virus, only 30 people are…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on land barons and councils that duped desperate home seekers to settle and develop on illegal land, saying the government would bring them to book. Addressing mourners during the burial of the late national hero, Moses Mpofu, at the National Heroes Acre yesterday, Mnangagwa said corrective measures were being…
