Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is continuing to do relatively well in its fight against HIV/Aids — with latest regional figures placing the country fifth among 16 nations that are battling the pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country is in the grip of a girnomous economic crisis which has…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zwWESTERN countries yesterday expressed concern that President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, is failing to fulfil inauguration promises he made two years ago and urged him to allow dialogue to end the political crisis. This comes as Mnangagwa is under growing pressure from long-suffering Zimbabweans over his government’s failure to mend the…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw URBAN councils lack the required political will to fight the scourge of corruption and are not dedicated to end the cancer which has resulted in poor service delivery, the Daily News reports. This comes as various urban councils, mayors and councillors have been entangled in corruption scandals involving…
INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere says the government is committed to providing equitable access to digital technologies to all citizens, including those in rural areas. Speaking through his deputy Dingumuzi Phuthi at the commissioning of a communication information centre (CIC) in Hwange yesterday, Muswere said: “My ministry will, through Potraz (Postal and Telecommunications…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have released riveting details of how they allegedly arrested larger-than-life MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson Job “Wiwa” Sikhala last week, the Daily News reports. Among other claims, law enforcement agents say the daring and heavily-built Zengeza West legislator was hiding in a ceiling at the house in Tynwald North…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says the raft of recent measures unveiled by authorities will continue to stabilise the economy and also gradually result in the prices of basic goods going down, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Zimbabwe dollar has lately been holding…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw STRIKING doctors and nurses yesterday raised concerns over the lack of urgency by newly-appointed Health minister, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, and his team in bringing the much-needed change to the health sector, the Daily News can report. This comes as Chiwenga, over a week ago, tabled before Cabinet a…
STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw BUSINESSMAN and CAPS United boss Farai Jere, accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) of over US$3,5 million in a smart meters supply deal, has been denied bail. Jere, who is jointly charged with ZETDC employees Leonard Chisina and Freeman Chikonzo, were found to be improper candidates for…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE ghosts of factionalism and tribalism — which split Zanu PF in the middle during the troubled last few years in power of the late former president Robert Mugabe — are back with a vengeance, the Daily News reports. This comes as there are widening fissures in the former…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government is pushing the agriculture sector to approach farming as a business, and not as a “weekend and telephone” hobby, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country is grappling with food insecurity owing to poor planning and successive years of droughts caused by the effects of…
