THE arrest of MDC Alliance vice president Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, in Harare on Friday has opened a can of worms within the country’s afflicted opposition, with accusations flying around furiously as to how he ended up being nabbed by authorities, the Daily News reports. Yesterday, two party members who had been living with Sikhala in…
ZIMBABWE witnessed a surge in malaria cases this year, which has seen at least 364 people succumbing to the disease — at a time that the country has also been battling with Covid-19, the Daily News reports. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 361 000 people were this year infected by the…
THE MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa has described the recall of Harare mayor Herbert Gomba and five others by the MDC-T camp led by Thokozani Khupe as a ploy to destroy the opposition party. Gomba was recalled together with Hammy Madzingira (Ward 10), Kudzai Kadzombe (Ward 41), Gaudencia Marere (Ward 32), Costa Mande (Ward…
STRIKING nurses have received their July and August salaries despite the Health Services Board (HSB’s) no-work, no-pay principle. Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Enock Dongo confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they were paid double their normal salaries this month to compensate for last month. “The majority of nurses who did not receive salaries in…
POOR governance and a lack of transparency remain the major impediments to Zimbabwe’s quest for economic stability and recovery, a British think tank has said. Taking over after former President Robert Mugabe’s 36-year reign in November 2017, the current administration had promised sweeping reforms to bring the economy back on track, but the situation has…
ZIMBABWE’S political and economic crises that have gone on for two decades are weakening Zanu PF’s hold on power and could soon have dire consequences on the ruling party, one of the country’s leading analysts has warned. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Eldred Masunungure — a political science lecturer at the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, has pledged to immediately roll out a process of issuing identity documents to victims of the Gukurahundi post-independence political disturbances. The president’s promise follows a convention held in March last year where civil society organisations under the Matabeleland Collective banner brought to his attention that people have been having challenges in…
MDC ALLIANCE vice-chairperson Job Sikhala, who was arrested on Friday and accused of inciting people for the July 31 demonstration, will spend this weekend behind bars and will be back in court tomorrow. Sikhala was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube yesterday. Through his lawyer,…
BUSINESSMAN and football administrator Farai Jere appeared in court yesterday accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) of over US$3 million in a smart meters supply deal. Jere appeared before Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube jointly charged with ZETDC engineer Leonard Chisina and information and technology senior manager Freeman Chikonzo. Through…
Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testified for two days before the US competition czar this week as part of an ongoing investigation into the company’s practices. The tech giant’s chief executive appeared before the Federal Trade Commission to answer questions about whether or not the company was abusing its outsized portion of the ad…
