SINDISO MHLOPE Senior Staff Writer msindiso@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw IN A major blow to the country’s public health sector, 70 staff members at Parirenyatwa Hospital’s coronavirus treatment centre have tested positive for the lethal disease, the Daily News on Sunday reports. The hospital said at the weekend that the increase in the number of health workers testing positive…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessing Masakadza ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi says he has been alerted to fresh corruption allegations at Zesa Holdings (Zesa) — and specifically being perpetrated by executive chairperson Sydney Gata — and which the government will thoroughly investigate. The development comes as the electricity concern has been dogged by graft allegations since…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES said yesterday that they had deployed more security forces around the country, to force compliance with Covid-19 regulations, including the recently imposed dusk to dawn national curfew, the Daily News reports. This comes as there are growing concerns that even more urban commuters will violate the new curfew…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Hebert Gomba, who is facing allegations of converting State land to council land and parcelling it out to a housing cooperative in Mufakose at the expense of another cooperative, has been denied bail. The State had opposed his admission to pre-trial freedom, arguing that the likelihood of interference…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ANALYSTS have said the South African government’s foreign policy based on politics of solidarity and a brotherly stance has failed Zimbabwe which is on the brink of collapse, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe is experiencing its worst socio-economic crisis in a decade characterised by hyperinflation, foreign…
Myles Matarise Staff Writer matarisem@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE will soon be able to detect new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases at its borders following the arrival of mobile test laboratories in the country. The country is struggling to contain the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has so far claimed 28 lives and infected over 2 000 people. However, health experts…
MANY leading players in the planned month-end anti-government mass protests have fled their homes as raids on their residences by suspected State agents continue, the Daily News reports. This comes as authorities and the ruling Zanu PF are pulling out all the stops to thwart the planned mass demonstrations which are slated for Friday next…
THE MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe is failing to feed party youths who are guarding its Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters amid further complaints that they are also working without protection against coronavirus (Covid-19), the Daily News reports. This comes as the interim leadership of the party has been thrown into fresh turmoil after the…
SALARY negotiations between senior doctors and the government have deadlocked after the latter insisted on paying in local currency, the Daily News reports. This emerged during a meeting held on Wednesday between deputy Health minister John Mangwiro and the senior doctors, who have given the government a two-week strike notice, demanding that their salaries be…
FORMER South Africa opposition leader Mmusi Maimane has called on African Union chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa to convince the Zimbabwe government to stop a crackdown on its critics. This comes as the country’s political tensions are rising over the deepening political and economic crisis, which has triggered anxiety and restlessness among long-suffering ordinary people. “Mr President…
