Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH authorities yesterday warned the country to brace for further increases in the number of people contracting the lethal coronavirus, the Daily News reports. In addition, they also warned that the local spread of the disease was likely to put paid to hopes of schools re-opening at the end…
THE ugly infighting that has divided the MDC could soon come to an end, amid renewed attempts to unite Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa ahead of the party’s planned extra-ordinary congress, the Daily News On Sunday can reveal. At the same time, there is growing talk that the political future of re-instated MDC secretary-general Douglas…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, has called for tougher action against corruption and the faster conclusion of prosecutions of graft-related cases, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as Mnangagwa has fired two Cabinet ministers — Prisca Mupfumira and Obadiah Moyo — over accusations of being involved in graft. Speaking at the Africa Anti-Corruption Day…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has embarked on an operation targeting unregistered vehicles and motorists who are not displaying vehicle registration number plates. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said the move was in response to the increase in lockdown violations by motorists, including the banned commuter omnibus operators, who were illegally operating and…
ACTING MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has distanced her party from the July 31 anti-corruption protests being mooted by other opposition parties which she has described as untimely given the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. In an interview with the Daily News on Sunday, Khupe said the protests being planned by opposition and pro-democracy organisations would be “stupid…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw IN AN ominous warning, President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the government will deal ruthlessly with opposition parties, civil society organisations and foreign missions that are allegedly bent on destabilising the nation, the Daily News reports. Addressing Zanu PF politburo members in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa also cautioned some clerics and labour…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa hinted yesterday that authorities would tighten the ongoing national coronavirus lockdown — in the wake of rising deaths and infections in the country, the Daily News reports. This comes as medical experts have expressed concern over an upsurge in locally-transmitted cases of the deadly virus, which…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw BUSINESSMAN Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure was yesterday acquitted on charges of not declaring income returns to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, prejudicing it of over US$30 000, while his company was convicted of two counts of tax evasion involving over US$2 million and not paying employees’ tax of over US$355 000. Ginimbi’s…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw STRIKING nurses are set to meet with acting Health ministry permanent secretary Gibson Mhlanga on Tuesday in efforts to resolve the ongoing impasse between the two conflicting parties, the Daily News reports. This comes as the nurses are demanding that their salaries be paid in United States (US) dollars…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw IN A surprising development, expelled former Zanu PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, has sensationally claimed that some ruling party bigwigs are involved in the organisation of the planned July 31 mass protests against the government, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zanu PF is once again beset…
