AS THE country records sharp increases in Covid-19 cases — mostly from returnees — doctors have called on government to test all those coming back into the country on the first day they arrive in Zimbabwe. In interviews with the Daily News on Sunday, representatives of doctors’ organisations argued that most people in quarantine centres…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has warned that opening schools without adequately setting up safety measures to mitigate the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) could be disastrous, indicating that schools are still gravely ill-equipped to reopen. This comes as the government has indicated that schools will open on July 28, 2020, with teachers’…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ©️ HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo is in the dog box after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) opened a docket to probe his qualifications and controversial coronavirus deals following a complaint by a private citizen, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zacc and the police have also questioned senior…
Tendai Kamhungira and Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITERS THE European Union (EU) has once again expressed disappointment with the government over failure to implement comprehensive political and economic reforms, the Daily News reports. This comes as Harare’s commitment to respecting human rights in the country has once again come under the spotlight, following growing accusations of…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw MDC- Alliance youth leaders — Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova — yesterday appeared in court on allegations of faking their abduction. The three were not asked to plead to allegations of publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the State when they appeared before regional…
THE government has increased the amount of money paid to millers providing subsidised roller meal by 52 percent, at a time when the commodity has disappeared from the supermarkets and is being sold on the black market at inflated prices. This comes as small-scale millers have appealed to the government to increase maize allocations and…
RENOWNED lobby group, Eye on Food Security Zimbabwe says government should consider declaring the country’s food security situation a national disaster so that local and international financial institutions can unlock financial support. This comes as the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is threatening to exacerbate Zimbabwe’s dire economic and hunger crises, drastically affecting the lives of…
©️ IN A move that underscores both the lack of leadership and senselessness of the turmoil that is consuming the MDC, Nelson Chamisa has barred his once close associates from speaking to the media, the Daily News can reveal. This comes as more cracks are emerging within the MDC Alliance, a pact of several political…
©️ THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and police yesterday opened a probe into the multi-million dollar procurement deals for Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPEs) which have overshadowed the country’s fight against the pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes amid swirling rumours that authorities had last night arrested Finance permanent secretary George Guvamatanga, NatPharm chief…
©️ FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube admitted yesterday that the parallel market is giving them sleepless nights as it is causing price hikes. This comes after tobacco farmers yesterday complained that if 100 percent retention is not possible, the Zimbabwe dollar sales proceeds be paid at an open and floating exchange rate. “Farmers find themselves in…
