Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER kadirireh@dailynews.co.zw WOMEN’S Coalition in Zimbabwe (WCOZ) has called on the government to investigate living conditions at coronavirus quarantine and isolation centres around the country, the Daily News can report. In a statement, the organisation said as the number of people returning from outside the country continues to rise, the government was…
©️ NON-Governmental Organisations and United Nations agencies have partnered with Harare City Council to repair and rehabilitate the city’s aged water distribution network in various suburbs. According to recent environmental management committee minutes, Unicef, Oxfam, VEI, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and Welthungerhilfe (WHH) have undertaken to fix boreholes and infrastructure rehabilitation. The…
©️ IN A surprising development at the weekend, the interim leader of the MDC — Thokozani Khupe — paid a visit to the rural home of the main opposition party’s late founding father, Morgan Tsvangirai, as the mindless bloodletting within the party escalates, the Daily News reports. The unannounced trip to Humanikwa Village, in Buhera…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts have once again bemoaned the rising cases of coronavirus in the country — especially those related to local transmission, the Daily News reports. This comes after the number of Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 infections jumped to 174 over the weekend. The president of the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for…
More than 200 top UK firms and investors are calling on the government to deliver a Covid-19 recovery plan that prioritises the environment. They say efforts to repair the economy should support the government’s commitment to tackle the climate change crisis. They believe ministers should use the Covid-19 lockdown as a springboard to propel a…
THOKOZANI Khupe, the acting MDC president, has recommended 12 sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) for recall as she consolidates her power in the party. Former co-Home Affairs minister Theresa Makone is among the 12 MPs who are expected to be recalled from Parliament tomorrow for taking sides with a camp of the MDC led by…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Environmental Lawyers Association (Zela) has called on the government to fast track the legalisation framework of small-scale and artisanal miners in addition to improving the gold trading framework in efforts to curb the illicit sale of minerals. This comes as Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) recently introduced a…
©️ HEALTH experts have once again bemoaned the rising cases of coronavirus in the country — especially those related to local transmission, the Daily News reports. This comes after the number of Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 infections jumped to 174 over the weekend. The president of the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR), Fortune Nyamande,…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government should inject an additional US$100 million stimulus package to industry, an academic has said. This comes as the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has warned that manufacturing utilisation capacity was likely to dip below 28 percent this year due to low aggregate demand emanating from effects of the coronavirus pandemic. “Most…
AS THE country is battling to deal with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, government has been using various ways to disseminate information and deal with the scourge. Against this background, our Daily News on Sunday reporter Tendai Kamhungira spoke to Information Communication Technology minister Jenfan Muswere on how government was using ICTs in the fight against…
