By Rutendo Ngara AUTHORITIES are urging members of the public to wear face masks in the wake of the flu wave sweeping across the country, amid concerns that this may end up having links to Covid. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the chief coordinator for the national response to Covid in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s…
WITH guaranteed pay outs of up to US$5 000, EcoSure’s US dollar packages offer great value for money for policy holders, and — with monthly premiums as low as US$0.50 — the packages are proving to be quite affordable for the generality of the public. Along with funeral cover, EcoSure also offers essential health related…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated that the country’s economic saboteurs will never succeed and that perpetrators are being brought to book. He was speaking before the start of the Zanu PF politburo at the party’s headquarters in Harare. “As … we focus on the elections, the usual machinations and heinous acts of our country’s detractors…
POLICE have expressed concern over an increase in cases involving termination of pregnancies and baby dumping across the country, warning those involved in the practices that they risk imprisonment. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the law enforcement agency had received several cases of baby dumping and termination of…
By Brandon Josphat LEGISLATORS have joined the demand for a reassessment of the much criticised Continuously Assessment Learning Activities (Cala), arguing that it should be scaled back to ease the financial burden on students and parents. This comes as teachers’ unions and parents have also said the government must reduce Cala during the ongoing review…
POPULAR local comedian Felistas Murata, commonly known as Mai TT, has been found guilty of theft of trust property and was remanded in custody yesterday pending sentencing today. She was on trial for using a vehicle from a local car rental company as collateral in a US$10 000 loan agreement. Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda found…
MANY sitting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators in Harare are living in fear of the chop, as the party moves to finalise its unconventional primaries this coming weekend, ahead of the country’s crunch national elections. CCC insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said a significant number of the party’s MPs in Harare,…
Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi BOTH consumers and business have expressed the fear that the prices of basic goods in the country will continue to spike. This comes after minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, gazetted a new statutory instrument at the weekend which compels exporters to pay their Zesa bills exclusively in foreign currency for…
THIRTY-NINE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters appeared yesterday before a Chitungwiza magistrate court facing charges of destroying Zanu PF offices and houses in Nyatsime. They were charged with public violence and remanded in custody. The State was represented by Michael Reza, Malvern Mwendera, Faith Simango and Munyaradzi Karimazondo, while the accused were represented by…
By Ketty Nyoni PRESIDENTIAL aspirant and South Africa-based businessman Joseph Makamba Busha has justified the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) presidential nomination fee, saying it was a deterrent against fly-by-night politicians. This comes after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on Friday issued an order for Parliament to review, before June 16, Statutory Instrument (SI) 144 Electoral (Nomination…
