THE new name for the MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa, as well as its symbol, colours and slogan, are set to be unveiled today, insiders told the Daily News yesterday. According to the well-placed sources, the new name, symbol, colours and slogan, which were confirmed by a meeting of the outfit’s national council in Harare on…
Andile Tshuma AUTHORITIES are worried by the uptick in new cases of leprosy which have been reported in the country over the past five years. Speaking on Friday, a senior official in the Ministry of Health, Nicholas Siziba, said Matabeleland North had recorded most of the reported leprosy cases during this period, followed by Masvingo….
ONE of the country’s leading economists, John Robertson, has died. He was 85. Robertson died at his Harare home yesterday morning. “He had a stroke three weeks ago and was in quite a bad way,” a colleague and fellow economist Eddie Cross told the Daily News last night. Robertson is survived by two sons, both living outside…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya ZANU PF has announced its candidates for the March 26 by-elections after the conclusion of primary polls that were held over the weekend amid serious logistical problems which led to delays in voting. Announcing the results of the internal polls at the party headquarters in Harare yesterday, Zanu PF national political commissar Mike Bimha, pictured,…
Melisa Chatikobo HEAVY rains accompanied by strong winds are expected in the northern eastern parts of Zimbabwe starting today. The Meteorological Service Department (MSD) in conjunction with the Department of Civil Protection (DCP) report yesterday warned the country to stay alert as violent storms were expected until Thursday. “Intense rains and strong winds are expected…
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has engaged the Standards Association of Zimbabwe seeking the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certification as part of its mission to improve the quality of its services. According to ZTA acting chief executive officer Givemore Chidzidzi, the new strategy was critical in the implementation of the government’s five-year economic blue-print,…
EX-WENELA workers, who were exposed to harmful substances and ended up contracting Silicosis or Tuberculosis at South African gold mines, yesterday bemoaned the Covid-19 pandemic for delaying their terminal benefits. This comes after the High Court in Johannesburg approved the settlement in the Silicosis and Tuberculosis class action reached on July 26, 2019 and came…
THE State has withdrawn charges against a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative, Raphios Mufandauya, who was arrested together with Miners Association of Zimbabwe president, Henrietta Rushwaya and others at the airport on allegations of gold smuggling. Mufandauya was jointly charged with Rushwaya, Gift Karanda and another CIO operative, Stephen Tserayi, who were on Wednesday remanded…
SOME opposition stalwarts say they are embarrassed by the worsening shambles that have become the hallmark of the ruling Zanu PF’s political opponents in the country. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, they also warned that the country’s largest opposition party for the past two decades, the MDC, could disappear from the political…
A HARARE lawyer and University of Zimbabwe lecturer has taken police to court over their current operation targeting plate-less, unlicensed and unregistered vehicles — contending that this is illegal. In papers filed at the High Court, Tazorora Takunda Goto Musarurwa, says that the blitz is unlawful as police have no lawful powers to impound vehicles….
