By Tarisai Machakaire HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo was on Saturday granted $50 000 stringent bail after his arrest on Friday on three counts of abuse of office involving a US$60 million Covid-19 drugs deal. Moyo was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and spent a cold night in cells at Rhodesville Police Station in Harare….
Blessings Mashaya The Ministry of Health has said Zimbabwe today confirmed 62 new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) recording 463 cases to date which include 63 recoveries and four (4) deaths, the Daily News reports. The latest cases were returnees from South Africa (24), United States of America (5), Zambia (4), Botswana (3), Lesotho (2) and 20…
GOVERNMENT has with effect from June increased civil servants’ salaries by 50 percent, the Daily News reports. In addition, all civil servants will be paid a flat, non-taxable, Covid-19 allowance US$75 per month, while government pensioners will be paid a flat, non- taxable, Covid-19 allowance of US$30 per month. The Finance Ministry further advised all…
Three MDC officials Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marowa have been denied bail for allegedly stage managing an abduction last month. MORE TO FOLLOW….
©️ 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…
ZIMBABWE’s deepening political and economic crises can now only be resolved through decisive action and sincere national dialogue if imminent civil unrest is to be avoided, analysts have warned. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the analysts said all indications pointed to looming social upheavals, which could only be averted if the ruling Zanu PF…
OUTGOING Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died of a heart attack, BBC reports. A government statement says that he was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell. His condition then improved but on Monday he had a cardiac arrest and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
SOCIALITE and businessman Genius ‘Ginimbi’ Kadungure’s company Piko Trading was today convicted of evading tax, prejudicing the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority of $2 million. The company pleaded to tax evasion. It also admitted to failure to remit $350 000 in employees pay as you earn. Ginimbi appeared in court on behalf of the company and admitted to…
AS POLITICAL tensions continue to rise in the country, amid growing restlessness among long-suffering Zimbabweans, authorities yesterday warned the opposition that they would crush all unsanctioned mass protests, the Daily News reports. This comes after two senior MDC Alliance officials — Tendai Biti and Job “Wiwa” Sikhala — warned at the weekend about impending civil…
AS THE MDC’s factional wars continue to escalate, a party youth leader yesterday accused his rivals of allegedly being behind a petrol bomb attack at his residence on Sunday, the Daily News reports. This comes as re-instated MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has said that he was “violently confronted” by some angry youths belonging to an…
