FIFTY people have died after being attacked by wild animals across the country in the first seven months of the year, while several others were injured as cases of human-wildlife conflict continue to increase. Most fatalities were recorded in communities near wildlife habitats including Hwange, Binga, Kariba and Chiredzi with elephants accounting for 50…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Jeffrey Muvundusi STAFF WRITERS SECURITY forces yesterday cleared the central business districts (CBDs) of Harare and Bulawayo — in the process preventing tens of thousands of people from reporting for work, the Daily News reports. The major operation came ahead of today’s planned mass protests against the government, and as the global…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has warned public hospitals turning away patients who do not have certificates or results to prove that they are coronavirus (Covid-19) negative. This comes as the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has raised concern over citizens who are being turned away for not having…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THREE soldiers from the Parachute Regiment at Inkomo Barracks, Darwendale, have been arrested for beating up a man to death after he had an altercation with his wife. Challenge Msengezi, Paddington Tinei Muketiwa and Milton Kamutikaoma allegedly fatally assaulted Fortune Mutyambizi of Mutyambizi Village, Madziva, Mashonaland Central. The three soldiers…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THREE people were yesterday denied bail after they were arrested for marching and demonstrating near Boka Tobacco Auction Floors in Harare in support of today’s planned demonstration and also calling for the release of Transform Zimbabwe president Jacob Ngarivhume. Ngarivhume is the convenor of the planned protest. Emmanuel Mukwemu, Trynos…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw SENIOR doctors working in public hospitals have downed tools over the government’s failure to address their grievances, including poor remuneration and lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) in the wake of the lethal coronavirus. This comes despite the government’s plea to doctors to reconsider their threat to go…
THE UN food agency yesterday appealed for an additional $250 million to provide relief to millions of Zimbabweans as the Covid-19 pandemic bites and warned that 60 percent of the population could become “food-insecure”. Zimbabwe is gripped by a climate and recession-induced economic crisis, its worst in more than a decade, which has seen shortages…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE United States of America (USA) senate Foreign Relations Committee says Zimbabwe will remain its county’s international partner despite Zanu PF’s hostile stance to it. This comes after Zanu PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa on Monday said USA ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols is a thug and funding a…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has been forced to temporarily shut down Princess Margaret Rose Clinic after one of the nurses at the institution tested positive for Covid-19. Princess Margaret Ross Clinic is located in the Central Business District. This comes after Phelandaba Clinic, also owned by the local authority, was closed…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE Zanu PF youth league has abandoned its plans to celebrate the second anniversary of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the 2018 elections amid fears the event will be hijacked by protesters today, the Daily News reports. This comes as the ruling party youths had planned to celebrate the…
