Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw BAD blood reigns supreme in the country’s health sector, paralysing operations to the detriment of service delivery, acting Health minister Amon Murwira has said. This comes as the country is battling the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic that has infected more than 2 400 citizens while claiming the lives of…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw IT EMERGED yesterday that security forces would further tighten the national coronavirus lockdown from today, amid fears that the disease is getting out of control, the Daily News reports. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew last week to combat the continued rise in Covid-19 cases…
Sindiso Mhophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has recorded a sharp increase in pellagra cases, with 1 061 registered between January and June 2020 compared to 440 over the same period last year. Pellagra is a disease caused by a lack of vitamin niacin and if left untreated, can cause death. In its latest situation…
SIX people died on the spot on Friday when a vehicle they were travelling in collided with a haulage truck in Banket. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the accident, saying investigations were still underway, but the driver of the smaller vehicle was avoiding an overtaking vehicle, resulting in a collision with the truck….
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw Government has given law enforcement agents the greenlight to seize vehicles caught breaking coronavirus (Covid-19)-induced lockdown regulations by illegally ferrying passengers. In a Statutory Instrument 186 of 2020 of Public Health (Covid-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (Amendment) Order, 2020 (No. 15), the government allowed for the “seizure of…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has urged the government to stop using State apparatus to instil fear in citizens as the country braces for July 31 demonstrations. In a statement on the right of freedom to demonstrate and protest during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic lockdown, the commission also urged…
ED failed to justify imposition of curfew. . .it’s a state of emergency law to suppress human rights
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday announced a raft of measures to contain and mitigate the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) after a sharp increase in infections in the country. Among the tough measures, Mnangagwa introduced a 6pm to 6am curfew starting Wednesday, a move opposition political parties, civil society and human rights groups…
STAFF WRITER THE Transforming Zimbabwe’s Dairy Value Chain for the Future (TranZDVC) project, which aims to address the root causes of under-performance in Zimbabwe’s dairy value chain, has noted that feed constitutes up to 70 percent of total costs in the country’s dairy value chain. TranZDVC, which conducted a nationwide analysis on the contribution of…
SINDISO MHLOPE Senior Staff Writer msindiso@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw AS ZIMBABWE’S political and economic crises continue to deepen, analysts have delivered a damning assessment of the country’s opposition, the Daily News on Sunday reports. Speaking during a virtual meeting that was organised by SAPES Trust last week to discuss South Africa’s role in Zimbabwe’s ongoing crises, the…
Blessings Mashaya and Sindiso Mlophe OVER a dozen suspected armed robbers pounced movie-style on the affluent Borrowdale Hospital Trauma Centre yesterday —an incident that was captured on CCTV, the Daily News on Sunday reports. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident saying the police were currently investigating the matter. Trauma Centre owner, prominent…
