SINDISO MHLOPE Senior Staff Writer msindiso@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw IN A major blow to the country’s public health sector, 70 staff members at Parirenyatwa Hospital’s coronavirus treatment centre have tested positive for the lethal disease, the Daily News on Sunday reports. The hospital said at the weekend that the increase in the number of health workers testing positive…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessing Masakadza ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi says he has been alerted to fresh corruption allegations at Zesa Holdings (Zesa) — and specifically being perpetrated by executive chairperson Sydney Gata — and which the government will thoroughly investigate. The development comes as the electricity concern has been dogged by graft allegations since…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES said yesterday that they had deployed more security forces around the country, to force compliance with Covid-19 regulations, including the recently imposed dusk to dawn national curfew, the Daily News reports. This comes as there are growing concerns that even more urban commuters will violate the new curfew…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Hebert Gomba, who is facing allegations of converting State land to council land and parcelling it out to a housing cooperative in Mufakose at the expense of another cooperative, has been denied bail. The State had opposed his admission to pre-trial freedom, arguing that the likelihood of interference…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ANALYSTS have said the South African government’s foreign policy based on politics of solidarity and a brotherly stance has failed Zimbabwe which is on the brink of collapse, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe is experiencing its worst socio-economic crisis in a decade characterised by hyperinflation, foreign…
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) yesterday launched a community information centre (CIC) in Matabeleland North Province in efforts to improve access to information and Internet connectivity in the community. Speaking during the launch of the CIC, Potraz director-general Gift Machengete said the objective of the newly-established CIC, called the Chinotimba CIC was…
Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw JUNIOR doctors in public hospitals have issued a two-week strike notice demanding a review of their salaries and for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes at a time when salary negotiations between senior doctors, who also issued a two-week strike notice a…
Myles Matarise Staff Writer matarisem@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE will soon be able to detect new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases at its borders following the arrival of mobile test laboratories in the country. The country is struggling to contain the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has so far claimed 28 lives and infected over 2 000 people. However, health experts…
THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has donated an assortment of hand-washing equipment and sanitisers to 1 238 people resident at 35 old people’s homes around the country. ZRCS’s donation was made possible through funding from the Coca-Cola Foundation. “We specifically targeted the older people because the global experiences so far show a higher mortality…
TRANSFORM Zimbabwe (TZ) president, who is also the July 31 protest convener — Jacob Ngarivhume — was yesterday denied bail, with the court agreeing with police fears that the demonstration may degenerate into violence. Harare regional magistrate Trynois Utahwashe adjudged that despite Ngarivhume being a leader of an obscure political party, TZ, and of little…
