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  ZIMBABWE is set to access US$16,4 million from the additional US$74,7 million the European Union (EU) has availed in humanitarian aid to southern African countries to support vulnerable people affected by recurrent droughts and the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. From the additional funding, Botswana would get US$2,2 million, Malawi US$8,2 million, Mozambique US$16,8 million, Zambia…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw CHITUNGWIZA Municipality has launched a blitz against illegal land occupants and developers in efforts to curtail illegal land allocations and land barons, the Daily News reports. This comes as the municipality recently issued an eviction order to illegal vendors and space barons operating at Zengeza 2 and Jambanja markets….

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw NURSES have accused the government of committing genocide in hospitals as people are dying without anyone treating them, the Daily News reports. This comes as nurses have been on strike for a month, demanding that their salaries be paid in United States (US) dollars in full, while the government…

SENATORS have bemoaned the country’s failure to meet the majority of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including those on food security, health and education. This comes as Zimbabwe’s economy and food security situation remains fragile with the country’s 2019 Vulnerability Assessment Committee projecting an estimated 5,5 million rural Zimbabweans to be food-insecure during the peak of…

Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw MDC-T Senator for Masvingo Tichinani Mavetera has described as discriminatory the country’s Constitution when it comes to death penalty provisions, the Daily News reports. Debating on a motion on the repeal of capital punishment and the provisions of the Criminal Law and Codification Act and other statutes in the…

THE government is currently intervening to contain the gastrointestinal (stomach diseases) outbreak in Bulawayo, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing on Tuesday night, Mutsvangwa said the outbreak has since affected 1 900 people in Zimbabwe’s second largest city. “The minister of Local Government and Public Works updated the Cabinet…