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…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ©️ IN A development which signals the effective and official re-dollarisation of the local economy, under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, yesterday awarded restive government workers and pensioners US dollar allowances, the Daily News reports. The long overdue move comes as the country’s battered economy is fast approaching the horrors…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw ©️ AS ZIMBABWE’S political and economic crises continue to deepen, Nelson Chamisa says the ball is in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s court to initiate sincere and inclusive national dialogue to help resolve the country’s myriad challenges. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Chamisa’s spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda also reiterated the MDC Alliance leader’s…
Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER kadirireh@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council has resolved to establish a real estate agency to manage all its properties. Principal communications officer Innocent Ruwende on Wednesday said the idea to establish the agency came about following an audit of council properties. Last year, Harare instituted a probe into council rented accommodation, which…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw LOCAL Government minister July Moyo and his Water and Environment counterpart Mangaliso Ndlovu have been found contemptuous of the High Court after failing to institute investigations into unlawful land development at Greystone Park and Helensvale wetlands in Harare and fined $2 000 each. This was after Borrowdale Ratepayers and Residents…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ©️ ZENGEZA West legislator Job Sikhala, pictured, yesterday came out guns blazing in Parliament demanding Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to provide him with evidence of his involvement in an alleged coup plot. This comes after security chiefs last week named him on a list of people who were…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zwTHE government is pushing for opening of schools for the June examinations, arguing that it is prepared to implement measures to fight the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), the Daily News reports. This comes as eight teacher unions represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights’ Sarudzayi Njerere last week filed an urgent…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw BAKERS have increased the price of bread by 36 percent for a standard loaf, citing increased production costs and challenges in the procurement of flour, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to lose value on the black market, resulting in the prices of basic…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on workers to stay at home, claiming they had received several reports of workers being harassed at army and police-manned checkpoints and failing to get transport to work due to shortages of Zupco buses. ZCTU president Peter Mutasa yesterday said…
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…
