BUSINESS tycoon Strive Masiyiwa yesterday announced the arrival of 45 full intensive care unit ventilators in Zimbabwe, for which he placed an order a couple of months back. The billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, who is the African Union’s special envoy to coordinate the Africa private sector initiative for the procurement of personal protective equipment and…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw©️ A company that is at the centre of a US$60 million coronavirus supplies procurement storm, was cleared by permanent secretary in the Finance ministry, George Guvamatanga, lawyers defending its representative in the country said yesterday. This comes as 36-year-old Nguwaya — who represents Drax Consult SAGL and Drax LL, also…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw MDC-Alliance youth leaders — Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova ― will languish in remand prison after they were yesterday denied bail in a case in which they are accused of falsifying their abduction. Harare regional magistrate Bianca Makwande ruled that releasing the three would cause…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ©️ PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday made an emotional plea for forgiveness when he officiated at the National Day of Prayer in Harare yesterday, the Daily News reports. In his surprisingly impassioned prayer at State House, Mnangagwa — among other things — asked for clemency for the various misdeeds that…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw ©️ HARARE was once again hit by chaotic scenes yesterday, after security forces stopped tens of thousands of people from entering the central business district (CBD) — as the country held its day of national prayer, the Daily News reports. Not for the first time, the heightened security was…
©️ EXILED former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has said he is a firm believer in constitutionalism and cannot stage a coup as he was a victim of the same in November 2017, the Daily News reports. This follows allegations by the government that he peddled lies about an impending coup against President Emmerson Mnangagwa….
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ©️ ZIMBABWEANS face starvation amid revelations that the country’s national cereal production for the 2019-2020 season has failed to meet national demand by a massive 50 percent, the Daily News reports. This comes as the World Food Programme (WFP) has said the country is facing its worst hunger crisis…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE national cattle herd decreased by 5,7 percent from 5 774 525 in 2018 to 5 489 364 in 2019, after the average national cattle mortality rate increased from 5 percent in 2018 to 9 percent in 2019, the Daily News reports. According to the country’s Second Round Crop…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO ©️ Former Cabinet minister Tshinga Dube has issued a stinging response to some hardliners in the ruling Zanu PF who have questioned his loyalty to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s leadership following his recent robust suggestion for Mnangagwa to form a government of national unity (GNU) with the opposition to end the country’s…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw RENOWNED sculptor Dominic Benhura has caused the arrest of a fellow sculptor who was an apprentice at his gallery on allegations of reproducing four of his copyrighted art works and exhibiting them without his consent. Clever Muzvondiwa, 42, appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guuriro on allegations of violating the Copyright…
