A LOCAL representative of a company that is at the centre of a US$60 million coronavirus supplies procurement storm, Delish Nguwaya, appeared in court yesterday, the Daily News on Sunday reports. The 36-year-old — who represents Drax Consult SAGL and Drax LL, also known as Drax International — is facing two counts of fraud. He…
CIVIL servants have written to the government demanding an urgent meeting over salaries, which they say have been significantly eroded by inflation. This comes as prices of basic commodities and services have continued to rise over the past weeks. In a letter addressed to the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC), Apex Council chairperson Cecilia Alexander…
AS THE country records sharp increases in Covid-19 cases — mostly from returnees — doctors have called on government to test all those coming back into the country on the first day they arrive in Zimbabwe. In interviews with the Daily News on Sunday, representatives of doctors’ organisations argued that most people in quarantine centres…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has warned that opening schools without adequately setting up safety measures to mitigate the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) could be disastrous, indicating that schools are still gravely ill-equipped to reopen. This comes as the government has indicated that schools will open on July 28, 2020, with teachers’…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday announced that the country will continue on level two of the national lockdown, introduced to mitigate the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19), while further relaxing the measures to allow informal businesses to operate upon registering with the relevant authorities. Mnangagwa further indicated that the…
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has approved a Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) power tariff adjustment. According to a letter by Zera acting chief executive officer Edington Mazambani, the request had been made on June 8. ZETDC has introduced an extra band for power between 201 and 300 kilowatts, retailing at $2,94…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw FORMER police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri, pictured, and his family have been ordered to explain the movement of over US$32 million from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) coffers during his tenure and to declare cars and houses acquired through unexplained means. High Court judge Felicia Chatukuta passed an order following an…
Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER kadirireh@dailynews.co.zw THE Zambezi River Authority has said the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has affected the Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project (KDRP) as some workers are yet to return to work following international lockdowns. ZRA chief executive Munyaradzi Munodawafa in a statement recently said the authority had been observing strict measures to mitigate coronavirus-associated…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw TEACHERS have filed an urgent chamber application challenging the opening of schools for the June examinations without adequate provisions to combat the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz), Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Democratic Teachers Union, Zimbabwe National Educators…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ©️ HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo is in the dog box after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) opened a docket to probe his qualifications and controversial coronavirus deals following a complaint by a private citizen, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zacc and the police have also questioned senior…
