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THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the arrest of more escapees from quarantine centres, bringing the total number of those arrested to 29.   A total of 169 people have so far escaped form quarantine centres, which house scores of people returning to the country following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. “The total…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw   THE United Nations has warned Zimbabwe that it will be hit hard by the lethal coronavirus, unless authorities secure enough resources to mitigate the disease’s effects, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country is also reeling from the effects of the severe drought which ravaged the…

RE-ELECTED Chamber of Mines president Elizabeth Nerwande says the mining sector has to find ways to deal with operating challenges, which include electricity disruptions, inadequate foreign currency, high cost structures and capital shortages. Speaking at the re-election of her entire presidium recently, Nerwande, a Mimosa Mining company executive, said the chamber had a daunting task…

Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw RIGHTS lawyers have challenged public hearings for amendment of the Constitution set for June 15 arguing that having them during lockdown would limit participation of every Zimbabwean. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, representing Chitungwiza and Manyame Rural Residents Association (Camera), and a resident — Alice Kuvheya — filed the application…

Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE government has dismissed the United Nations (UN) human rights experts’ claims implicating authorities in disappearances and tortures of activists, arguing that it respected human rights laws, the Daily News reports. This comes after the experts, who include the special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman treatment or…

Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court has settled township jazz guru Tanga Wekwa Sando’s divorce to his estranged wife Irene Wairimu 21 years after the couple separated. The proceedings were heard and determined before Justice Erica Ndewere, who passed an order for sharing of the couple’s four houses, two in Highfield, one in…

THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz)’s latest sector report shows that mobile money subscriptions grew by 4,6 percent in the first quarter of 2020, from 7 334 639 active users in the fourth quarter of 2019, to 7 673 201. The report reveals that the 308 562-subscriber growth in the quarter was…