©️ UNDER pressure Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has once again admitted that the government is struggling to fix Zimbabwe’s deepening economic crisis, the Daily News reports. This comes as the hapless Zim dollar, which Ncube ill-advisedly re-introduced last year, continues to plunge on the parallel market — causing the prices of basic consumer goods in…
Tendai Kamhungira and Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITERS ©️ A SHOWDOWN is looming between the government and its workers over salaries, amid a fast-deteriorating economic crisis threatening to bring the country to a standstill. This comes as the government and the workers failed to reach an agreement last week during a meeting of the Tripartite Negotiating…
Bernard Chiketo in MUTARE ©️ THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) wants to evict 100 villagers in Wengezi, Manicaland, saying they were illegally resettled 36 years ago in a military cantonment. In a letter to the villagers in possession of the Daily News, 3 Brigade commander, Brigadier General George Chitsva, gave the Rufuka Village 14B residents…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has called for collaboration between the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to ensure conviction of corruption suspects. Ziyambi told Parliament last week that Zacc and NPA must adequately do their job before arresting people in order…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZHLR) says the government will be violating the country’s Constitution if it goes ahead with its controversial plan to make public the names of people infected with the lethal coronavirus. This comes after Health minister Obadiah Moyo announced in the National Assembly last week…
ZIMBABWE should use the opportunity presented by the Covid-19 pandemic to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to drive economic growth, experts have said. This comes as ICTs have been identified as drivers for economic growth as well as a facilitator for business continuity in these challenging times. Never Ncube, Dandemutande chief executive, said Zimbabwe…
STANBIC Bank (Stanbic) has completed the distribution of US$200 000 worth of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to six major health institutions throughout the country over the last week. The leading financial services institution distributed five ventilators, 32 500, suits, masks, face shields and goggles, 2 400 PCR tests, 3 000 sanitizers for frontline workers to…
LAWYERS representing MDC Alliance officials were yesterday involved in a high speed chase with detectives after they drove away their clients from court without notifying them. MDC vice presidents Tendai Biti and Lynette Karenyi-Kore together with four other officials had been brought to court facing charges of violating Covid-19 regulations, following their arrest on Friday….
©️ FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under-pressure government that the country is facing imminent implosion. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News On Sunday just before he was arrested on Friday, the tough-talking MDC Alliance vice president said it was clear something would have to give soon,…
©️ THE Zimbabwean government is back in the spotlight after the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration for allegedly using the police and soldiers in the MDC headquarters takeover, asserting that they are favouring the Thokozani Khupe-led camp. This comes as MDC-Alliance president Nelson Chamisa and MDC-T leader…
