Blessings Mashaya and Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITERS FOREIGN Affairs secretary James Manzou yesterday told Parliament that government no longer has resources to repatriate Zimbabweans affected by the coronavirus pandemic abroad. This comes amid reports that some Zimbabweans abroad were struggling to make ends meet as a result of lockdown measures adopted by their host countries…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge Joseph Mafusire will on Monday rule on an application by two MDC Alliance legislators who are seeking an order barring the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T and Parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda from replacing them as lawmakers after they were recalled on April 3 this year. This comes as…
Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER kadirireh@dailynews.co.zw MEDIA rights advocacy groups yesterday expressed concern over the barring of journalists from getting into Harare’s central business district by security agents enforcing coronavirus lockdown measures. Several journalists were reportedly denied access into town despite producing their Zimbabwe Media Commission-issued press cards at most checkpoints in the capital. This is…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw ZESA Holdings (Zesa) customers yesterday expressed outrage over failure to buy electricity tokens after the power utility’s payment platforms were overwhelmed, the Daily News reports. Customers endured long hours in queues at Zesa offices across the country over the past few days as they battled to buy the prepaid electricity…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO UNIDENTIFIED people on Monday evening painted the offices of a law firm belonging to Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda with threatening red graffiti, in a development that observers said was politically motivated. This also comes at a time the tough talking Mudenda has been a subject of ridicule from the MDC…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday announced that Zupco buses are set to increase their carrying capacity to alleviate transport woes for passengers, while privately-owned commuter omnibuses (kombis) stay banned. This comes as scores of passengers are finding it hard to get to work, especially in urban areas where there…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITERS©️ THE MDC’s latest ructions have now reached a point of no return, after the party’s interim leadership expelled Nelson Chamisa from the movement — in a development that could have far-reaching implications on the future of the country’s opposition, the Daily News reports. The expulsion means…
Tendai Kamhungira and Jeffrey Muvundisi STAFF WRITERS ©️ AUTHORITIES yesterday barred tens of thousands of people from entering Harare’s central business district (CBD) — creating chaos during the morning rush hour in the process, the Daily News reports. The heightened security — which caught many by surprise — was curiously restricted to the capital city,…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) ‘O’ and ‘A’ Levels mid-year local examinations have been set for June 30 to July 23, the Daily News can report. This comes as schools are currently closed in line with the coronavirus national lockdown measures, but the government said they would…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw ©️ PROMINENT Harare lawyer Thabani Mpofu yesterday spent a second night in police custody and was slapped with a further charge pending his appearance in court today, the Daily News can report. Mpofu was on Monday arrested and charged with defeating the course of justice in a Constitutional Court application…
