WORKS on the Shawasha market in Mbare, Harare, has started with the city works department already clearing the rubble from the open space. The market, which is supposed to temporarily shelter informal traders who were removed from various parts of the city, will hold more than 1 000 stalls when complete. The construction of the…
MARONDERA has moved its isolation centre from Farmer’s Hall in the central business district to Dombotombo following the government’s advice that the identified centre was not conducive to receive Covid-19 patients due to its wood tiles. This comes after the municipality resolved to turn the Farmer’s Hall in the Central Business District (CBD) into an…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw POLICE are investigating circumstances that led to the death of journalist Augustine Moyo in an accident yesterday morning. Reports are that Moyo, 38, died at a private hospital in Harare’s Avenues after a quarrel with a female friend at Pennywise Shopping Centre in Eastlea, leading to the accident. Police spokesperson…
©️ FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube is known for his straight talk and fearless character. A long-time serving Zanu PF member and a liberation stalwart, Tshinga always speaks out his mind when given the platform. Our Bulawayo reporter Jeffrey Muvundusi yesterday had a chat with him. Below are the excerpts of the interview. Q:…
Myles Matarise matarisem@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Election Support Network (ZESN) recently hosted a ZOOM public meeting to discuss the impact and implications of COVID-19 on electoral processes in Zimbabwe. A total of 53 people participated in the virtual ZOOM meeting. The panellists included Priscilla Misihairambwi from the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T, Linda Masarira the president of the Labour…
Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’S coronavirus (Covid-19) confirmed cases have shot up to 63 as seven returnees tested positive for the lethal virus in Beitbridge on Tuesday. In its latest Covid-19 update, the Health and Child Care ministry said the cases were recorded among returnees from South Africa. More to follow…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in Bulawayo ©️ FORTHRIGHT Zanu PF politburo member and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, pictured, has thrown the cat among the pigeons within the ruling party by calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to form a government of national unity (GNU) with the opposition to end the country’s myriad challenges. The respected liberation stalwart…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITERS©️ THE government warned yesterday that more people could contract the lethal coronavirus in the country due to the huge number of Zimbabweans returning from abroad, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded four deaths from the 56 positive cases of the disease that have been…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw ©️ A BINDURA magistrate has sentenced businessman Fradreck Utsiwegota to an effective seven years in jail after finding him guilty of swindling his Singaporean partner of mining equipment worth over US$500 000. Magistrate Tinashe Ndokera initially sentenced Utsiwegota to 10 years in prison, before suspending three years of the…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw ©️ AT LEAST 118 people disappeared from various isolation centres throughout the country since the onset of the lockdown, the police have said. This comes as the government said it is concerned about the number of returnees fleeing the centres in a development that may increase infections. “The Zimbabwe Republic…
