Caroline Chiimba STAFF WRITER chiimbac@dailynews.co.zw A just-released report by the Centre for Natural Resources Governance (CNRG) has revealed that 20 people died as a result of human-wildlife conflict while seven elephants and two white rhinos were killed by poachers since March 30, when President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared a national lockdown in a bid to contain…
Fungi Kwaramba POLITICAL EDITOR kwarambaf@dailynews.co.zw ©️ PRESSURE is mounting on the country’s political leadership to put their differences aside and hold much-needed dialogue to help end the country’s deepening economic crisis, the Daily News reports. This comes as life for ordinary citizens is worsening by the day, with the hapless Zimbabwe dollar crashing against major…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw ©️ DESPERATE motorists are set to endure more anguish at fuel pumps, after authorities admitted at the weekend that they were struggling to get foreign currency to import petrol and diesel, the Daily News reports. This comes despite the global glut of oil and prices tumbling to record lows on…
Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zw ©️ CIVIL servants have made a new call for the government to pay their salaries in United States dollars (USD) following a fresh wave of price hikes that hit the country at the weekend. This comes as a survey by the Daily News showed that there have been further steep…
Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zw ©️ Government has given returnees in Covid-19 quarantine facilities the option to have their Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests done at authorised private laboratories. This comes as the government has been failing to do PCR tests on time due to reagents and swabs shortages, thereby delaying the release of returnees…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has dragged Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira to the High Court, challenging tertiary institutions’ decision to introduce e-learning during the Covid-19 national lockdown. Through their lawyer Zivanai Makwanya, a member of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Zinasu said it was…
THE government’s exclusive focus on containing the Covid-19 pandemic could expose the country’s health sector to other more deadly diseases that are being neglected, experts have warned. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is working around the clock and channelling most of its resources to fight the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed close to 340…
THE government has revealed that it is conducting research to find out if local herbs can help in the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic which has killed four and infected 56 people in the country. This comes as a concoction known as Covid Organics (CVO), a form of herbal tea, is reportedly curing Covid-19…
THE Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has electrified close to 10 000 rural institutions in the country since 2002, Energy deputy minister Magna Mudyiwa has said. Mudyiwa, who commissioned the electrification of Nyamanyora business centre, clinic, primary and secondary school in Mudzi in Mashonaland East recently, said the government was determined to speed up the electrification…
Tendai Kamhungira and Caroline Chiimba STAFF WRITERS LONG suffering Zimbabweans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to survive, after prices of basic goods went up sharply again at the weekend — on the back of the collapsing Zim dollar. At the same time, ordinary citizens, business leaders and politicians warned in interviews with…
