BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) on Tuesday received personal protective equipment donations from a group of Zimbabweans living abroad which will assist in the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The donation comprised 25 litres of sanitisers, 80 green bar soaps, 260 medical masks and 30 boxes of gloves, and was handed over by the Christian…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has given relief to employers by deferring payment of increased levies to June 1 instead of the beginning of the year to cushion companies negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic. This comes after the government gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 108 of 2020 which…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw A SOLDIER was allegedly caught pants down trying to rape a woman in a tuckshop at Domboshava Training Centre during the national coronavirus lockdown, a court heard yesterday. Maxwell Munyikwa appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa charged with attempted rape and was granted $500 bail with conditions not to interfere…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’S confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases shot up to 51 yesterday as three more people, including a woman from Harare without a travel history, tested positive for the disease. This comes as health experts are calling on the government to ramp up testing, contact tracing, build more isolation and quarantine…
MULTICHOICE will increase DStv subscriptions with effect from June 1 after the government in January introduced value added tax (Vat) on externally sourced pay-TV services. In a statement last night, MultiChoice said although the Vat became effective on January 1, it had absorbed it for the first five months. “The business will start charging Vat…
Fungi Kwaramba POLITICAL EDITOR kwarambaf@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE battle for the control of the MDC took a new twist yesterday after Nelson Chamisa’s allies convened a meeting in Harare that was attended by many of the party’s 2014 members, the Daily News reports. The gathering proceeded to petition the party’s interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe…
Caroline Chiimba STAFF WRITER chiimbac@dailynews.co.zw ©️ CHITUNGWIZA Municipality yesterday ordered philanthropist Samantha Murozoki, who was feeding thousands of people daily through her Kuchengetana Relief Kitchen, to close down citing health hazards and contravention of town by-laws. Murozoki’s coronavirus lockdown relief kitchen started off feeding 47 people for free daily and the number ballooned to 2…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THERE was drama in Parliament yesterday when Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara clashed with the portfolio committee on Agriculture after it denied him the right to legal representation while presenting evidence. Musarara had been petitioned to give evidence to the Justice Mayor Wadyajena-chaired committee…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday launched a thinly-veiled attack on the MDC — warning the country’s main opposition party against staging protests aimed at attracting international attention, the Daily News reports. This comes as political tensions are rising in the country over claims that three MDC youth leaders, who led a flash…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has finally lost patience with Energy Mutodi, pictured, — summarily firing the gaffe-prone Information deputy minister last night, following a string of recent incidents which embarrassed the government. Last night’s unsurprising development, which the Daily News sign-posted last week, comes as there have been growing questions around the…
