Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ©️ IN A move that is likely to further stoke political tensions in the country, authorities are demanding the arrest of three MDC youth leaders who participated in a flash demonstration in Harare last week, the Daily News reports. This comes as the three women at the centre of…
ON SATURDAY, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced an indefinite extension to the national lockdown, which entered its 50th day today. However, the restrictive measures, aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), should have allowed for aggressive screening and testing as well as effective contact-tracing, which have been hampered by the shortage of testing kits. Zimbabwe…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw PRIVATE bus operators and individuals in the informal sector have dragged the government to the High Court demanding permission to be allowed to operate under strict measures during the lockdown period imposed by government to curb the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). The Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA),…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF-ALIGNED cleric and Destiny for Afrika Network founder Obadiah Musindo has blasted clergyman and President Emmerson Mnangagwa advisor Shingi Munyeza, accusing him of washing dirty linen in public while he has the opportunity to engage him. This comes after Munyeza predicted the fall of Mnangagwa in one of…
Shamiso Dzingire STAFF WRITER THE rehabilitation of 15 boreholes at Nyamandlovu Aquifer (Rochester) is set to be completed by May 31, amid revelations that the project is more than 50 percent complete. This was revealed by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) service centre for Bulawayo, Albert Manyika when Finance minister Mthuli Ncube toured the…
©️ DOCTORS have expressed surprise about Zimbabwe’s indefinite coronavirus lockdown, which they say is futile in the absence of an expanded testing and contact tracing programme for the disease, the Daily News reports. This comes amid rising positive cases of coronavirus in the country, which experts believe thrives the most in winter — which is…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) has appealed to the government to set up a fund to assist media outlets that have been hit hard by the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as the Covid-19 pandemic has hit hard various economic sectors in the country,…
Shamiso Dzingire in BULAWAYO THE City of Bulawayo must revise downwards its figures for the proposed water intervention projects as the US$74,25 million council is asking for is too high, an engineering contractor has said. This comes after the city director of engineering Simela Dube told an inter-ministerial delegation on Friday that the city requires…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe on Sunday night said he had ordered the police to institute a full-scale investigation into the alleged abduction and torture of three MDC youth leaders. MDC MP Johanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Christine Marova were allegedly abducted on Wednesday after staging a flash demonstration in Harare’s…
ZANU PF politburo member and former secretary for youth affairs in the ruling party, Absolom Sikhosana, pictured, has died. Sikhosana died at a Bulawayo hospital on Friday night, Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu confirmed yesterday. He was 71. “We have just received the news and we are deeply saddened by the passing of…
