Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he was under pressure to lift the national lockdown and re-open the country’s ailing economy, but indicated that his priority is to save lives first before the economy. This comes as the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Zimbabwe has risen to 37, with…
EcoCash’s sister company VAYA Express, through VAYA Express Medical Deliveries, recently started offering free delivery of medical supplies to help Zimbabweans in need of critical medicines and drugs during the restrictions imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. VAYA Express Medical Deliveries begun collaborating with Maisha Health fund (formerly Steward Health) to help Zimbabweans…
©️ IT’S a sad reality that Zimbabwe’s fortunes have been plunging on many fronts for the past four decades. Unfortunately, one of the things that should have fallen for good by now, but which is stubbornly defying this gravitational pull, is the toxic nature of our politics. In this polarised climate, the boneheads and windbags…
Fungi Kwaramba POLITICAL EDITOR kwarambaf@dailynews.co.zw DARING MDC legislators on Tuesday openly revolted against the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC faction’s directive to disengage from parliamentary business after attending a portfolio committee meeting, as factional wars in the main opposition party took a new twist. This came a day after hordes of MPs roundly rejected overtures by the…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE number of food-insecure people in urban areas is likely to increase to 3,3 million due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said. This comes as the bigger chunk of Zimbabwe’s population is into informal trading, a sector that has been affected most by…
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday swore in eight new commissioners of the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) in compliance with the Constitution which requires the appointment of 13 commissioners. Supreme Court judge Chinembiri Bhunu, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi, Thandaza Masiye Moyo, Misheck Hogwe, Nokuthula Moyo, Rosalie Kumbirai Katsande, Francis Chingozho and Trish Jasi, were appointed as…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THREE MDC Alliance officials who staged a flash demonstration in Harare over “hunger” were arrested yesterday, the Daily News can report. The three are MDC secretary for policy and Harare West legislator Joanna Mamombe, youth assembly vice-chairperson Cecilia Chimbiri and deputy organising secretary Netsai Marowa. They were arrested after…
YOUTH deputy minister Tino Machakaire has said the government will provide funds to train street kids in various courses for self-sustenance. Machakaire told the Daily News following a visit to Mount Hampden Training Centre recently that the government wanted to give street kids alternative livelihoods. “We then agreed that together with the ministry of Social…
CBZ Holdings group marketing manager Joel Gombera has been elected as the new club growth director for Southern Africa Toastmasters — which is also known as District 74 — at an elective meeting held on May 9. Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organisation that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network…
Fungi Kwaramba POLITICAL EDITOR kwarambaf@dailynews.co.zw ©️ IN THE latest twist to the drama playing out within the MDC, it has emerged that many party legislators are not in favour of the push by Nelson Chamisa, pictured, and his top allies for them to “disengage” from Parliament with immediate effect. Part recordings of the party’s parliamentary…
