Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has demoted Health ministry permanent secretary Agnes Mahomva to the position of chief coordinator of the National Response to Covid-19 pandemic in the Office of the President and Cabinet. In a statement last night, chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda said the post was…
ZESA Holdings (Zesa) subsidiary, Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), has appealed to whistle blowers with information regarding theft and vandalism of electricity equipment to come forward as high scale of theft and vandalism is impacting negatively on its bid to provide uninterrupted power supply. This comes as domestic consumers have received continuous power…
A Transport ministry employee has appeared in court for allegedly disclosing the positive status of a coronavirus (Covid-19) patient in a Whatsapp group. Jimmy Mhlanga, 40, appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko charged with contravening sections of the Public Health Act which criminalise disclosing of information relating to one’s health status, treatment or stay in…
THE Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has commenced coronavirus (Covid-19) testing of its employees beginning with judges and has also installed a sanitising booth at the Harare Magistrate’s Courts as part of measures to contain the spread of the deadly virus after resuming full operations yesterday. Speaking during an assessment of the readiness of the Harare…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw ©️ TWO brothers who allegedly duped people through a mobile money pyramid scheme have been busted. Romeo, 25, and Tinashe Samhungu, 29, of Helensvale, Harare, appeared in court on Tuesday before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko charged with fraud and were released on $500 bail each. The case was remanded to…
Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government has warned the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC against taking to the streets in their fight against reinstated party leader Thokozani Khupe over the control of the country’s biggest opposition outfit. This comes after a number of opposition leaders have threatened to take President Emmerson Mnangagwa head-on, accusing him of…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw PROCHEM (Pvt) Ltd has been fined $3 000 for manufacturing substandard sanitisers that were being sold on the market. Prochem was represented by John Nhari the head of sales and marketing who appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko. The company pleaded guilty to charges of contravening statutory instrument 92/2020 which…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw CHINHOYI residents have dragged the Local Government minister July Moyo to the High Court seeking an order directing him to stop demolitions of vending stalls in the resort town. In the application, Tafadzwa Washington Marimo, Emmanuel Ngwaru, Richard Svosve, Pepukayi Marega and Devis Shopo, cited Moyo, Urban Councils Association…
Nokuthaba Nkomo and Tendai Kamhungira STAFF WRITERS ©️ DOCTORS have once again warned that authorities should forestall a health catastrophe in the country by embarking on mass testing of people and increasing its surveillance at ports of entry, in the wake of the rising incidence of coronavirus through local transmission. Speaking to the Daily News…
By Blessings Mashaya and Shamiso Dzingire ©️ WITH schools set to remain closed for the time being — as authorities battle to contain the lethal coronavirus — teachers have asked the government to bail out learning institutions, to stop them from collapsing, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe has entered the final week…
