David T Hofisi – FOUR MDC legislators were recalled from Parliament on May 5, 2020. Chalton Hwende, Prosper Mutseyami, Tabitha Khumalo and Lillian Timveos’ seats were declared vacant pursuant to the powers bestowed by the Supreme Court judgment of March 31, 2020. In that ruling, leadership of the MDC was returned to Thokozani Khupe pending…
Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw AN AFRICA-LED health initiative Tackling Infectious Diseases for the Benefit of Africa (Tiba) has partnered with a consortium of researchers drawn from local universities and another newly-formed IamBYO initiative to conduct research on the coronavirus, which has claimed over 250 000 people across the globe. This comes as various stakeholders…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw A NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisation (NGO), Habakkuk Trust, has raised concern over the lack of adequate information in rural communities pertaining to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, which has so far killed over 200 000 people globally. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa last Friday announced a relaxation of the…
Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zw UNITED Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) is facing a severe shortage of junior doctors, a development that has forced the central hospital to adjust its operations and reassign some medical officers, it has emerged. In a memo to consultants, casualty officers and the principal nursing officer, the hospital’s chief executive officer, Narcisious…
THE MDC Alliance has fired its national executive members, Douglas Mwonzora, Elias Mudzuri and Morgen Komichi, for associating with the Supreme Court ruling that replaced Nelson Chamisa with Thokozani Khupe as the leader of the country’s biggest opposition party. Addressing the media to outline the resolutions made by the party’s national standing committee on Wednesday,…
Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zwDOCTORS warned yesterday that it was too early for authorities to start thinking that they have managed to control the spread of conoravirus because of the absence of reported positive cases in the country this week, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government has been criticised for failing to…
Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw©️ PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he is aware that people are suffering due to the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19)-induced lockdown, the Daily News reports. Addressing a Zanu PF politburo meeting at the party’s headquarters, Mnangagwa said all sectors of the economy have been battered by the current lockdown. …
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw ©️ A HARARE businessman suspected to be part of a syndicate trafficking cocaine was allegedly busted with US$18 000 worth of the dangerous drug and machines used to process and package it at his Borrowdale home, a court heard recently. Tafungiswa Kennedy Jasi, 52, who is the chief executive…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has raised concern over the increase in the number of people who are flouting lockdown regulations and conducting church gatherings, thereby breaching social distancing rules. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa relaxed the lockdown last Friday, which allowed more companies to resume operations….
Fungi Kwaramba CHIEF WRITER kwarambaf@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE battle for control of the MDC escalated yesterday after the group that is temporarily in charge of the strife-torn party — following last month’s Supreme Court ruling — recalled four top allies of Nelson Chamisa from Parliament, the Daily News reports. The four legislators who were shown…
