©️ WITH confusion and chaos continuing on the second day of the relaxed coronavirus lockdown yesterday, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is demanding an urgent meeting with the government and employers to deal with all the challenges that workers are facing. This comes after authorities relaxed the national lockdown at the weekend, on…
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) yesterday said the 30-year-old man — Tafadzwa Zunza — who allegedly led an armed robbery gang that pounced on a Madokero family misrepresented facts by claiming that he is a soldier when he was fired from the army in February this year. Zunza, who is jointly charged with Leonard Joseph,…
THE Community Newspapers Association of Zimbabwe (CNAZ) has called on the government to come up with a media policy aimed at empowering community newspapers through the devolution programme. This comes as Zimbabwe recently joined the rest of the world on Sunday in celebrating World Press Freedom Day under the theme ‘Journalism Without Fear or Favour’….
THE Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (Maz) has urged the government to consider giving media houses a financial boost to ensure that they fulfil their obligations without economic constraints after the Covid-19 pandemic. In an interview with the Daily News on Monday, Maz chairperson Tabani Moyo said like most companies in the country and worldwide, media…
Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zw NURSES have threatened to down tools after the government issued a directive for them to report for duty daily despite their incapacitation, the Daily News can report. This come as the nurses have been going to work between two and three times a week under a flexi-hours system introduced by…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw FUEL prices have marginally dropped, with diesel which was selling for $21,52 now going for $20,84 a litre, while petrol dropped from $21,77 to $21. In a statement, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) said the new prices were with effect from yesterday, May 5, 2020. “Operators may, however,…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw A BINDURA magistrate has freed on $300 bail one of the two Rushinga men accused of insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa through a WhatsApp message, while the other was acquitted after the magistrate found that the charges against him did not constitute an offence. The two, Admire Mupemhi, 35,…
Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’S economy is on the verge of collapse and there is need for other countries to help resurrect it, respected think-tank NKC African Economics has said. This comes after several other organisations, including the World Food Programme (WFP), have predicted that there will be food crisis by end of…
Shamiso Dzingire in BULAWAYO MORE than 20 suburbs in the country’s second largest city have been left without water outside their 120-hour water shedding regime following a pipe burst at Fernhill Pumping Station. Town clerk Christopher Dube said the burst pipe will affect suburbs supplied by Tuli Reservoir. “The City of Bulawayo would like to…
Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw CABINET yesterday relaxed lockdown measures, allowing businesses to open without testing employees as previously required, pending their acquisition of required test kits and adherence to strict rules — including subjecting the workers to temperature checks. This comes as businesses in the formal sector were unable to open as private suppliers…
