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RBZ officials appear in court

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TWO principal economists at Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) who allegedly leaked documents pre-empting the country’s de-dollarisation strategy appeared in court yesterday. Smart Manda, 44, and Philton Makena,40, appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti charged with communicating official documents to unauthorised persons and alternatively contravening section 60 (1) of the RBZ Act chapter 22:15…

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NGOs partner to raise Covid-19 awareness

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NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisations Unicef and Goal Zimbabwe have launched an awareness campaign to educate the most vulnerable population across the country on Covid-19 using specialised mobile trucks. This comes as the Zimbabwe Republic Police and other civil society organisations have expressed concern over the lack of knowledge on Covid-19 expressed by people in high density suburbs…

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Mealie-meal shortage set to worsen

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A SHORTAGE of subsidised maize-meal is looming after millers withheld supplies following reports that the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has doubled the producer price of maize per tonne, the Daily News can report. This comes as the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) yesterday only delivered a mere 10 tonnes of subsidised maize-meal in Ushewokunze…

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Govt makes new Covid-19 pledge … as it lays out fresh plans to test 2 000 people a day

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Sindiso Mhlope and Tendai Kamhungira STAFF WRITERS ©️ AUTHORITIES have made a new pledge to test at least 2 000 people a day for coronavirus from now onwards, after receiving more personal protective equipment (PPEs) for healthcare workers, the Daily News reports. This comes after the government missed its initial target by a mile, to…

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Tobacco selling gets underway   

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©️ FARMERS started selling their tobacco crop yesterday after the coronavirus outbreak delayed the opening of auctions, which provide vital foreign currency inflows, by more than a month. Tobacco is the second biggest earner of foreign exchange after gold, and last year generated US$747 million in exports mainly to China and Europe, according to Reserve…

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WFP appeals for US$19,5m food aid

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©️  THE World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an urgent appeal for US$19,5 million to enhance its operations, including food assistance community resilience programmes, to the effects of Covid-19, the Daily News can report. This comes as the WFP recently launched another appeal for US$130 million to sustain its food assistance and community resilience programmes…

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‘Lockdown stalls grain imports’

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©️ THE current lockdown has stalled the importation of grain, a development which is now affecting vulnerable families in rural areas, Labour and Social Welfare deputy minister Lovemore Matuke has said. This comes as a joint report by relief agencies and the government said about a third of Zimbabweans living in rural areas need food…

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Govt ignoring other diseases — Doctors  

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©️  THE Covid-19 pandemic has affected normal operations in public health institutions as most hospitals are mostly attending to emergency cases, doctors have said. In an interview, Progressive Doctors Association of Zimbabwe (PDAZ) secretary-general Sitshengisani Vuma told the Daily News that the number of patients visiting public hospitals has gone down as hospitals are prioritising…

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ED fake press release: Court reserves bail ruling

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HIGH Court judge Jacob Manzunzu is tomorrow expected to deliver ruling in an application filed by a Chitungwiza man, who is accused of generating a fake press statement in the name of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, announcing a 13-day extension of the current national coronavirus lockdown. Manzunzu reserved ruling yesterday after hearing submissions from Lovemore Zvokusekwa’s…

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Masvingo demolishes markets

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MASVINGO City Council yesterday demolished all old informal market places used by vendors as the country continues fight against Covid-19, the Daily News can report. Acting town clerk Edward Mukaratirwa said they are undertaking the action after a directive from the Local Government ministry which stated that they should take advantage of the national lockdown…

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