HARARE – At least 25 people have died in Harare from cholera so far with nearly 4 000 people having been attended to at the Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital (BRIDH) by yesterday. According to Harare City Council (HCC) acting director of health Clemence Duri, the deaths were recorded at the hospital. Harare was declared…
HARARE – Progressive Agriculture and Allied Industries Workers Union of Zimbabwe (Paawuz) says since the removal of Robert Mugabe it has recovered over $300 000 owed to farm workers. Paawuz secretary-general Raymond Sixpence said most of this money was recovered after protracted negotiations with farm owners with most of the cases being resolved by the…
HARARE – Registrar-General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede has opposed veteran journalist Violet Gonda’s application seeking to overturn government’s decision barring her from acquiring a passport. Last week, the veteran journalist filed an urgent chamber application after Mudede knocked back her application for the application as her name appeared on the department’s backlist. Through her lawyer, Denford…
HARARE – Ghanaians are paying their last respects to former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Atta Annan. The remains of Annan were, this week, returned to the country from Switzerland where he died at the age of 80. Yesterday, his body lay in state for paying of respects by the public and dignitaries. The former global…
HARARE – Delays in the finalisation of a settlement agreement between government and Meikles Limited have resulted in the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed concern failing to publish its financial results on time. The debt accrued in 1998 from transactions related to the group’s dual listing on the ZSE and the London Stock Exchange. It stood…
HARARE– A localelection watchdog has highlighted three major areas that need improvement if Zimbabwe is to hold free, fair and credible elections in future. In its analysis of elections held in the last three years, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) noted that Zimbabwe’s polls faltered on three major fronts namely imperfections in the legal framework;…
BULAWAYO – Lawyers representing a commuter omnibus driver arrested for insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa have applied for discharge at the close of the State’s case. Dickson Abraham of Tanaka Law Chambers who was seconded to the case by the Christian Legal Council to represent the accused, David Ndlovu, argued that the complainant in the matter…
HARARE – Farmers’ unions have called on stakeholders in the agricultural sector to brace for the El Nino phenomenon which is set to affect the 2018/19 cropping season. Paul Zakaria, the executive director of the Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU), told the Daily News yesterday that the country’s strategic grain reserves (SGR) may not take it…
HARARE – A root and branch shake-up looms in government as President Emmerson Mnangagwa, continues to take bold steps to boost public and investor confidence in his administration, while also consolidating his hold on power. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Bread supplies have declined drastically — giving rise to shortages — as bakers grapple with bottlenecks in the availability of flour. A survey by the Daily News yesterday showed that some retail outlets were running out of bread, as volumes have significantly dwindled. This follows recent warnings by the Grain Millers Association of…
