Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw POLICE arrested 3 454 people on the first day of the Covid-19 lockdown extension on Tuesday as some people continued to defy even the relaxed measures against the pandemic. This brings the cumulative arrests of lockdown violators to 434 999 since March 2020 when the government imposed the measures…
Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw TOBACCO farmers are demanding foreign currency payments for their crop ahead of the upcoming 2021 marketing season. This comes as the farmers, represented by Tobacco Farmers Union of Zimbabwe (Tofuz), are complaining that inputs and labour were being charged in foreign currency yet they received Zimbabwe dollar payments for…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw ZESA Holdings (Zesa) lost property worth over US$4 million to theft and vandalism of infrastructure in 2020 alone, resulting in incessant power cuts currently bedevilling the country. This comes as Zesa subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), last year announced it would spend US$13,5 million to…
REDWING Mine (Redwing)’s revival will take a little longer, as the company’s shareholder King’s Daughter has challenged the gold miner’s placement under judicial management on account of claims that it had paid off its creditors. This comes as a prospective investor Probadek Investments (Probadek) – owned by Patricia Mutombgwera and Grant Chitate – has…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO INFORMAL traders in Bulawayo were yesterday full of delight following the relaxation of business operations, saying this was in the interest of ensuring survival for long suffering Zimbabweans most of whom are in the informal sector. President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday relaxed some lockdown regulations such as allowing the informal sector…
Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw TWO more soldiers appeared in court yesterday in connection with the $1,6 million property theft at Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s Orchid Gardens farm in Domboshava. Simon Nyakabanga, 25, and Anesu Munyuki, 28, were allegedly implicated by their accomplices Mind Makona, 32, a security guard Tempsen Dhauramanzi, 30, and Paul…
Nyasha Dube STAFF WRITER duben@dailynews.co.zw INCARCERATED University of Zimbabwe student and activist Allan Moyo, who was arrested last year after allegedly calling for an insurrection against President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has approached the High Court seeking bail. This marked Moyo’s fourth attempt at gaining pre-trial freedom after he was arrested on December 7 and charged with…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE government is mobilising about US$7 million to acquire enoug hvaccines to inoculate 60 percent of the population with the first phase of the programme commencing on Thursday with frontline workers. This was said by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday during a post-cabinet media briefing at the government’s Munhumutapa offices…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have cleared the Chinese coronavirus jabs — which arrived in the country on Monday — paving the way for the government’s national vaccination programme that is initially targeting frontline workers to get under way this week. The national chief Covid-19 co-ordinator in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, Agnes Mahomva, confirmed…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts yesterday backed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s move to extend the lockdown by two weeks, saying it is still a necessary tool to flatten the Covid-19 curve. This comes after Mnangagwa on Monday extended the lockdown as authorities prepare to vaccinate 60 percent of its citizens after receiving 200…
