ZIMBABWEAN businesses should leverage on areas where the country enjoys comparative advantage to reap the benefits of an integrated region following the commencement of trading under the continent-wide trade agreement, ZimTrade has said. In its Trading Post for January, ZimTrade said trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) comes at a time when…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have confirmed that the country will start vaccinating citizens against Covid-19 from next week — with healthcare workers receiving top priority in this inaugural phase. Speaking during a Daily News webinar yesterday, Health and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro said the first batch of 200 000 vaccines donated by Chinese…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AMID fears of a return to prolonged and debilitating power cuts in the country, following the blaze that engulfed Hwange Power Station on Wednesday evening, authorities were hopeful yesterday that the damage would be repaired quickly. Energy and Power Development minister, Zhemu Soda, told the Daily News last night that the…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE POLITICAL Actors Dialogue (Polad) members are meeting today as the push towards inclusive national dialogue continues to gather momentum. This comes as pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leaders to engage in open talks to help solve the country’s decades-long myriad crises. National Constitutional…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) director for health, Prosper Chonzi, pictured, has warned that the capital is at risk of much bigger and deadlier outbreaks of cholera and typhoid due to uncollected refuse and burst sewer pipes. Chonzi, who is also the city’s acting Town Clerk, said the diseases could cause…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AS THE momentum towards inclusive national dialogue continues to gather speed, churches have now presented a draft talks framework to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition leaders and other key stakeholders. The secretary general of the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD), Kenneth Mtata, pictured, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they…
CHIEF WRITER ZANU PF was yesterday forced to postpone its scheduled meeting of the politburo amid fears that attending party bigwigs would be infected with Covid-19 as no measures had been put in place to protect them. The routine monthly meeting had been called to discuss, among other things, the Covid-19 pandemic and national immunisation….
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is expected to continue receiving heavy rains for the next three months, which can cause floods in low lying areas. Speaking during Tuesday’s post-Cabinet media briefing, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Environment minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu told the Cabinet that people must stay alert as the heavy rains were…
Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw POLICE on Monday fired warning shots at a suspected gang of illegal ivory dealers who had 11 elephant tusks before arresting them in Arcadia, Harare. The court heard that Joseph Mubaiwa, a soldier attached to Josiah Magama Tongogara Barracks, was in the company of Ouidiance Rundofa, William Manager and…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw The right to vote is critical to democracy and The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) recognizes the equal right of people with disabilities to participate in political life. ZESN made it a point that illiterate or physically handicapped voters are not excluded from political and social engagement so they can…
