Mashaya & Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITERS PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday pleaded with Zimbabweans to maintain their coronavirus discipline, while also encouraging the public not to lose hope as the country battles a deadlier second wave of the global pandemic. The 78-year-old Zanu PF leader also urged citizens to remain united as authorities fight…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have stepped up their clampdown on people violating the current dusk-to-dawn curfew — warning that only those providing essential services would be allowed passage at roadblocks during curfew hours. This comes as the authorities have arrested more than 300 000 lockdown violators since Zimbabwe first introduced the…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw TWO Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agents arrested together with Henrietta Rushwaya, when she allegedly tried to smuggle 6kg of gold out of Zimbabwe, will know the result of their bail application next week. Regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna will next Wednesday deliver his ruling on the application brought…
Blessing Masakadza POLICE continue to make arrests of people presenting fake Covid-19 certificates in a bid to fly out of Zimbabwe from RGM International Airport. This also follows the arrest of suspects believed to be behind the production and hawking of the fake medical documents. It is now a requirement for travellers leaving or entering…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw FOREIGN Affairs and International Trade minister Sibusiso Moyo, pictured, succumbed to the lethal coronavirus yesterday, in the latest high-profile death that underscores how much the virulent respiratory disease has gone wild in the country. Moyo became the third minister to die from the raging pandemic, following the recent death…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO COMMUTERS from Robert Sinyoka in Bulawayo were yesterday stranded in town after public transporter Zupco withdrew its buses plying the route, citing “bad roads”. Robert Sinyoka and Mazwi village are peri-urban settlements a few kilometres outside Bulawayo, just after Pumula South. However, the roads in the area are in a…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed beverage maker, Delta group, says revenue grew by 77 percent for the third quarter ended December 31, 2020 owing to significant increase in sales for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. In a statement yesterday, Delta said revenue grew on the back of the eased lockdown regulations…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, pictured, has called for women to fast and pray starting today until Saturday in order for Zimbabwe to beat the current Covid-19 second wave. This comes as the country has been recording an alarming increase of new infections and deaths since the start of the…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw ENGINEERING works to enhance the structural integrity of the Kariba Dam wall for more efficient power generation is 60 percent done and on schedule for completion by end of 2024, the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) says. The dam wall rehabilitation, which started in 2015, seeks to reshape the plunge…
REAL estate agents are pushing to operate as essential services during the lockdown period, which is likely to be extended given the spike in Covid-19 infections. In terms of Statutory Instrument (SI) 10 of 2021, institutions frozen out of essential services privileges can lodge applications for exemption with the government. This follows the imposition of…
