‘This is best time for Zim dialogue’… analysts say after recent remarks by ED, opposition Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE time is now opportune for three of the country’s major political players — President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora and his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa — to sit down together to help resolve…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw Zimbabwe has recorded a reduced percentage of Covid-19 recoveries since the start of the second wave of the pandemic due to a stretched health care delivery system, a government official has said. As of Saturday, the country has a recovery rate of 59 percent following 458 recoveries from the…
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a 27-year-old man, who allegedly “sodomised” his male friend after a beer drinking binge on New Year’s day. Law enforcement agents in the city have put out a notice that they are looking for Tinashe Chafachaipa, who is accused of having indecently assaulted his friend on the…
POLICE in Bulawayo have upped their fight against lockdown violators by deploying water cannons in the central business district to disperse loitering people. This comes after police said nearly 10 000 people have been arrested countrywide for not wearing face masks and more than 16 000 were arrested for flouting lockdown regulations within a…
TARIRO SAJENI Staff Writer sajenitariro@dailynesonsunday.co.zw AT LEAST 9 500 people from Midlands and Masvingo provinces are benefiting from a food aid programme being spearheaded by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), which seeks to eradicate food insecurity during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. ZCC is helping feed 2 200 people in Chirumhanzu, wards 2 and 21…
THE National Building Society (NBS) hopes to complete its housing project in Harare’s Dzivaresekwa suburb by July this year. The National Social Security Authority (Nssa) subsidiary has invited engineering firms to submit tenders for the completion of works on the housing project. “Engagement of a civil engineering contractor for the completion of the sewer and…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has urged Zimbabweans not to panic, but to be even more vigilant in their daily lives as the country reels from the second wave of the lethal coronavirus. This comes after Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister, Ellen Gwaradzimba, became the latest high-profile Zimbabwean yesterday to succumb to…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has insisted that the government is not overwhelmed by the current Covid-19 pandemic despite an alarming rise in new infections and deaths. This comes as Chiwenga also assured citizens that the government would not force people to take the Covid-19 vaccine. It also comes as…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw Helcraw Electrical, a company owned by Harare businessman Farai Jere, has scooped a deal worth $348 million to supply the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) with pre-paid water meters. In a notification of competitive bidding contract awards in the Government Gazette yesterday, Zinwa announced that the supply of the…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala has been denied bail after the Magistrates Court ruled that he has a propensity to commit more offences. The Zengeza West legislator had boasted during his bail application that he had been arrested over 65 times and had no reason to abscond from…
