Nyasha Dube GRAFT-ACCUSED suspended Harare mayor Jacob Mafume will have to wait a bit longer before he can launch his bail application as the High Court will only hear such matters starting on February 9 due to the tightened lockdown measures. Mafume’s hearing should have been heard yesterday, but it could not take place following…
Mugove Tafirenyika, Godknows Matarutse & Tamary Chikiwa STAFF WRITERS MANY ordinary Zimbabweans in urban areas appeared to have heeded the calls by authorities to stay at home, as the country’s second hard national coronavirus lockdown came into effect yesterday. News crews from the Daily News who sought to establish the extent of compliance with the latest tough Covid-19 measures…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw LEARNERS writing their final examinations were yesterday forced to sit for their papers in batches after encountering transport and security checkpoint difficulties, as the country began its 30-day hard coronavirus lockdown. But authorities said despite some learners arriving late, they were allowed to sit their papers later — to avoid…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw JOURNALISTS and other media practitioners can still use their 2019 and 2020 accreditation cards in executing their duties, the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has said, adding it is yet to issue new ones for this year. ZMC accredits journalists and issues them with press cards valid for one year,…
CHIEF WRITER THE government has moved to protect civil servants from Covid-19 by reducing, to 30 percent, the number of public employees physically at work as well as suspending face-to-face meetings during this lockdown period. This comes as the country has gone into a second hard Covid-19 which commenced yesterday, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa and…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Godknows Matarutse STAFF WRITERS ZIMBABWEANS thronged shops and banks around the country yesterday as they rushed to stock up on essential goods ahead of the revised national coronavirus lockdown, which starts today. At the same time, police warned that they would descend heavily on violators of the tightened stay-at-home order, as authorities…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw THE government will secure the area around the Victoria Falls gorge to avoid repeats of tragic incidents similar to the one that killed a Harare man over the festive season. This comes as search units that include ZimParks rangers, police and the military are battling to retrieve the body of…
By Nyasha Dube duben@dailynews.co.zw A JUNIOR police officer accused of harbouring notorious armed robber Musa Taj Abdul and his gang, has been denied bail by the High Court for a second time. Tapiwa Mangoma had launched a second bail appeal on changed circumstances after his first attempt at freedom was denied last year. Mangoma based…
TRUCKING companies diverting their vehicles from the Groblersbrug border in Botswana to Beitbridge are among the reasons for congestion at the crossing between South Africa and Zimbabwe. Long-winding queues at the Beitbridge Border were reported, especially around the week of Christmas, during which at least four truck drivers died of dehydration. SA Home Affairs…
By Tamary Chikiwa FOUR Bulawayo men have appeared in court for allegedly hijacking a car along Luveve Road and stealing $310 000, a battery and front headlamps. Solomon Henry from Thorngrove, Denson Tendai Zengeni, who resides in Makokoba and their accomplices, only identified as Johns and Stephen, were arrested after they allegedly attacked Innocent Moyo…
