By Tariro Sajeni THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has uncovered an online scam targeting mainly Africans asking for registration fees to take part in a survey. To entice the victims, the scammers are offering a reward of US$615 to participants in the con, which is circulating widely on WhatsApp and other online platforms. “This…
masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE State is seeking the cancellation of bail granted to suspended Harare mayor Jacob Mafume by the High Court following his arrest on allegations of attempting to bribe a key witness in a criminal case he is facing. The State argued that Mafume wilfully interfered with the witness, Edgar Dzehonye, in a matter he…
By Tamary Chikiwa A TRADITIONAL chief has urged the government to enforce lockdown regulations in the rural areas as the country fights to flatten the curve in the wake of rising new Covid-19 infections and deaths. This comes as official figures show that as of January 3, Zimbabwe had recorded 15 265 cases and…
BUSINESS WRITER CONTROVERSIAL investor Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) has lost its platinum mining claims in Zimbabwe after failing to develop them for the past 11 years, The Financial Gazette can reveal. Senior government officials said the Kazakhstan-based mining firm recently sent two emissaries to try and renegotiate a new deal after the government…
THE country’s main opposition party, the MDC, recently held a chaotic extraordinary congress that elected Douglas Mwonzora as the new president. Mwonzora has pledged to work with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his rivals, among them Nelson Chamisa of the MDC Alliance. Below are excerpts of the interview with the Daily News’ Senior Staff Writer, Blessings…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw NEW MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, says the continuing active participation of elements of Zanu PF’s vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction in the affairs of the MDC Alliance is jeopardising prospects for a united opposition in the country ahead of the crucial 2023 elections. This notwithstanding, Mwonzora told the Daily…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITERS HEALTH experts have implored authorities to complement the re-introduced coronavirus lockdown measures with heightened testing of as many people as possible, to curb the spiralling infections in the country. This comes amid soaring deaths and numbers of people infected with Covid-19, which saw the government re-introducing…
Anesu Mirisawu STAFF WRITER mirisawua@dailynews.co.zw POPULAR Zimdancehall producer DJ Fantan and David House International promoter Boss Dammer have been arrested for organising a Covid-19 super spreader New Year Eve party in Mbare. Fantan, whose real name is Arnold Kamudyariwa, and Dammer — real name Simbarashe Chanachimwe — were picked up yesterday after a huge…
By Tamary ChikiwaA MPILO Central Hospital authorities have dismissed, as fake, reports that the southern region’s biggest referral institution had recorded 206 Covid-19 positive cases among members of staff in the last week. This comes as social media was awash with a purported statement from the hospital claiming that 87 general nurses, 68 student nurses,…
By Nyasha Dube THE government has approved the proposed budgets of at least 52 local authorities, with another 24 set to be analysed by the end of this week, the Daily News reports. Local Government minister July Moyo said the government will take action against 14 non-compliant local municipalities which are yet to submit their…
