Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.z PROFESSOR of World Politics at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, Stephen Chan, says the international community will continue to show a lack of interest in Zimbabwe until Zanu PF and the opposition get their act together. However, the respected academic also observed in an…
Blessings Mashaya THE MDC’s much-talked about extra-ordinary congress degenerated into chaos yesterday, with delegates nearly coming to blows over allegations of manipulation of the voters’ roll. So bad was the situation at a top Harare hotel where the gathering took place, that interim party leader Thokozani Khupe and secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora — who were both…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again pleaded for divine intervention to end the resurgence of the deadly coronavirus pandemic across the world. This comes at a time when neighbouring South Africa has reported a new Covid-19 variant, known as 501.V2, which has been blamed for the rising infections. Mnangagwa was the…
Vasco Chaya SENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw EIGHTEEN people died in road accidents that occurred on Christmas holiday this year compared to 17 deaths which were recorded in the same period last year, the police have confirmed. The police recorded a total of 147 Christmas holidays road accidents this year compared to 276 recorded in the…
NETONE board has terminated the contract of chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje – barely 24 hours after he was reinstated. Muchenje is facing a slew of corruption charges before the courts and had been under suspension to pave way for investigations into suspected criminal abuse of office and fraud. He was notified of the board’s…
By Emmerson Njanjamangezi THE Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) has warned that African migratory locusts and fall armyworm may hamper the 2020/21 agriculture season output. The risk of locusts, according to Fewsnet, is further worsened by the fact ‘the majority of maize crops are at the emergence to early vegetative stage’ where any…
By Emmerson Mangezi ZAMBEZI river flows at Victoria Falls have been increasing steadily due to local rainfall activity, a situation that could further excite both international and domestic tourists. The increase in the Zambezi River flow looks set to bring back the plumes of mist that hover around the waterfall as it roars. This usually…
By Tamary Chikiwa BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is seeking donors who can assist with water harvesting equipment during the rainy season in an attempt to reduce water woes in the city, the Daily News on Sunday reports. The city has been enduring months of water shedding due to low dam levels. BCC director of engineering…
THE transport and freight forwarding industries have called for urgent intervention at the Beitbridge border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe “where a humanitarian disaster is unfolding, at the same time creating a potential Covid-19 catastrophe which also threatens a cholera outbreak”. Federation of Eastern and Southern Africa Road Transport Associations (Fesarta) CEO Mike Fitzmaurice…
THE Department of Meteorological Services in Zimbabwe says it is monitoring a tropical depression off the coast of Madagascar that could develop into a cyclone chalane that could destroy the country’s eastern villages and cities. In their daily bulletins, the Meteorological Services stated that “the potential for the development of a significant tropical cyclone is…
