Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO NURSES at Ingutsheni Central Hospital are walking to and from work as there is no transport to ferry them. This was revealed recently by the mental institution’s acting chief executive officer, Nemache Mawere, while briefing visiting Vice President and also Health minister Constantino Chiwenga on problems facing the mental health facility….
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala has approached the High Court contesting the dismissal of his application challenging his placement on remand on allegations of inciting public violence. Sikhala cited the State and Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube, who dismissed the application, as respondents. He wants the High Court to…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the government recently approved a 100 percent electricity tariff hike to save Zesa Holdings from plunging into a financial crisis and to ensure continued power imports, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country has lately been experiencing intermittent power cuts due to…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO THE net is closing in on Bulawayo city councillors as the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) intensifies its investigations into graft allegations amid reports of imminent arrests. Late last month, Zacc initiated an investigation into Bulawayo City Council (BCC) affairs following reports of corruption in land sales. It came to light in…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw MDC bigwigs say they are frustrated by the painfully slow progress towards the much talked about national dialogue — amid claims that authorities are blocking South African officials from returning to the country to assist Zimbabwe end its challenges. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MDC Alliance vice president Welshman Ncube,…
Mugove Tafirenyika HEALTH experts warned authorities yesterday against rushing to ease coronavirus restrictions further without ensuring citizens’ safety, saying this could lead to a second wave of the killer disease in the country, the Daily News reports. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa also implored Zimbabweans on Monday to remain vigilant, warning that the lethal virus was…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government yesterday announced an ambitious horticulture project which will see 25 000 boreholes being sunk across the country. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the new initiative is set to increase food production in the country. “The…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday set up two tribunals to investigate the fitness for office of one Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) member, Frank Muchengwa, and two commissioners of the Zimbabwe Land Commission (ZLC), Tadious Muzoroza and Jeanette Marrie Manjengwa. In an extraordinary Government Gazette yesterday, Mnangagwa appointed retired High Court judge Justice Nicholas…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw PHYSICALLY-CHALLENGED teachers are crying foul over government’s failure to pay their assistants the US$75 coronavirus (Covid-19) allowances being paid to all civil servants, saying the practice was discriminatory, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s educators embarked on a nationwide boycott of classes since schools reopened last week, demanding…
THE axe is hovering over the heads of close to 80 more MDC councillors countrywide after the party’s national standing committee resolved to recall them last week, saying they no longer represent the party’s interests, the Daily News reports. This comes as the party’s interim leader Thokozani Khupe last month recalled 11 councillors in Harare,…
