Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE ongoing labour unrest in the health sector is contributing to the increase of daily Covid-19 deaths in the country as patients are not able to receive medical treatment, health experts have said. This comes as the country recorded nine Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday with the total death toll…
FORMER University of Zimbabwe history associate professor, Chengetai Jonas Mudadirwa Zvobgo, has died. He died on Tuesday at St. Giles Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Harare, after a long battle related to a stroke he suffered a year ago. Born in Masvingo, Zvobgo, younger brother to the late veteran nationalist and national hero Eddison, was also an…
SECURICO, one of Zimbabwe’s leading security services providers, has introduced a touchless access and face mask screening solution to combat the spread of the Covid-19. The company’s head of electronics, Sam Kanoyangwa, said Securico had acquired state-of-the-art equipment that uses artificial intelligence. He said the new equipment can do four things: fever detection, mask enforcement,…
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, who is accused of ordering the release of two Zinara officials at Avondale Police Station will now stand trial on September 2. The trial was scheduled for yesterday, but could not proceed after his lawyers made an application requesting further particulars which was dismissed by senior regional magistrate Trynois Utahwashe…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL servants are dismayed at the current absence of dialogue with the government on the urgent matter of employee welfare in spite of the deepening erosion of incomes due to unrelenting inflation. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube early this month said negotiations with civil servants were currently underway, adding that…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw FOUR Harare City councillors, who are in court on allegations of allocating stands to several companies without following procedures, will know their fate regarding pre-trial freedom today. Lovemore Makuwerere, Hammy Madzingira, Anthony Shingadeya and Costa Mande yesterday made their application for bail before Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. The State…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw THE son of High Court Judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze, Munyaradzi, who is accused of killing a cellphone dealer in Harare early this year, is contesting having his blood samples taken for comparison with his blood-stained clothes recovered during the murder investigations. This is part of efforts by the Zimbabwe Republic…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw POLITICAL tensions continue to escalate in the country, with a bristling President Emmerson Mnangagwa accusing some local churches yesterday of advancing a dangerous agenda against the government, the Daily News reports. In addition, Mnangagwa also challenged church leaders whom he said might be harbouring political ambitions to formally swap…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw AMID the escalating dysfunction within the public health sector, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — the country’s new Health minister — has come up with a new restructuring strategy aimed at reviving the system, the Daily News reports. Among his top priorities, it has emerged, is to ensure that striking…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF’s politburo yesterday dismissed as malicious claims by Catholic bishops in the country that the government was carrying out human rights abuses and instilling fear among the populace, the Daily News reports. This comes as the bishops issued a pastoral letter last week, saying the country, under President…
