Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw MOST of the country’s Covid-19 centres have scaled down testing of the killer virus due to staff and chemical shortages, making it difficult to gauge the extent of the spread of the pandemic, the Daily News can report. This comes as health experts said Zimbabwe was yet to flatten the…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government still faces a major uprising by fed up Zimbabweans despite foiling last month’s mass protests, expelled former Zanu PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, says. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Tsenengamu — who now leads the anti-corruption pressure group, the Front for Economic Emancipation (FEE) —…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw SIX Hurungwe West headmen who were allegedly expelled during the run-up to the 2018 elections for not supporting then aspiring Zanu PF MP, the late Keith Guzah, have approached the High Court seeking to nullify the decision. The headmen, Member Mutinha, Aleck Munhava, Alton Manjonjo, Morgan Gora, Nobo Mahobo and…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE currently has a funding gap of over US$63 million to support water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) needs, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) has said. This comes as water woes have bedevilled most of the country’s urban areas, with Bulawayo having recently experienced…
ALL eyes are on Zimbabwe after South Africa further eased the country’s Covid-19 lockdown measures. This comes as Zimbabwe is under a rigid lockdown, which includes a dusk-to-dawn curfew decreed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in July. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday night swept aside most of the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in a bold…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw THE government is set to construct four customs inland dry ports to reduce corruption and ease clearance at borders. This comes amid allegations of graft and delays at most of the country’s ports of entry, prejudicing the government of millions of dollars in hard currency through custom and import duty…
NOBUKHOSI Ndlovu’s mother Nomaqhawe, 47, had always struggled with acute asthma, characterised by shortness of breath, chest tightness, coughing and in most serious cases, wheezing. Last week on Monday she suffered a sudden asthmatic attack while watching television with her eldest daughter and three other children — Nomazulu, 21, Nomathemba, 16, and Nomusa, 4. “We…
MDC-T chairperson Abednico Bhebhe says the country’s political crisis can permanently be resolved by Zimbabweans. In a wide ranging interview with the Daily News on Sunday Staff Writer Jeffrey Muvundusi, Bhebhe also tackled the fight for control of the MDC between Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa. Below are the excerpts. Q: Last week, South Africa…
THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has increased water allocation for power generation at Kariba Hydro-Power Station despite water levels continuing to plummet due to successive droughts. ZRA chief executive officer Munyaradzi Munodawafa said the authority had allocated four billion cubic metres more to the 23 billion cubic metres that had initially been released to…
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has warned that Zimbabwe’s political and economic crises have now reached a critical point that could soon lead to a bloodbath, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed recently that the government would flush out “terrorist” opposition groups that are allegedly working…
