Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw TRANSFORM Zimbabwe president Jacob Ngarivhume, who is accused of masterminding the July 31 protest, has distanced himself from a Twitter account which is in his name that allegedly called on Zimbabweans to put an end to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule. This was said by Ngarivhume’s lawyer Moses Nkomo during his…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITERS MEDICAL doctors are seeking an urgent meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the wake of the spiralling cases of the lethal coronavirus in the country, the Daily News reports. In addition, they are also warning Zimbabweans to take extreme care in the coming days and…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw WOMEN’S rights and advocacy group, Musasa Project, has revealed shocking figures of gender-based violence (GBV) since authorities imposed the current national coronavirus lockdown. It said yesterday that it had assisted a whopping 10 000 victims of GBV in the last four months alone — adding that since the national…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE State wants land developer Felix Munyaradzi denied bail saying from Saturday the day he initially appeared in court, 50 more people have come to register complaints against him. This was said by the investigating officer Misheck Ngorima in bolstering the State’s opposition to bail saying more home seekers are…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw UNICEF has revealed that Zimbabwe is among countries struggling to improve breastfeeding as the world commemorates World Breastfeeding Week 2020. This comes as the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that the country was likely to experience up to 50 percent increase in…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE organisers of the abortive July 31 protest say they will roll out five days of demonstrations next week against alleged wanton looting and corruption, the Daily News reports. Last Friday, government unleashed the police and soldiers to stop the planned protest by locking down urban centres and suburbs…
Blessings Mashaya HUMAN rights lawyers yesterday claimed an intensified across the country crackdown on political activists, which includes arrests and torture, by security forces after the foiled July 31 protest, the Daily News reports. This comes as the police have increased the manhunt for the organisers of the protest, among them, MDC Alliance deputy chairperson…
THREE Bulawayo residents who were arrested over the weekend in connection with the July 31 anti-government demonstration have been released on bail. The trio; Nigel Ndlovu, a media entrepreneur and freelance journalist, Nyasha Lydia Muzaba and a Nust student Methembe Msipha were released on $1 000 bail each when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Shephered…
THE Avenues Clinic in Harare has reopened its accident and casualty unit after it had been temporarily closed for disinfection after their staff members were exposed to coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes at a time when hospitals are turning away patients without test results to prove that they do not have Covid-19. In a statement, the…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zwAMID the country’s deepening political and economic crises, church leaders have once again implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, to take the initiative to launch inclusive national dialogue to heal the nation. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, a number of prominent clerics said as the situation continued to take…
