THE month of July was marked by an exponential increase in coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Zimbabwe. The country’s confirmed cases jumped from less than 500 to more than 3 000, while deaths increased from below 10 to over 50. The month also witnessed a dramatic shift in the trajectory of Covid-19 as local transmissions have…
THE MDC Alliance has laid a formal criminal complaint against Zanu PF acting secretary for information Patrick Chinamasa for allegedly inciting violence, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as Friday’s protest against corruption, which had been called by opposition parties and civil society organisations, flopped after the police and the army tightened Covid-19…
Dakarai Mashava Features Editor mashavad@dailynews.co.zw THE Transforming Zimbabwe’s Dairy Value Chain for the Future (TranZDVC) project, which aims to address the root causes of under-performance in Zimbabwe’s dairy value chain, has identified the participation of women and youth farmers as a strategy to address succession issues. TranZDVC is a partnership between We Effect, Zimbabwe Association…
POLITICAL analysts have blamed a combination of poor planning and the escalating infighting consuming the country’s main opposition for Friday’s failed anti-government protests, the Daily News On Sunday reports. However, MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti vowed yesterday that the opposition would mount more potent protests going forward, in a bid to oust President…
SECURITY forces maintained a heavy presence around the country yesterday, amid talk of more protests by the opposition and pro-democracy groups. This comes as Zimbabwe is under a dusk-to-dawn curfew that was imposed by authorities to combat the spread of the lethal coronavirus which is now running amok in the country. Yesterday, police…
SENIOR police officers, among them deputy commissioner-general Stephen Mutamba, have been accused of frustrating investigations into alleged fraudulent land deals by Delatfin (Pvt) Ltd owner Felix Munyaradzi. This emerged at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday when alleged land baron Munyaradzi appeared for initial remand before regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna facing four counts of fraud. Munyaradzi…
ZIMBABWE on Friday recorded 14 coronavirus (Covid-19) deaths, bringing the total to 67, the ministry of Health and Child Care said in an update. This comes at a time when the number of recoveries is going up. The country on Friday had 1 004 recoveries, after an increase of 80 — 65 in the Midlands…
THE International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa asking his government to denounce Zanu PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa’s statement attacking labour unions. In the letter dated July 29, ITUC said Mnangagwa’s government and Zanu PF were violating workers’ rights. “On 27 July 2020, we noted a press conference convened…
FOUR former MDC employees have now applied for the High Court to issue a garnishee order against the party’s bank accounts to recover terminal benefits and salaries which they are owed. Wilson Box, Aleck Tabe, Geraldine Sibanda, and Lawrence Paganga previously sued the MDC Alliance, but recently directed their lawsuits against the Thokozani Khupe-led…
BUSINESSMAN Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure has demanded that former First Lady Grace Mugabe’s son Russell Goreraza and her brother Samson Marufu pay him his full balance after a botched sale of his Mercedes Benz ML63 to the two. In a High Court case, Goreraza borrowed the car from Kadungure last year and got involved in an…
