ZIMBABWE witnessed a surge in malaria cases this year, which has seen at least 364 people succumbing to the disease — at a time that the country has also been battling with Covid-19, the Daily News reports. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 361 000 people were this year infected by the…
THE MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa has described the recall of Harare mayor Herbert Gomba and five others by the MDC-T camp led by Thokozani Khupe as a ploy to destroy the opposition party. Gomba was recalled together with Hammy Madzingira (Ward 10), Kudzai Kadzombe (Ward 41), Gaudencia Marere (Ward 32), Costa Mande (Ward…
STRIKING nurses have received their July and August salaries despite the Health Services Board (HSB’s) no-work, no-pay principle. Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Enock Dongo confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they were paid double their normal salaries this month to compensate for last month. “The majority of nurses who did not receive salaries in…
ZIMBABWE’S political and economic crises that have gone on for two decades are weakening Zanu PF’s hold on power and could soon have dire consequences on the ruling party, one of the country’s leading analysts has warned. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Eldred Masunungure — a political science lecturer at the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, has pledged to immediately roll out a process of issuing identity documents to victims of the Gukurahundi post-independence political disturbances. The president’s promise follows a convention held in March last year where civil society organisations under the Matabeleland Collective banner brought to his attention that people have been having challenges in…
MDC ALLIANCE vice-chairperson Job Sikhala, who was arrested on Friday and accused of inciting people for the July 31 demonstration, will spend this weekend behind bars and will be back in court tomorrow. Sikhala was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube yesterday. Through his lawyer,…
BUSINESSMAN and football administrator Farai Jere appeared in court yesterday accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) of over US$3 million in a smart meters supply deal. Jere appeared before Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube jointly charged with ZETDC engineer Leonard Chisina and information and technology senior manager Freeman Chikonzo. Through…
By Blessings Mashaya and Mugove Tafirenyika MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson and spokesperson of the July 31 Movement, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, pictured, was arrested by authorities in Tynwald North — west of Harare — yesterday, having spent nearly a month in hiding, the Daily News reports. At the same time, another organiser of the foiled…
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) took steps more than a year ago to have former Zimbabwe first lady Grace Mugabe extradited to South Africa for the alleged August 2017 assault of model Gabriella Engels in a Sandton hotel, AfriForum revealed on Thursday. The delay, however, seems to lie with the department of justice. The civil…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has directed mobile money operators to immediately close all multiple wallets and allow just one wallet per individual. THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has directed mobile money operators to immediately close all multiple wallets and allow just one wallet per individual. This came out from the…
