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Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw  IT EMERGED yesterday that security forces would further tighten the national coronavirus lockdown from today, amid fears that the disease is getting out of control, the Daily News reports. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew last week to combat the continued rise in Covid-19 cases…

Sindiso Mhophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has recorded a sharp increase in pellagra cases, with 1 061 registered between January and June 2020 compared to 440 over the same period last year. Pellagra is a disease caused by a lack of vitamin niacin and if left untreated, can cause death. In its latest situation…

Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has urged the government to stop using State apparatus to instil fear in citizens as the country braces for July 31 demonstrations. In a statement on the right of freedom to demonstrate and protest during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic lockdown, the commission also urged…

SINDISO MHLOPE Senior Staff Writer msindiso@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw AS ZIMBABWE’S political and economic crises continue to deepen, analysts have delivered a damning assessment of the country’s opposition, the Daily News on Sunday reports.   Speaking during a virtual meeting that was organised by SAPES Trust last week to discuss South Africa’s role in Zimbabwe’s ongoing crises, the…

Blessings Mashaya and Sindiso Mlophe    OVER a dozen suspected armed robbers pounced movie-style on the affluent Borrowdale Hospital Trauma Centre yesterday —an incident that was captured on CCTV, the Daily News on Sunday reports. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident saying the police were currently investigating the matter. Trauma Centre owner, prominent…

SINDISO MHLOPE Senior Staff Writer msindiso@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw   IN A major blow to the country’s public health sector, 70 staff members at Parirenyatwa Hospital’s coronavirus treatment centre have tested positive for the lethal disease, the Daily News on Sunday reports. The hospital said at the weekend that the increase in the number of health workers testing positive…

Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessing Masakadza   ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi says he has been alerted to fresh corruption allegations at Zesa Holdings (Zesa) — and specifically being perpetrated by executive chairperson Sydney Gata — and which the government will thoroughly investigate. The development comes as the electricity concern has been dogged by graft allegations since…

Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES said yesterday that they had deployed more security forces around the country, to force compliance with Covid-19 regulations, including the recently imposed dusk to dawn national curfew, the Daily News reports. This comes as there are growing concerns that even more urban commuters will violate the new curfew…

Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Hebert Gomba, who is facing allegations of converting State land to council land and parcelling it out to a housing cooperative in Mufakose at the expense of another cooperative, has been denied  bail. The State had opposed his admission to pre-trial freedom, arguing that the likelihood of interference…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ANALYSTS have said the South African government’s foreign policy based on politics of solidarity and a brotherly stance has failed Zimbabwe which is on the brink of collapse, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe is experiencing its worst socio-economic crisis in a decade characterised by hyperinflation, foreign…