Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE European Union (EU) has availed an additional US$7,33 million to step up Zimbabwe’s response to the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s confirmed Covid-19 cases have gone up to 1 034, with 19 deaths and 343 recoveries, according to figures released…
Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) has proposed to increase member subscriptions by over 1 000 percent as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to plummet against major currencies, including the United States (US) dollar. This comes as private medical practitioners and pharmacies have begun demanding shortfalls and co-payments beyond the reach of many long-suffering Zimbabweans, with…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ACTING MDC leader Thokozani Khupe, pictured, and her team are unrelenting in their assaults on Nelson Chamisa and his top allies — signalling yesterday that they are now planning to sack 30 more party legislators from Parliament and to take over all the main opposition’s provincial offices. Khupe’s…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw SUSPECTED State security agents raided the home of Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa on Sunday night, harassing his petrified family, the Daily News reports. This comes after the homes of MDC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala and expelled Zanu PF youth commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu were also raided…
THE government has said it is convinced that far from being an anti-corruption demonstration, the planned July 31 protests are meant to remove the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power. This comes as suspected State agents raided the homes of MDC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala and expelled Zanu PF youth commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu…
MINES minister Winston Chitando and his Finance counterpart Mthuli Ncube have been taken to the High Court for failing to implement laws that guarantee transparency on how the country’s mineral resources are exploited. Save Odzi Community Network Trust (Socnet) cited Chitando, Ncube and Attorney-General Prince Machaya as respondents in the matter. They want the government,…
POLICE are hunting for 215 individuals — including some who are infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) — who escaped from quarantine centres around the country, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country as of Sunday night had recorded 985 confirmed cases, including 328 recoveries and 18 deaths amid revelations by the police that law…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH authorities yesterday warned the country to brace for further increases in the number of people contracting the lethal coronavirus, the Daily News reports. In addition, they also warned that the local spread of the disease was likely to put paid to hopes of schools re-opening at the end…
THE ugly infighting that has divided the MDC could soon come to an end, amid renewed attempts to unite Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa ahead of the party’s planned extra-ordinary congress, the Daily News On Sunday can reveal. At the same time, there is growing talk that the political future of re-instated MDC secretary-general Douglas…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, has called for tougher action against corruption and the faster conclusion of prosecutions of graft-related cases, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as Mnangagwa has fired two Cabinet ministers — Prisca Mupfumira and Obadiah Moyo — over accusations of being involved in graft. Speaking at the Africa Anti-Corruption Day…
