By Helen Kadirire and Blessings Mashaya ©️ IT HAS emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa met Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and central bank governor John Mangudya for three hours on Wednesday, before directing them to jointly address the nation on the steps they are taking to mitigate the worsening crisis, the Daily News reports. Ncube and…
©️ PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned civil servants against sabotaging government programmes, including the scandal-ridden Command Agriculture and presidential inputs scheme, as he launched a piggery project in Harare. This comes as over 7 million Zimbabweans are currently facing starvation in the country, with programmes such as the Command Agriculture having failed to turn around…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the growing calls for political dialogue in the country, including the formation of a new government of national unity (GNU) to help end Zimbabwe’s myriad challenges. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, presidential spokesperson George Charamba also said even if Mnangagwa were to be persuaded…
©️ HARARE – In a disturbing development, Zimbabwe recorded a shocking jump in the number of people infected by the lethal coronavirus, the Daily News reports. This comes after a whopping 76 new positive cases were reported among the country’s returning residents — meaning that Zimbabwe now has 132 cases of Covid-19. It also comes…
©️ BULAWAYO – The family of a slain Bulawayo man yesterday said it would not rest until police officers who allegedly shot him are brought to book, the Daily News reports. This comes as the police have expressed regret at the shooting which they said was “unfortunate”. The shooting of 34-year-old Paul Munakopa has drawn…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in Bulawayo ©️ FORTHRIGHT Zanu PF politburo member and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, pictured, has thrown the cat among the pigeons within the ruling party by calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to form a government of national unity (GNU) with the opposition to end the country’s myriad challenges. The respected liberation stalwart…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITERS©️ THE government warned yesterday that more people could contract the lethal coronavirus in the country due to the huge number of Zimbabweans returning from abroad, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded four deaths from the 56 positive cases of the disease that have been…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw ©️ A BINDURA magistrate has sentenced businessman Fradreck Utsiwegota to an effective seven years in jail after finding him guilty of swindling his Singaporean partner of mining equipment worth over US$500 000. Magistrate Tinashe Ndokera initially sentenced Utsiwegota to 10 years in prison, before suspending three years of the…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw ©️ AT LEAST 118 people disappeared from various isolation centres throughout the country since the onset of the lockdown, the police have said. This comes as the government said it is concerned about the number of returnees fleeing the centres in a development that may increase infections. “The Zimbabwe Republic…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw©️ INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe, pictured, has upped the ante in the war for the control of the country’s main opposition — vowing yesterday that she will eject her rivals from the party’s iconic national headquarters in Harare as soon as the national coronavirus lockdown ends. Khupe’s spokesperson, Khaliphani…
