©️ FORMER MDC Alliance secretary for local government Elias Mudzuri has belted the party’s warring leaders for allegedly failing their supporters with the manner they are handling the opposition outfit’s succession dispute. This comes as interim MDC president Thokozani Khupe has announced July 31 as the date for the extra-ordinary congress to choose the successor…
©️ HATCLIFFE has been hit by a suspected typhoid outbreak after one case was confirmed last week due to a contaminated borehole which has been decommissioned with immediate effect, an official said. According to residents, Hatcliffe has not received a drop of municipal water since way back despite claims by the local authority that water…
Tendai Kamhungira and Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITERS ©️ INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe has announced the date for the party’s eagerly anticipated extra-ordinary congress which will choose the party’s substantive new leader as directed by the courts, the Daily News reports. This comes as Chamisa has dispatched his close allies to all the party’s structures…
Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zw ©️ HEALTH experts warned yesterday that some frontline workers are still ill-prepared to identify and manage cases of the lethal coronavirus in the country, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe recorded its 36th Covid-19 case at the weekend, amid revelations that one of the victims, case 35, tested…
Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE government is facing a headache over the high numbers of Zimbabwean returnees from abroad who are now stretching available resources, the Daily News can report. This comes as many Zimbabweans are now returning from neighbouring countries, such as South Africa and Botswana, due to the current Covid-19 pandemic…
Shamiso Dzingire in BULAWAYO ©️ EKUSILENI Medical Centre received three portable ventilators as efforts to equip the institution into a high level Covid-19 isolation centre continue. The ventilators are the first to be received by the hospital since a multi-stakeholder initiative — Iam4Byo Fighting Covid-19 — began mobilising material, financial, and human resources towards capacitating…
©️ MDC legislators are facing the urgent and difficult decision of choosing between Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa — in the process risking losing their parliamentary positions and benefits, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This comes as the government has made it clear that if the legislators choose to withdraw from Parliament — as…
©️ THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has accused EcoCash — a subsidiary of Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed Cassava SmarTech — of allegedly engaging in practices that are fuelling the country’s foreign exchange black market. Responding to a High Court application by EcoCash in which the mobile payment solution is seeking a reversal of the…
ZIMBABWE’S embassies across the globe are in a financial mess, says a letter from the Foreign Affairs ministry. According to the letter to heads of mission and consul generals dated April 21, some embassies were facing eviction. The head of the President’s Secretariat in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), Ambassador Raphael Faranisi,…
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says the government should call for an audit of all donations made towards curbing the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic to ensure that all those who abused the contributions are brought to book. Although President Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured the nation that all donations will be accounted for, there…
