©️ FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa’s security aides were involved in a fatal accident in Mashonaland Central yesterday, the Daily News reports. The first lady — who was travelling to Muzarabani where she intended to donate foodstuffs and other goods to starving families — was not in the car which rolled and claimed one life, leaving…
HIGH Court judge Joseph Mafusire has ordered the ZBC and three government ministries to provide information on coronavirus (Covid-19) in braille, sign language and use subtitles to cater for the blind, deaf and visually-impaired. This comes after an application filed by the Centre for Disability and Development Trust, Deaf Zimbabwe Trust and the Zimbabwe National…
RESIDENTS here will be receiving running water for only two days per week with effect from Monday, a clear disaster in the midst of the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19) which requires regular washing of hands. The increase in the water shedding hours comes two weeks after the local authority increased water cuts to 108 hours…
©️ HEALTH experts say the country risks recording more coronavirus infections, following a surprise decision by authorities to cut the number of days that returning Zimbabweans should spend in mandatory quarantine from 14 to eight. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the experts said while it was understandable that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s broke government was…
©️ PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is considering deploying more soldiers to help enforce the national coronavirus lockdown, as public discipline during the current stay-at-home order continues to slide. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba confirmed that more soldiers were being considered for deployment, especially in residential areas in towns….
Brighton Goko STAFF WRITER gokob@dailynews.co.zw ©️ DIVERSIFIED firm Sakunda Holdings yesterday donated an upmarket hospital to the government for the free treatment of coronavirus patients as part of its huge involvement in fighting the pandemic. Apart from Arundel Hospital, Sakunda also donated much-needed personal protective equipment (PPEs) for health workers, ventilators and a host of…
©️ TWO Harare men who allegedly used a vehicle unlocking device to neutralise remote-controlled locking before stealing cash and official documents belonging to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office appeared in court yesterday. Farai Kachepa, 34, and Tawanda Walter Machingauta, 35, were charged with theft from a motor vehicle when they appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa…
Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ©️ ECONOMIC experts have criticised yesterday’s move by authorities which effectively brought back price controls — amid fears this could result in debilitating shortages of basic goods in the country, as was experienced a decade ago. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after the government announced an immediate price moratorium…
©️ THE government said yesterday it would take stern measures to enforce the current lockdown, following a further slip in discipline by many Zimbabweans who are defying the stay-at-home order, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country has registered its fourth death from the lethal coronavirus pandemic — amid rising national infections. It…
©️ ONE hundred and ninety three Zimbabweans who returned home from Botswana and were quarantined in Bulawayo have tested negative for coronavirus (Covid-19), a senior government official has said. Currently, Bulawayo Polytechnic College is housing 256 men, while 200 women and children are quarantined at the United College of Education (UCE). Addressing journalists yesterday after…
