OPPOSITION MDC MPs have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration of reversing the land reform programme by seizing idle land from black people for redistribution to white Zimbabweans, the Daily News reports. The move was introduced by government through Statutory Instrument (SI) 62 of 2020 which was gazetted last Friday, giving Mnangagwa powers to give land…
AS THE deadly coronavirus continues to spread and to wreak havoc around the world, health experts are concerned about Zimbabwe’s readiness to deal with the pandemic, the Daily News reports. This is despite the raft of measures that were announced on Tuesday by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to combat the disease, as well as ongoing assurances…
SOUTH Africa yesterday saw another jump in coronavirus cases — with 116 now confirmed as the country introduces new measures to shut its borders and schools across the country. The numbers are still rising sharply from one case a fortnight ago. Most of those with the virus brought it back from abroad — from the…
Sindiso Mhlophe and Mugove Tafirenyika STAFF WRITERS PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday came under fire for holding a mass gathering in Nyakomba Village in Nyanga, where he was commissioning a US$15 million pump house venture between Zimbabwe and Japan, barely 24 hours after banning public meetings of more than 100 people over the deadly coronavirus. …
THE government has offered former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko $765 706,58 as pension benefits against his US$320 000 demands. This comes after Mphoko approached the court declaring government’s decision to withhold his US$320 000 pension illegal and unconstitutional. In his application, Mphoko cited Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda,…
EMIRATES Airways has suspended flights between Harare-Lusaka-Dubai for the period March 20, 2020 to May 20, 2020, owing to the current challenging global environment. Globally, several airlines have grounded their flights due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, which has since been declared a global pandemic while others announced new flight reductions as more countries…
LOCAL authorities across the country are bracing for the coronavirus outbreak by intensifying preparedness and response measures despite Zimbabwe being in the clear for now, the Daily News reports. Harare City Council has partnered with Ecosure and distributed foot pedalled hand washing basins for the city’s busy areas to fight the spread of Covid-19, while Chitungwiza municipality…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday introduced a raft of measures aimed at mitigating the effects of the deadly coronavirus pandemic that is wreaking havoc around the world, the Daily News reports. Among the tough measures that he took were an immediate ban on all public gatherings of more than 100 people for the next 60…
THE United Kingdom (UK) will not bail out Zimbabwe until President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government embarks on comprehensive political and economic reforms, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe’s re-engagement efforts with Western powers appear to have hit a brick wall, after the United States of America, the European Union (EU) and the UK recently…
TWO travellers who were in isolation at Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital in Harare over suspicions of having the coronavirus have tested negative, the Daily News reports. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared the deadly coronavirus a national emergency while suspending social gatherings of more than 100 people to mitigate the spread of the…
