THE government has identified a new investor for Ekusileni Hospital and is planning to open the health care facility before the end of the year, a senior official has disclosed. Situated in Woodlands suburb, Ekusileni Hospital is the brainchild of the late former Vice President Joshua Nkomo and has been lying idle since 2004. The…
MINISTER of Agriculture Perrance Shiri, pictured, says farmers should not sit by and watch their cattle succumbing to diseases and drought, but should instead sell part of their livestock to invest in the surviving ones. This comes after the country lost about 400 000 cattle in the past year due to a combination of diseases,…
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, pictured, says the country is yet to experience any negative consequences on the economy due to the effects of the deadly coronavirus. This comes as experts have warned that Zimbabwe, with its reliance on imports and dilapidated health system, is likely to suffer further economic decline due…
PERMANENT secretary for the Health and Child Care ministry Agnes Mahomva has refuted claims that the government is hiding information on the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes as Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) recently wrote to Health minister Obadiah Moyo, demanding reliable information to the public confirming the possible outbreak of coronavirus in the…
THE MDC is blowing hot and cold on its plans to stage rolling mass actions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his government and Zanu PF, the Daily News On Sunday can reveal. This comes as ructions consuming the party continue to escalate, resulting in under pressure leader Nelson Chamisa telling his disgruntled lieutenants last week to…
THEY figure on Zimbabwe’s national flag, bank notes and official documents: stone statues representing birds taken away by the European colonialists more than a century ago. The eight original sculptures hold great spiritual value for the people of the southern African nation, and have been made into national emblems. Six of the large carvings were…
ZANU PF’S restructuring in the troublesome provinces of Harare and Bulawayo is happening in fits and starts, with party political commissar Victor Matemadanda, pictured, expressing concern about the threat posed by powerful land barons who want to take up leadership positions. Although the ruling party, which is not popular in urban areas, has set up…
HARARE residents have blasted council over recent astronomical rates hikes, arguing they are anti-poor and should be challenged in a court of law. The uproar came after the Local Government ministry approved the 2020 Harare city budget which saw the local authority quadrupling water charges by 400 percent, raising sewer charges by 300 percent, doubling…
IN what could present the MDC with a fresh headache another opposition party, bearing the name MDC Original, has been registered by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). According to a letter that was written by Zec chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana, pictured, MDC Original is headquartered in Mutare and is now recognised as an official…
THE government is coming under growing pressure to return the country to the general use of multi-currencies anchored by the American dollar, as the prematurely re-introduced Zim dollar continues to plummet on the black market, the Daily News reports. This comes in the wake of under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s latest and much-criticised economic measures…
