THE government has set up virtual hospitals to reach out to communities that are finding it difficult to access medication during this Covid-19 pandemic. Deputy Health minister John Mangwiro implored citizens to utilise the facility to circumvent the travel restrictions that have been brought about by the pandemic. “In the process, we set up as…
MDC boss Douglas Mwonzora, has launched an ambitious bid to unite the country’s brawling opposition ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 national elections. Apart from wanting to heal the opposition’s senseless divisions, Mwonzora is also seeking to have consensus with his rivals on fielding one presidential candidate and agreed parliamentary candidates in the polls that are…
THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mangudya, warned yesterday that authorities would deal decisively with the few big businesses and informal traders that are rejecting the Z$10 note despite it being legal tender. The miffed Mangudya told the Daily News that it was illegal for anyone to reject money as long as it…
THE Supreme Court yesterday freed from prison former Zanu PF MP for Bikita, Munyaradzi Kereke on $500 000 bail pending appeal having been incarcerated since 2016 for raping his 11-year-old niece. Kereke, who also served as advisor to former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono, was jailed five years ago after Harare magistrate…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has raised concern over the increasing number of murder cases across the country in which most of the perpetrators and victims would be violating Covid-19 lockdown measures. Most of the killings are occurring at bottle stores and illegal drinking spots where small arguments are seemingly turning violent and fatal. This…
THE Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPA) has warned citizens from purchasing unapproved Covid-19 self-test kits from pharmacies, saying the kits are producing erroneous results. At the same time, the authority has cautioned unscrupulous medicine suppliers that they risk being deregistered if they continue with the practice. This came out during a tour of pharmacies…
EXPELLED Zanu PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has advised MDC Alliance boss Nelson Chamisa that he risks being left politically isolated if he does not join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform immediately. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the forthright and hard-nosed Tsenengamu said Polad offered Chamisa an opportunity to be part of the much-talked about…
CHALLENGES affecting the operations of Zimbabwe’s women entrepreneurs will be the subject of discussion at a webinar to be hosted via zoom on Friday by the CEO Africa Roundtable. The forthcoming webinar, which will be the second edition of the Women’s Business Leadership Roundtable 2021, seeks to build women business leaders with expertise in, among…
TWO non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have launched an urgent High Court application seeking to stop Harare Provincial Development coordinator, Tafadzwa Muguti, from shutting down noncompliant civil society organisations from operating. This comes after Muguti on July 29 released a press statement directing all NGOs operating in Harare to submit their work plans, information on workshops and…
THE government has resolved to review the payment model for Covid-19 vaccinators’ allowances by making them performance-based as a way to accelerate the ongoing national inoculation programme. This comes as the country has so far vaccinated 1 674 710 people against a national target of 10 million by the end of the year as the…
