TWO truck drivers have been arrested and appeared in court after they were intercepted by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) at Chirundu Border Post while attempting to smuggle fuel into the country, an official has said.Zimra head of corporate communications Francis Chimanda yesterday said that officials discovered that fuel headed for Zambia had been off-loaded…
GOVERNMENT yesterday said the country remains on level 4 lockdown, which among other things will see public schools remain closed, as the country battles a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic characterised by rising new infec- tions and deaths.Addressing journalists at a post-Cabinet media briefing last night, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, warned citizens to remain vigilant…
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday swore-in the new Judge President Mary Zimba-Dube who replaced George Chiweshe, who was recently promoted to the Supreme Court bench. Speaking to journalists during the swearing-in ceremony, Justice ministry permanent secretary Virginia Mabhiza, said that Zimba-Dube’s experience was key to her new position and will come in handy in the…
THE current coronavirus drumfire has not spared the country’s health workers, with authorities revealing yesterday that about 5 000 of them — including doctors and nurses — had contracted the virulent respiratory disease, while 24 others had succumbed to the pandemic so far. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the executive chairperson of the Health Services Board…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has put forward three traffic by-laws for possible amendment to ease congestion once the Attorney General (AG) ratifies them, the Daily News has been told. Every year, HCC earmarks at least 26 by-laws for review so that they keep them in sync with international standards. HCC acting chamber secretary Warren Chiwawa yesterday…
VIOLENCE erupted again in the opposition last week after MDC Alliance youths attacked Kwekwe councillors they accused of aligning themselves with MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured. MDC spokesperson Witness Dube told the Daily News yesterday that the incident occurred during the burial on Thursday of Kwekwe deputy mayor Shadreck Tobaiwa who succumbed to Covid-19. Dube said the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has tasked a group of business people led by Philip Chiyangwa to build a US$140 million war chest for the Zanu PF 2023 general elections campaign. This comes as the ruling party has set itself a target to mobilise five million voters for the watershed elections in which Mnangagwa is set to…
MORE woes mount for a Harare woman, who is accused of swindling a local businessman of US$488 000 in a botched mining deal in which she name-dropped President’s Emmerson Mnangagwa’s name, after the State withdrew its bail consent. Eustine Charambira is facing fraud allegations and the State had consented to her bail if she surrendered…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, has re-iterated his calls for urgent and inclusive national dialogue, warning that any elections that will be held in the country without needed reforms will be disputed again and will thus be ‘a waste of time’. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the MDC boss said stakeholders needed to agree…
ZIMBABWE yesterday received one more million Covid-19 vaccines from China, pushing the number of shots received so far to five million in a move to combat the spread of the virulent respiratory disease. This comes as the demand for vaccination is increasing at a time there is a surge in new coronavirus infections and deaths….
