Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw IN A movie-style robbery, eight armed gangsters on Sunday night pounced on a Harare private high school, Gateway, blew up a strongroom with dynamite and got away with US$250 000. This comes as cases of armed robbery have been on the increase across the country in recent months. National police spokesperson assistant…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for suspected serial carjacker, Edmore Zinyoro, who they claim is behind a spate of recent armed robberies here and in other parts of the country. Law enforcement agents claim that Zinyoro, 28, is usually in the company of four or more gangsters armed with axes…
Dakarai Mashava FEATURES & MAGAZINES EDITOR HEALTH and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro will be the guest of honour and keynote speaker in a webinar on challenges affecting the health sector to be held on Wednesday morning. Mangwiro, a health specialist who has served as the chairperson of the International Diabetes Federation Africa Region,…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES and medical experts are worried about gatherings during the upcoming Easter holidays, amid fears that these could trigger a local third wave of the lethal coronavirus. The concerns are heightened by the fact that winter is also fast approaching — a time when other respiratory diseases like influenza are…
By Eddie Cross TWO years ago, the new Minister of Finance in Zimbabwe brought together a small group of local business persons in an informal advisory group. I was privileged to be included. Our meetings were irregular, largely driven by the Ministers need for a sounding board against which he could bounce ideas and problems….
PREMIER Service Holding Company group chief executive officer Farai Muchena and Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) chief executive Shylet Sanyanga will be part of a high-powered panel spearheading discussions in a webinar on challenges affecting the health sector on March 31. The webinar, being hosted by the Daily News Conferencing Unit in partnership…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again read the riot act to Zanu PF’s district co-ordinating committees (DCCs), saying they must desist from fomenting divisions and advancing personal agendas in the ruling party. Addressing Zanu PF’s central committee yesterday, Mnangagwa said the respect of the former liberation movement’s constitution, as well as loyalty, discipline and servant leadership should…
THE government is enforcing security measures in schools to make sure Covid-19 protocols are observed as part of efforts to curb the spread of the viral disease in all learning institutions, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said. Speaking in Senate last week, Mutsvangwa said despite challenges, the government was working hard to facilitate Covid-19 tests in…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says there is no need to increase the weekly $2 000 bank withdrawal limit for individuals as a move to combat the black market. This comes as the Treasury chief and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last year introduced a number of measures, including limiting the amount people could transact on…
IN the recent past, several former senior members of the MDC have been defecting to Zanu PF. The ruling party is ecstatic and believes more MDC officials will join its ranks as it plots a total annihilation of the opposition in the 2023 harmonised polls. The Daily News on Sunday Chief Writer Mugove Tafirenyika hooked up…
