Godknows Matarutse and Jeffrey Muvundusi SENIOR STAFF WRITERS THE Covid-19 vaccination drive will move a gear up today following the delivery of doses to all the provinces and districts at the weekend. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday urged Zimbabweans to embrace the ongoing inoculation programme, saying the vaccines are completely safe. The…
ANGRY authorities vowed yesterday that they would hammer perpetrators of violent crime in the country, while also dealing ruthlessly with rogue police officers caught participating in criminal activities. In addition, police also warned ordinary citizens against undermining and acting violently towards law enforcement agents going about their duties. This comes after police gunned down four…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has urged Zimbabweans to embrace the ongoing Covid-19 national inoculation programme, saying the vaccines are completely safe. This comes after the country commenced its vaccination campaign on Thursday, with Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — who is also Zimbabwe’s Health minister — becoming the first local to take the available SinoPharm jabs….
VASCO CHAYA AND ANESU MIRISAWU Staff Writers ONCE again, the police had a torrid time in enforcing Covid-19 regulations as scores of people thronged Warren Hills Cemetery for the burial of the much-loved Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love. With the country still in a nationwide lockdown to help combat the virus, only 30 people are…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on land barons and councils that duped desperate home seekers to settle and develop on illegal land, saying the government would bring them to book. Addressing mourners during the burial of the late national hero, Moses Mpofu, at the National Heroes Acre yesterday, Mnangagwa said corrective measures were being…
Tariro Sajeni STAFF WRITER sajenit@dailynews.co.zw VICE President Constantino Chiwenga says Zimbabweans need to accept being vaccinated against Covid-19 for the country to combat the deadly pandemic. Chiwenga, who is also the Health minister, became the first Zimbabwean to receive the Sinopharm jab yesterday in the capital to mark the commencement of the national rollout programme….
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says the central bank will soon be introducing a $50 note to augment the current stock of notes in circulation. In his Monetary Policy Statement delivered yesterday, Mangudya said the introduction of the new bank notes would not cause inflation,…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynewsco.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called upon Zanu PF structures to gear up for the fast-approaching 2023 national elections, which he said will provide the ruling party with the platform to wipe out the country’s brawling opposition. Addressing the Zanu PF politburo in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa also said the polls…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’S Covid-19 vaccination programme gets under way today, with authorities set to inoculate 100 000 frontline workers. In a ministerial statement presented in Parliament on Tuesday, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — who is also the minister of Health and Child Care — said the vaccinations would include health workers in…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw POLICE arrested 3 454 people on the first day of the Covid-19 lockdown extension on Tuesday as some people continued to defy even the relaxed measures against the pandemic. This brings the cumulative arrests of lockdown violators to 434 999 since March 2020 when the government imposed the measures…
