AT LEAST 26 families in Gweru have been evacuated from their homes after they were affected by flash floods following heavy rains that have been pounding the Midlands capital. This comes as heavy downpours have been experienced in most parts of the country, destroying homes and infrastructure, including roads and bridges, since the start…
HARARE town clerk Hosiah Chisango is not allowed anywhere near Town House or within 100 metres of any council office as part of his bail conditions set by a magistrate court yesterday. Chisango was arrested last week for allegedly going on a victimisation spree at the local authority, attempting to sabotage an investigation into council…
Godknows Matarutse and Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITERS AS THE country remains in the vice grip of the deadly coronavirus, amid soaring deaths and infections, police have made a fresh appeal to Zimbabweans to improve their discipline and heed all current lockdown measures. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi,…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw THE government is probing former Labour minister Petronella Kagonye on allegations of improperly acquiring six farms in Mashonaland East under her real estate firm, Glorious Properties. On her part, Kagonye described the investigation in an interview with the Daily News yesterday as a “smear campaign” by her detractors. “I…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) acting general manager Joseph Mashika has died. NNRZ board chairperson Martin Dinha told the Daily News that Mashika passed on at a private clinic in the capital on Sunday. He succumbed to an undisclosed illness. Mashika was 44 and is survived by his wife, Nomatter, and four children….
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO THREE Bulawayo men have been arrested for allegedly possessing 50kg of ivory. Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said Leonard Murwira, 48, Enock Mhlanga, 62, and Pius Ntini, 30, were arrested following a tip-off. “On 14th of January 2021, at around 1100 hours information was received to the effect that the…
‘This is best time for Zim dialogue’… analysts say after recent remarks by ED, opposition Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE time is now opportune for three of the country’s major political players — President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora and his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa — to sit down together to help resolve…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw Zimbabwe has recorded a reduced percentage of Covid-19 recoveries since the start of the second wave of the pandemic due to a stretched health care delivery system, a government official has said. As of Saturday, the country has a recovery rate of 59 percent following 458 recoveries from the…
AS AUTHORITIES continue to battle to contain the deadly coronavirus, amid alarming deaths and new infections in the country, Zimbabwe’s stretched funeral parlours say they are now being overwhelmed by the virulent disease. Apart from having to queue at cemeteries to bury Covid-19 victims, morticians who spoke to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday also…
THE government has raised a red flag over failure by Zimbabweans to respect the hard lockdown regulations as the country continues to battle rising Covid-19 infections and deaths. This comes as Zimbabwe on Friday recorded 30 more deaths and 741 new infections as the second wave of the pandemic continues to spread. This also comes…
