VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, is battling to retrieve her passport to enable her to seek urgent medical treatment in South Africa — with the State saying yesterday that she was a flight risk, the Daily News reports. Marry is facing multiple charges, including claims that she wanted to kill her powerful…
HARARE City Council (HCC) has warned desperate home seekers to be wary of land barons who dupe them into buying land for residential purposes without official approval. This comes as the Sheriff of the High Court on Tuesday demolished about 190 houses in Budiriro after the council won 20 court orders to get rid of…
PUBLIC health institutions are facing drug shortages, forcing Zimbabweans to purchase medication from more expensive private institutions, the Parliamentary portfolio committee on Health and Child Care has said. This comes as the majority of private pharmacies across the country are now selling their products exclusively in foreign currency. It also comes as general medical practitioners…
By Tariro Sajeni PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals has suspended visiting times due to the surge in the number of Covid-19 local nfections and an increase in reported cases within their institution. The hospital’s public relations officer, Linos Dhire, told the Daily News yesterday that the health institution had started limiting the number of people…
THE desperate state of affairs within the country’s unravelling opposition has once again been thrust into the spotlight after the MDC Alliance ordered its feuding officials this week to stop discussing party issues on WhatsApp and other social media platforms, the Daily News reports. While the alliance argued that social media platforms were toxic, and…
By Nyasha Dube THE High Court has suspended the appointment of five CAPS Private Limited (CAPS) board members by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce after the firm’s majority shareholder objected. Caps Pharmaceutical Trust (CPT), who are the major shareholders in the drug manufacturing company, approached the court on November 10 after they were made…
By Emmerson Njanjamangezi THE government yesterday announced a new set of charges to be paid in forex for ex-Japanese vehicle imports in the form of radiation contamination inspection fees with immediate effect. In a notice to vehicle importers, the Radiation Protection Authority of Zimbabwe (RPAZ) said it was now a requirement for importers to…
By Blessings Mashaya and Mugove Tafirenyika ZANU PF will descend heavily on party members found to have had a hand in the chaotic scenes which marred its weekend district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections, the Daily News reports. The former liberation movement party also said yesterday that it would order re-runs in some districts where it…
By Loyd Matare ZESA announced yesterday that it had acquired new transformers and vehicles worth US$18 million, as the power utility battles to keep the lights on in the country, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country is reeling from worsening power cuts due to antiquated equipment and reduced imports, mainly from South…
THE Cross Border Traders Association of Zimbabwe (CBTAZ) has clinched a deal with Care Laboratories that will see its members pay only US$15 for Covid-19 PRC testing to allow them to travel outside the country. CBTAZ chairperson Killer Zivhu yesterday said they would pay the difference on behalf of their members as the PCR tests…
