Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has, in partnership with various stakeholders including Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ), launched an online whistle-blower platform to encourage citizens to report corrupt activities. This comes as the commission recently set itself a target to complete and submit 80 dockets to the National Prosecuting Authority…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw MANY Zimbabweans and outsiders alike will be watching closely, and waiting to see what happens during and after this week’s visit to Harare by a delegation of the top brass of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC). This comes as Zanu PF has welcomed the trip and…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AMID the widening fissures in Zanu PF, the party’s legislator for Gokwe Nembudziya — Justice Mayor Wadyajena — has warned supporters against engaging in divisive politics that can destroy the former liberation movement and the country, the Daily News reports. Addressing hundreds of party supporters in his constituency last…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT intends to drastically reduce the number of days people, especially foreigners in transit, spend in quarantine centres awaiting coronavirus (Covid-19) test results, from a maximum of 14 to two. This comes amid complaints of inconvenience by people travelling on emergencies as the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test results…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Health minister, yesterday warned health workers against using patients’ lives as pawns. In a media briefing in Harare yesterday where he announced a new restructuring strategy aimed at reviving the health system in the country, Chiwenga also said government has reviewed…
THERE is a glimmer of hope among long-suffering Zimbabweans that the stabilising cost of basic consumer goods in the country will soon lead to more prices coming down on the back of the continuing good performance of the Zimbabwe dollar against major currencies. Consumers who spoke to the Daily News yesterday expressed relief that the…
By Mugove Tafirenyika and Sindiso Mhlophe THE government has set strict conditions for the resumption of face-to-face schooling and the sitting of end-of-year examinations, the Daily News reports. However, a showdown still looms between authorities and school heads who are demanding that fees be paid in foreign currency or the equivalent in local currency to…
HARARE City Council has said it is working hard to ensure that all health workers at its institutions return to work. Health personnel in the country, including government workers, have downed tools in the wake of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, demanding better remuneration and personal protective equipment (PPE). The city closed several of its clinics…
THE United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revealed that over one million women and children in Zimbabwe are suffering from malnutrition and are in urgent need of food assistance. This comes as the World Food Programme Zimbabwe (WFP) recently appealed for US$250 million to boost food assistance in the country,…
AS THE local and regional push to end Zimbabwe’s decades-long political and economic crises gathers pace, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) will dispatch a high-powered delegation to Harare this week to see how Pretoria can assist the country. Zanu PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, confirmed to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday…
