PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Cabinet yesterday banned face-to-face government meetings as it extended Covid-19 level two lockdown by a further fortnight in a bid to curb the spread of the fourth wave of the pandemic. In just over a week, Zimbabwe has recorded plus 30 000 new Covid-19 infections, including just over 30 deaths. The new…
AUTHORITIES have admitted the sorry state security forces are living in and pledged to improve their salaries, housing, rations and transportation next year. This comes amid reports of low morale among government workers, the security sector included, over economic challenges. The economy is saddled by poor salaries and high prices of basic goods, leaving ordinary…
MDC-ALLIANCE youth leaders Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri, accused of faking their abduction, have tested positive for Covid-19 and could not attend…
THERE are growing questions about Harare’s abiding appetite for warmer relations with key western powers, after President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, had a go at them at the weekend. Speaking in Mashonaland East, the usually placatory Mnangagwa accused the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom (UK) and their allies of continuing to support regime…
THE country will continue to use the Zimbabwe dollar as its main currency, as falling back on the much-coverted American greenback will create major economic problems and hurt the poor, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has reiterated. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, amid the raging national debate about the merits and demerits of re-dollarisation, Ncube…
A PARLIAMENTARY committee has pleaded with the government to urgently avail more resources to the police, to curb the waves of violent crime ravaging the country. In a report this week, the chairperson of the Defence and Home Affairs committee, Levi Mayihlome, implored Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to increase the police’s budget more than five-fold, especially…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora says the country’s mooted national dialogue should address all the outstanding key issues from the 2009 government of national unity (GNU), which were meant to end electoral disputes. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, amid fading hopes of the necessary talks taking place before the 2023 polls, Mwonzora said these reforms needed to…
CONCERNED by the recent resurgence of the ruinous foreign currency parallel market, which has once again destabilised the prices of goods in the country, legislators have implored Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, to consider dollarising the economy in the interests of the working class. In addition, Members of Parliament have also urged Ncube to revise his…
THE government yesterday said it is considering allowing only vaccinated citizens to use public transport in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19. This comes amid a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases in the region, including Zimbabwe, which have seen some local schools being forced to temporarily suspend classes. Speaking during the post-Cabinet media…
WAR veterans are escalating their push to have former first lady, Grace Mugabe, surrender the multiple farms that her family owns in Mashonaland Central. In the process, the former freedom fighters are now accusing Provincial Affairs minister, Monica Mavhunga, of shielding Grace from being dispossessed of the farms which she acquired during the long tenure…
