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SOUTH Africa yesterday rejected calls for it to deal robustly with Zimbabwe, adding that relations between Pretoria and Harare were governed by international laws, the Daily News reports.

IN a surprise move, President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appointed Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as the substantive minister of Health to replace Obadiah Moyo who was fired recently after his arrest on allegations of corruption.

ACTING Mpilo chief executive officer Solwayo Ngwenya has challenged people to take the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic seriously as the worst is yet to come.

MEDICAL doctors are seeking an urgent meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the wake of the spiralling cases of the lethal coronavirus in the country, the Daily News reports.

WOMEN’S rights and advocacy group, Musasa Project, has revealed shocking figures of gender-based violence (GBV) since authorities imposed the current national coronavirus lockdown.

THE State wants land developer Felix Munyaradzi denied bail saying from Saturday the day he initially appeared in court, 50 more people have come to register complaints against him.

UNICEF has revealed that Zimbabwe is among countries struggling to improve breastfeeding as the world commemorates World Breastfeeding Week 2020.

AMID the country’s deepening political and economic crises, church leaders have once again implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, to take the initiative to launch inclusive national dialogue to heal the nation.

ZIMBABWEAN immigrants have once again been given a reprieve after the South African government extended the expiry date of their visas to October.

IT IS now very clear to all those who choose to see, that no matter what long-suffering Zimbabweans try to do to lift themselves out of their decades-old misery, they are on a hiding to nothing as long as the narrow interests of politicians…

ZESA Holdings executive chairperson Sydney Gata has accused Energy minister Fortune Chasi of undermining efforts to curb corruption at the power company and of working in cahoots with people being investigated for graft, the Daily News…

POLITICAL analysts have blamed a combination of poor planning and the escalating infighting consuming the country’s main opposition for Friday’s failed anti-government protests, the Daily News On Sunday reports.

SECURITY forces maintained a heavy presence around the country yesterday, amid talk of more protests by the opposition and pro-democracy groups.

SENIOR police officers, among them deputy commissioner-general Stephen Mutamba, have been accused of frustrating investigations into alleged fraudulent land deals by Delatfin (Pvt) Ltd owner Felix Munyaradzi.

ZIMBABWE on Friday recorded 14 coronavirus (Covid-19) deaths, bringing the total to 67, the ministry of Health and Child Care said in an update.

YESTERDAY’S planned anti-government mass demonstrations failed to take off after authorities made heavy deployments of security forces around the country, the Daily News reports.

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pleaded with health workers to end their strike, warning that the nation could perish from Covid-19 if their action continues, the Daily News reports.

POLICE yesterday arrested only five people for participating in demonstrations against corruption across the country and are facing charges of trying to incite violence.

UNDER graft probe Zesa Holdings executive chairperson Sydney Gata, has suspended eight board members of the national power utility company, the Daily News reports.

SECURITY forces yesterday cleared the central business districts (CBDs) of Harare and Bulawayo — in the process preventing tens of thousands of people from reporting for work, the Daily News reports.

THE government has warned public hospitals turning away patients who do not have certificates or results to prove that they are coronavirus (Covid-19) negative.

SENIOR doctors working in public hospitals have downed tools over the government’s failure to address their grievances, including poor remuneration and lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) in the wake of the lethal…

THE Zanu PF youth league has abandoned its plans to celebrate the second anniversary of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the 2018 elections amid fears the event will be hijacked by protesters today, the Daily News reports.

LANDS, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri, pictured, died in the wee hours of yesterday, days after his driver succumbed to the lethal coronavirus that is fast getting out of control in the country.

AHEAD of tomorrow’s planned mass demonstrations, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned that security forces will deal robustly with all unsanctioned protests, the Daily News reports.