HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the growing calls for political dialogue in the country, including the formation of a new government of national unity (GNU) to help end Zimbabwe’s myriad challenges. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, presidential spokesperson George Charamba also said even if Mnangagwa were to be persuaded…
©️ HARARE – In a disturbing development, Zimbabwe recorded a shocking jump in the number of people infected by the lethal coronavirus, the Daily News reports. This comes after a whopping 76 new positive cases were reported among the country’s returning residents — meaning that Zimbabwe now has 132 cases of Covid-19. It also comes…
©️ BULAWAYO – The family of a slain Bulawayo man yesterday said it would not rest until police officers who allegedly shot him are brought to book, the Daily News reports. This comes as the police have expressed regret at the shooting which they said was “unfortunate”. The shooting of 34-year-old Paul Munakopa has drawn…
HARARE – A company owned by businessman Phillip Chiyangwa has bared its teeth at a residential association which this week claimed it was illegally selling land belonging to its members. This comes as Padley Investments, a subsidiary of Chiyangwa’s Pinnacle Holdings, has confronted Grange Residents Association (GRA) with a Deed of Settlement, which both parties…
HARARE – MDC-Alliance legislators have approached the High Court seeking an order barring the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T and speaker Jacob Mudenda from replacing them as lawmakers after they were recalled on April 3, this year. In the application, the applicants are Lillian Timveos and Thabitha Khumalo, while the respondents are Douglas Mwonzora, Khupe, MDC-T, National…
HARARE – Primary and Secondary Education ministry spokesperson Patrick Zumbo has said schools will not open anytime soon, contrary to a schedule doing rounds on social media, the Daily News can report. Zumbo said discussions were still underway and once they were finalised with all relevant stakeholders, schools would be opened in phases. “The one…
©️ ZIMBABWE’S extended lockdown has resulted in an increase in child marriages across the country, a women’s rights activist has said. President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a national lockdown on March 27 to help curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which has killed over 350 000 people across the world and affected nearly five…
CERNIC Finance Group has joined the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) by donating food, masks, sanitizers and books for primary worth ZWL$2 million to underprivileged children in Manicaland. This comes as the Covid-19 outbreak is threatening to exacerbate Zimbabwe’s dire economic and hunger crises, drastically affecting the lives of people in both urban and rural…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has been warned against possible abuse of donations made towards curbing the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country. Last year, the country lost donations worth millions of dollars, which were contributed by well-wishers to help thousands of people who were displaced by cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge in…
ZIMBABWE should come up with new policies to ensure that the country is self-sufficient in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen several countries shutting down their borders to control the virus, analysts have said. The lockdowns being implemented across the world to combat the spread of the virus that has affected over…
