Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE Health ministry in partnership with various stakeholders is set to conduct a local research to determine the infection rate of coronavirus (Covid-19) within the community, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe as at August 26, 2020 had recorded 6 251 cases, including 5 001 recoveries and…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO FORMER State Enterprises and Parastatals minister Gorden Moyo has called for the elimination of systemic corruption in parastatals to stop them from being a burden to the fiscus. Speaking in an online Transparency International Zimbabwe interview recently, Moyo said corruption was the major cancer in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. “Corruption is…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have warned politicians to desist from circulating unverified statements that cause alarm and jeopardise investigations, especially when criminal cases have been reported. This comes after opposition leaders issued statements on various social media platforms blaming security agents for the death of MDC Alliance councillor for Karoi Urban ward 4,…
INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere says the government is committed to providing equitable access to digital technologies to all citizens, including those in rural areas. Speaking through his deputy Dingumuzi Phuthi at the commissioning of a communication information centre (CIC) in Hwange yesterday, Muswere said: “My ministry will, through Potraz (Postal and Telecommunications…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have released riveting details of how they allegedly arrested larger-than-life MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson Job “Wiwa” Sikhala last week, the Daily News reports. Among other claims, law enforcement agents say the daring and heavily-built Zengeza West legislator was hiding in a ceiling at the house in Tynwald North…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says the raft of recent measures unveiled by authorities will continue to stabilise the economy and also gradually result in the prices of basic goods going down, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Zimbabwe dollar has lately been holding…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw STRIKING doctors and nurses yesterday raised concerns over the lack of urgency by newly-appointed Health minister, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, and his team in bringing the much-needed change to the health sector, the Daily News can report. This comes as Chiwenga, over a week ago, tabled before Cabinet a…
STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw BUSINESSMAN and CAPS United boss Farai Jere, accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) of over US$3,5 million in a smart meters supply deal, has been denied bail. Jere, who is jointly charged with ZETDC employees Leonard Chisina and Freeman Chikonzo, were found to be improper candidates for…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE ghosts of factionalism and tribalism — which split Zanu PF in the middle during the troubled last few years in power of the late former president Robert Mugabe — are back with a vengeance, the Daily News reports. This comes as there are widening fissures in the former…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government is pushing the agriculture sector to approach farming as a business, and not as a “weekend and telephone” hobby, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country is grappling with food insecurity owing to poor planning and successive years of droughts caused by the effects of…
