Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlopes@dailynews.co.zw THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has distributed 21 000 mosquito nets in Binga District in a bid to fight Malaria, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe witnessed a surge in malaria cases this year, which has seen at least 364 people succumbing to the…
ZIMBABWE People’s Revolutionary Army (Zipra) Liberation Veterans Association is appealing to the government to release all Zipra military records, including war combat diaries. Addressing journalists at the Bulawayo Media Centre recently, Zipra Veterans Association spokesperson Buster Magwizi claimed there were deliberate distortions of Zipra’s participation in the war. “All the Zipra military records which were…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has moved to centralise the procurement of coronavirus (Covid-19)-related materials through the National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm) in a bid to curb increasing corruption within its various institutions, the Daily News reports. This comes as former Health minister Obadiah Moyo was fired and arrested on allegations of corruption…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw Government is in a dilemma on whether to retain or pay US$2 million to Drax SAGL International for the supply and delivery of medicines and consumables as part of a US$20 million contract it later cancelled citing over pricing, the Daily News reports. This comes as Drax has…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw IN A significant change of tactic — amid the ongoing crackdown on dissenting voices in the country by authorities — two prominent personalities linked to the foiled July 31 mass protests are calling for national dialogue to end Zimbabwe’s decades-long political and economic crises. This comes as several of…
HARARE businessman and CAPS United Football Club owner Farai Jere, facing charges of swindling the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) of over US$3,5 million, says the allegations were trumped up to sabotage a US$28 million contract his firm, Helcraw Electrical, is shortlisted for. Jere is jointly charged with ZETDC employees Leonard Chisina and…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw POLICE and MDC Alliance supporters yesterday engaged in running battles outside the courts where party vice chairperson Job Sikhala was challenging his placement on remand after his arrest on allegations of inciting public violence last Friday. Police fired teargas to disperse the protesters from the Harare Magistrates’ Court and several…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is soon expected to launch a documentation programme for Gukurahundi victims in Matabeleland South province. This was revealed by the leader of the Matabeleland Collective, Jenni Williams, soon after meeting Mnangagwa at State House over the weekend. Williams said a number of programmes have been underway in preparation…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE MDC’s mindless infighting continues to escalate — with the tension between interim party leader Thokozani Khupe and her secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora now said to be approaching breaking point. So toxic has this relationship become, that well-placed sources told the Daily News yesterday that Mwonzora and Khupe’s spokesperson Khaliphani…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA) has warned that Zimbabwe is not yet out of the woods in terms of controlling the spread of the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) despite the decreasing number of active cases in the country. This comes as the Covid-19 active cases dropped to 903 as…
