Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw DOCTORS and nurses are disappointed that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — the new minister of Health and Child Care — is yet to meet them to end their industrial action, the Daily News reports. In addition, they say both Chiwenga and new Health permanent secretary, Jasper Chimedza, are taking…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw A SUSPECTED illegal Chinese immigrant is alleged to have fraudulently acquired Zimbabwean identification particulars and used them to attain 51 percent share ownership in investment deals. This was revealed in a High Court application by the Registrar General’s Office seeking an order declaring null and void Bruce Charles’ Zimbabwean national…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw Government should expedite the process of offering assistance to vulnerable households whose sources of income have been eroded by the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19), the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (Wcoz) has said. This comes as the government has stalled on paying the vulnerable and increasing the $300 cushioning…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) has come under fire for failing to control and put out a fire at Pomona dumpsite that has been raging for three days, amid serious environmental and health implications in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) programmes manager Reuben Akili…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in the new Energy minister, Soda Zhemu and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka, who immediately indicated that they were ready to improve the energy and agricultural sectors respectively, the Daily News reports. Zhemu, a relatively unknown Zanu PF Member of Parliament for Muzarabani North, replaced…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO MDC-Alliance Bulawayo province has reacted angrily to the recall of five of its city councillors by the Thokozani Khupe camp, describing the move as naïve and anti-people. Former deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami, who is already barred from office pending the outcome of a Supreme Court appeal on his legitimacy, Concillia Mlalazi,…
Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw MOST of the country’s Covid-19 centres have scaled down testing of the killer virus due to staff and chemical shortages, making it difficult to gauge the extent of the spread of the pandemic, the Daily News can report. This comes as health experts said Zimbabwe was yet to flatten the…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government still faces a major uprising by fed up Zimbabweans despite foiling last month’s mass protests, expelled former Zanu PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, says. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Tsenengamu — who now leads the anti-corruption pressure group, the Front for Economic Emancipation (FEE) —…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw SIX Hurungwe West headmen who were allegedly expelled during the run-up to the 2018 elections for not supporting then aspiring Zanu PF MP, the late Keith Guzah, have approached the High Court seeking to nullify the decision. The headmen, Member Mutinha, Aleck Munhava, Alton Manjonjo, Morgan Gora, Nobo Mahobo and…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE currently has a funding gap of over US$63 million to support water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) needs, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) has said. This comes as water woes have bedevilled most of the country’s urban areas, with Bulawayo having recently experienced…
