Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has moved to enhance e-learning at all its schools in the wake of the coronavirus (Covid -19) outbreak. This comes as the government has been pushing for digital learning platforms during the Covid-19-induced national lockdown. The government recently advised schools to develop material for online lectures…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti’s lawyer Nqobizitha Mahole Mlilo and aides Clever Rambanepasi and Tawanda Blessing are each claiming $1 million from Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga for wrongful arrest, detention and malicious prosecution. The three were arrested together with Biti for an…
SECURITY forces and the municipal police will continue to pounce on vendors operating illegally and the operation must not be viewed as a crackdown, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi has said. This comes after outcries from vendors who believe they were being targeted for harassment by security agencies. Some have claimed council officials were demanding bribes…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw CASSAVA Fintech International (CFI) and the Liquid Telecom Group (LTG) have announced the launch of Sasai Wi-Fi Finder, a game-changer in driving digital and financial inclusion in Africa. Sasai Wi-Fi which will be offered across the continent was announced yesterday and is set to be rolled at thousands of…
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa’s special envoys arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday and immediately went to work — meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other key stakeholders in the country, the Daily News reports. Interestingly, Ramaphosa’s two initial envoys — former South African vice president Baleka Mbete and ex-minister Sydney Mufamadi — were accompanied by another former minister, Ngoako…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday lashed out at government critics, describing them as “renegades” bent on derailing the country’s economic recovery, the Daily News reports. Addressing the nation as Zimbabwe marked Heroes Day, Mnangagwa also said most of the criticism of his administration was unjustified. This comes as the government…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zwTHE Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) have expressed hope that the visiting South Africa envoys will catalyse the beginning of an inclusive national dialogue, the Daily News reports. This comes after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last Thursday announced that he had appointed former South African vice president and…
TWO Airforce of Zimbabwe (AFZ) officers are pleading for their release from detention at Josiah Tungamirai Airbase after they were charged for engaging in an “illicit extra-marital affair” in the camp. They have been imprisoned since March 11, the High Court heard. Sharon Masuku and Nation Giya were charged with gross misconduct and have been…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw A 47-YEAR-OLD Hatfield man has landed in trouble after he was arrested for harassing and bashing his son for singing while washing dishes. Gwinyai Kawadza was found guilty of child ill-treatment when he appeared before Harare magistrate Sharon Rakafa. He was remanded in custody for sentencing. The court heard that…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Jeffrey Muvundisi STAFF WRITERS ZIMBABWE’s law enforcement agents were yesterday, Heroes Day, in full force manning roadblocks leading into Harare and Bulawayo central business districts (CBDs), sending travellers back home. This follows announcements by MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala that more protests were planned for a week — starting from…
