Tendai Kamhungira and Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITERS ©️ INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe has announced the date for the party’s eagerly anticipated extra-ordinary congress which will choose the party’s substantive new leader as directed by the courts, the Daily News reports. This comes as Chamisa has dispatched his close allies to all the party’s structures…
Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zw ABOUT 40 nurses have been placed on quarantine at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after exposure to a Covid-19 patient who was admitted under the impression that he had malaria. This comes as the patient had been receiving malaria treatment at the central hospital only to test positive for Covid-19…
Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zw ©️ HEALTH experts warned yesterday that some frontline workers are still ill-prepared to identify and manage cases of the lethal coronavirus in the country, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe recorded its 36th Covid-19 case at the weekend, amid revelations that one of the victims, case 35, tested…
Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE government is facing a headache over the high numbers of Zimbabwean returnees from abroad who are now stretching available resources, the Daily News can report. This comes as many Zimbabweans are now returning from neighbouring countries, such as South Africa and Botswana, due to the current Covid-19 pandemic…
Shamiso Dzingire in BULAWAYO ©️ EKUSILENI Medical Centre received three portable ventilators as efforts to equip the institution into a high level Covid-19 isolation centre continue. The ventilators are the first to be received by the hospital since a multi-stakeholder initiative — Iam4Byo Fighting Covid-19 — began mobilising material, financial, and human resources towards capacitating…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s courts are set to open today under strict conditions following Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s directive that came in the wake of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s easing of coronavirus lockdown measures. The country is currently on lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) disease, which…
CASSAVA Fintech International (CFI), a subsidiary of Econet Global, yesterday released an enhanced voice and video conferencing service that allows up to 20 people on one call. The service, branded Sasai TeamTalk, was unveiled as a promotional offer of FREE Sasai Conference calling, between 8am and 5pm every Sunday until the end of the month….
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says a suspected bomb exploded in Tsholotsho last week, seriously injuring four people. “Four people were seriously injured from an explosion suspected to be a bomb at Gotshane Village, Chief Mahlathini, Tsholotsho, on May 5, 2020. “The explosion emanated from a metal object that was found in the bush by…
©️ MDC legislators are facing the urgent and difficult decision of choosing between Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa — in the process risking losing their parliamentary positions and benefits, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This comes as the government has made it clear that if the legislators choose to withdraw from Parliament — as…
©️ THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has accused EcoCash — a subsidiary of Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed Cassava SmarTech — of allegedly engaging in practices that are fuelling the country’s foreign exchange black market. Responding to a High Court application by EcoCash in which the mobile payment solution is seeking a reversal of the…
