THE lack of knowledge exhibited by the public pertaining to the deadly Covid-19 is worrisome, police have said. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi told the Daily News yesterday that more needs to be done to educate the public about the pandemic as some continuously defy lockdown measures out of ignorance and this trend was noticed…
©️ THE government is dispatching monitors across the country this week, to clamp down on retailers resisting its recent order to reduce their prices to March 25 levels. Economic experts who spoke to the Daily News last night immediately warned anew that the move to re-introduce price controls, and to employ monitors, would lead to…
©️ HEALTH Services Board (HSB) bigwigs have controversially awarded themselves hefty additional allowances, at a time that frontline health workers are getting measly salaries and incentives despite the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic. An HSB payment schedule that is in the possession of the Daily News shows that its top office bearers recently got…
©️ FIREBRAND independent legislator for Norton Temba Mliswa was arrested yesterday for undermining the authority of the police, the Daily News can report. Mliswa was captured on video, which went viral on social media, allegedly shouting at the police in Norton, accusing them of failing to enforce social distancing at a supermarket as a measure…
THE Health and Childcare ministry has raised concerns over private clinics claiming to be Covid-19 health facilities without getting approval from the government, saying they are a danger to society. Health and Childcare permanent secretary Agnes Mahomva told a press conference in Harare yesterday that private practitioners were welcome to support the management of Covid-19…
THE number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country has gone up to 31 after three new cases were recorded on Saturday. The Health and Child Care ministry’s permanent secretary Agnes Mahomva yesterday said two of the new cases were due to local transmission and were from Mashonaland West, while the other one was recorded…
CHIVI South Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu yesterday donated sanitary ware and maize-meal to women in Epworth in his bid to ease the plight of the underprivileged who have been hit hard by hunger during the ongoing national lockdown. Zivhu said his initiative seeks to ensure that the less privileged, most of whom live from…
THE government has identified new quarantine centres targeting people coming from outside the country in the wake of the novel Covid-19 pandemic, which has so far killed four people in Zimbabwe. According to Information ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana, centres had been identified in Chiredzi District and Mashonaland West to cater for a number of…
HUMAN rights groups have slammed the government for failing to speed up provision of safety nets to vulnerable citizens during the lockdown, saying this has hampered progress in containing the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes after the government promised impoverished Zimbabweans that have been surviving from hand-to-mouth that they would be given $200 monthly…
Price hikes that have been witnessed in the country during the ongoing Covid-19-induced lockdown are threatening the viability of mobile network operators (MNOs) barely a month after the telecommunications sector got a tariff adjustment.In early March, the sector was awarded a 56.64% tariff adjustment by regulator the Postal and Telecommunications Regulator of Zimbabwe (Potraz) after…
