Onward Gangata STAFF WRITER VENDORS in Gweru and Kwekwe have been given ultimatums by their respective local authorities to remove their wares from market places or risk losing their belongings as the municipalities are readying to implement a Cabinet directive to demolish illegal vending structures. This comes after Cabinet resolved early this month that local…
IT’S looking increasingly unlikely that the government will meet its ambitious target of testing 33 000 people countrywide for the deadly coronavirus by the end of this month. This has prompted health experts to warn in interviews with the Daily News at the weekend that such a failure could have disastrous consequences for the country,…
DESPITE the uncertainty surrounding the dates for the re-opening of schools due to the coronavirus pandemic, some private institutions have already hiked their fees for the second term, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government is preparing to introduce far-reaching regulations for all schools, including cutting the number of students per class, to…
Maxwell Sibanda Assistant Editor SINCE the national lockdown which commenced on 30 March, the Parliament of Zimbabwe has not performed its oversight role; hence the Executive has been making its own decision regarding the Covid-19 pandemic without the advice of the legislature. Analysts believe Members of Parliament should device ways to meet, even not physically,…
THE Chinese government yesterday said it would be deploying medical experts to Zimbabwe as part of helping authorities combat the spread of the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19), the Daily News reports. This comes as China, from where the first case of Covid-19 was reported — has successfully contained the disease after imposing strict stay-at-home regulations. Minister-counsellor…
A CHITUNGWIZA man who was arrested over a fake press statement that was generated in the name of President Emmerson Mnangagwa announcing a 13-day extension of the national coronavirus lockdown, will spend the weekend behind bars after his High Court bail appeal was set down for next Monday. Lovemore Zvokusekwa, through his lawyer Thomas Machinga,…
GOVERNMENT has gazetted new fees for registering mining operations under statutory instrument (SI) 95 of 2020. According to the extraordinary gazette published on Thursday, the new fees are an amendment to the mining regulations published in Rhodesia Government Notice 247 of 1977. “It is hereby notified that the minister of Mines and Mining Development has…
Zanu PF youths who allegedly threatened to attack municipal cops who were demolishing illegal structures around Machipisa, Harare, have appeared in court. Golden Mawesera, 31, Moses Handiseni, 49, and Kudzanai Moyo, 25, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa charged with hindering enforcement officers from conducting their duties. They were remanded in custody to April 27…
ZIMBABWE Human Rights Commission said it received distressed calls from the San people in Tsholotsho and Plumtree who indicated they are facing starvation after food aid distribution was halted in their rural areas due to difficulties in social distancing at distribution points. “In relation to the right to food as provided in section 77 of…
THE Gweru Residents Forum (GRF) yesterday condemned the recent massive tariff hikes amid limited economic activity due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown. The forum called on the local authority to revert back to March 25 tariffs. Gweru City Council increased tariffs following the government’s decision to approve its 2020 $1,8 billion budget. The burial fees…
