ZIMBABWE is facing the threat of the lethal coronavirus anew, after a woman who was earlier detained in a Harare hospital — but was later released after testing negative to the virus — was re-admitted yesterday after her health deteriorated, the Daily News reports. This comes as the deadly virus — which has killed nearly…
POOR Zimbabweans may soon feel the pinch of the country’s economic woes even more, after business warned yesterday that it could soon be forced to start charging all goods and services in United States dollars, the Daily News reports. The threat by big business, which underlines the growing lack of market confidence in the Zim…
MEMBER states at the just ended African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (AFRSD) adopted the Forum’s declaration, dubbed the Victoria Falls Declaration, which places major focus on accelerating action to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2020 while pushing Africa’s agenda 2063. During the closing ceremony of the Forum which ran from February 24…
FIVE people were this week killed across the country over petty disputes, the Daily News can report. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi warned the public against taking matters into their hands, which results in unnecessary deaths. “In Silobela, on February 25, 2020, two men who were drinking beer at a bar…
ZBC yesterday told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services that it will soon enact a policy that prohibits its staffers from contesting in future political elections. This comes after the State broadcaster came under fire after some of its employees contested in the 2018 harmonised elections on Zanu PF ticket and…
THERE is no respite in sight for long-suffering Zimbabweans, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) joining other important bodies this week in warning that the country is headed for a mega economic and humanitarian crisis, the Daily News reports. Rather damningly, the IMF — one of the few key international organisations that have not been…
CIVIL servants have not only rejected the government’s plans to introduce a welfare fund — that will see them contributing 2,5 percent of their salary to this pot every month — they have also slammed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, for the idea, the Daily News reports. This comes after the government announced on Wednesday…
VICTIMS of Inter Africa bus accident are demanding fair compensation saying the $1500 offered is not enough in this prevailing economic environment. Inter Africa bus killed one passenger and injured 16 in Goromonzi recently on its way to Checheche from the capital. “The $1500 offered by the bus operators is not enough in this economic…
RURAL girls are yet to get free sanitary wear promised by the Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in his 2020 National Budget presentation last year, the Daily News can report. Ncube proposed to set aside $200 million for sanitary pads that is set to benefit rural primary school learners from Grade 4 to Upper Sixth to…
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa risks failure to see through his term of office if he does not embrace the opposition party’s proposals for political and electoral reforms. Speaking during the launch of the MDC’s 20 Principles for Reliable, Inclusive and Credible Election in Zimbabwe (PRICE) document in Harare yesterday, Chamisa said…
