HARARE – Health officials in Harare have detected 200 cases of typhoid fever in the first week of January, raising fears that the appalling state of drinking water may fuel the spread of the infectious disease. The Health and Child Care ministry said 200 cases of typhoid had been confirmed, with more expected to emerge….
HARARE – Protests by former Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) workers have forced the International Air Transport Association (Iata) to indefinitely postpone a scheduled audit of the beleaguered national airline. The protestors were part of the 300 former AirZim employees who lost their jobs in July 2015 following a Supreme Court ruling that allowed employers to get…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is digging into the goings-on at Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), with its investigators keen on unravelling the nexus between former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law and Zimbabwe Airways. The Daily News can report that the corruption watchdog is currently seized with matters relating to AirZim and Zimbabwe Airways, and is…
BULAWAYO – Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) leader Simba Makoni has been dumped by some of his senior officials who described him as a failed politician. The officials, who have since formed their own party — Democratic Opposition Party (DOP) led by Harry Peter Wilson — said they were left with no option but to form a breakaway…
BULAWAYO – A Lukhanyiso Primary School headmaster and school development committee chair are in trouble after they reportedly bought a second hand Yutong 63-seater bus, which has been condemned and denied by parents. The bus reportedly cost $121 000 a figure which parents said was way above its condition which they described as substandard. The…
BULAWAYO – Respected lawyer David Coltart has said Zanu PF will drop parliamentary seats in the coming election as the revolutionary party struggles to assert its authority under the new leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. While Coltart appeared optimistic that the ruling party had far much better chances to win the election, mostly due to…
BULAWAYO – Respected lawyer David Coltart, believes no one among the current crop of opposition leaders can fit in the shoes of MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, saying he was the only one with the national appeal and stamina to beat Zanu PF in the next elections. The former Education minister said the state of Tsvangirai’s…
BULAWAYO – Zapu in conjunction with its former military wing Zipra has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the return of properties that were confiscated by the State soon before the onset of Gukurahundi in the early 1980s. In a letter gleaned by the Southern News dated November 29 and copied to Parliament of Zimbabwe, ministry…
BULAWAYO – Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has been sucked into a scandal which saw a local businessman fleeing Zimbabwe for fear of persecution as the former and his front liners allegedly took over his business entity. Paul Evans, who was the director of Golden Grill Fast Foods, fled the country to South Africa in…
HARARE – Petrol prices are set to rocket in the next few weeks, experts predicted, driven by oil prices that touched the highest level in three-and-a-half years at $63,81 a barrel this week, which is 143 percent above the 2016 all time low of $26,21 a barrel. Diesel drivers could be even worse off, with…
