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Student activist seeks freedom at High Court

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Nyasha Dube STAFF WRITER duben@dailynews.co.zw INCARCERATED University of Zimbabwe student and activist Allan Moyo, who was arrested last year after allegedly calling for an insurrection against President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has approached the High Court seeking bail. This marked Moyo’s fourth attempt at gaining pre-trial freedom after he was arrested on December 7 and charged with…

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Zim needs US$7m for corona vaccines

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Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE government is mobilising about US$7 million to acquire enoug hvaccines to inoculate 60 percent of the population with the first phase of the programme commencing on Thursday with frontline workers. This was said by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday during a post-cabinet media briefing at the government’s Munhumutapa offices…

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Chinese vaccine given green light… as govt rolls out the Covid jabs to frontline workers

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Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have cleared the Chinese coronavirus jabs — which arrived in the country on Monday — paving the way for the government’s national vaccination programme that is initially targeting frontline workers to get under way this week. The national chief Covid-19 co-ordinator in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, Agnes Mahomva, confirmed…

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Health experts hail lockdown decision

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Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts yesterday backed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s move to extend the lockdown by two weeks, saying it is still a necessary tool to flatten the Covid-19 curve. This comes after Mnangagwa on Monday extended the lockdown as authorities prepare to vaccinate 60 percent of its citizens after receiving 200…

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Vapositori embrace Covid-19 vaccination

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Tariro Sajeni STAFF WRITER sajenit@dailynews.co.zw MEMBERS of the white garment apostolic churches have pledged their  support for the country’s Covid-19 vaccination programme, adding they too want to be inoculated against the killer disease. This comes as the country is set to roll out the vaccination programme this week  after it received its first batch of …

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Floods affect food distribution to vulnerable communities

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Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THE heavy rains that the country is experiencing are disrupting food distribution of food aid to vulnerable communities as many roads are flooding, the United Nations (UN) has said. In an update on how the international organisation is addressing Covid-19-related issues in Zimbabwe, the UN said most bridges and roads to…

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Great Dyke Investments’ tax exemption challenged again

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Nyasha Dube STAFF WRITER duben@dailynews.co.zw FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has been taken to court for the second time for recently granting a tax exemption to a RussiaZimbabwe platinum mining venture, Great Dyke Investments. Centre for Natural Resources Governance (CNRG) and Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) have filed an urgent chamber application at the…

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First Oil ordered to refund CMED

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By Nyasha Dube HIGH Court judge Justice Owen Tagu has ordered First Oil Company to refund US$2,7 million to the State-owned CMED (Pvt) Limited after the company failed to supply three million litres of diesel. According to papers filed at the High Court in 2013, CMED entered into an agreement of supply and delivery of…

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Trio arrested over fake exemption letters

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THREE Harare men appeared in court yesterday after two of them were found with fake travel exemption letters and misrepresented themselves as essential service workers. Christopher Chinyoka, Tonderai Samson and Lloyd Jiri were charged with forgery before Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga. They denied the charges and were released on $2 000 bail each and ordered…

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Bulawayo liquor traders appeal to government

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LIQUOR traders in Bulawayo have appealed to the government for exemption from paying rentals, arguing the Covid-19-induced lockdown is threatening to push them out of business. Liquor outlets throughout the country were barred from operating by the government as part of efforts to curb the spread of the deadly pandemic. In a letter to Industry…

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