Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO FORMER Speaker of Parliament and MDC bigwig, Lovemore Moyo, has thrown his weight behind the current push to nudge President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage the opposition and other key stakeholders in the country. The still highly-regarded Moyo, who now leads the opposition United Movement for Devolution(UMD) party, told the Daily News yesterday that…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday said the country is on the right path as all key economic sectors are showing growth potential. Speaking during a virtual Africa Reconstruction Global Summit, Mnangagwa said the country’s mining, Information Communication Technologies (ICT), tourism and agriculture sectors were all moving in…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts have warned that millions of Zimbabweans could be at risk if authorities acquire coronavirus vaccines without establishing their efficacy against regional variants of the disease. This comes after neighbouring South Africa (SA) put on temporary hold this week the rollout of AstraZeneca vaccines which were scheduled to be…
Blessing Mashaya SENIOR STAFF REPORTER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa replaced two Cabinet ministers last night who recently succumbed to coronavirus, while also making other appointments. Zimbabwe’s ambassador to the United Nations, Frederick Shava, is the country’s new Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister, replacing the late Sibusiso Busi Moyo in that portfolio. Felix Mhona, the…
Nyasha Dube STAFF WRITER duben@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has filed an urgent High Court application to nullify the recent increase in fines charged at roadblocks. In the application, ZimRights, together with Sheila Frances Jarvis, cited Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Parliament as…
TWO suspected armed robbers who allegedly pounced on a Chinese national’s house and stole gold and property worth US$50 000 appeared in court yesterday after they were captured on close circuit television at Chicken Inn Pomona where they had parked their gateway car. Gift Moffat, 34, and Brian Mubaiwa, 47, appeared before Harare provincial magistrate…
Loyd Matare RWANDAIR has announced the suspension of its flights to Zimbabwe and three other southern African countries amid global concerns of a new Covid-19 variant in the region. In a statement yesterday, RwandAir said it had suspended the flights in a bid to curb the spread of the lethal virus. “In view of…
ZANU PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi, has accused opposition MPs of sleeping on the job as they only raise issues to do with electoral reforms when elections are just around the corner or over. “The 9th Parliament came and may go without any motions for those so-called reforms. Then after losing the 2023 elections,…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo arrested people who were holding a vuzu party in Emganwini suburb in the city at the weekend, the Daily News reports. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said officers on patrol in the suburb arrested 10 people holding a party and seized a cooler box and empty bottles…
SAN communities in Tsholotsho and some parts of Plumtree are bitter that they are not receiving enough information on the Covid-19 vaccine rollout plans. The San have over the years complained of being overlooked in major government programmes, which has been attributed to their remoteness from urban areas. Last year, the Zimbabwe Human Rights…

