FIREBRAND opposition grandee, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, has joined other MDC bigwigs in calling for dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF, to end the country’s myriad challenges. Speaking to the Daily News in an exclusive interview yesterday, the larger-than-life Zengeza West legislator said this new position was not a climbdown from his hawkish previous…
DOCTORS and nurses have raised alarm over the number of health workers who are contracting the lethal coronavirus due to lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), the Daily News reports. This comes as at least five nurses are said to have tested positive for the disease last week at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in…
THE BULAWAYO City Council has appointed caretaker councillors for wards that were left vacant after interim MDC president Thokozani Khupe recalled the office bearers for not showing allegiance to her faction. In September, Khupe recalled eight Bulawayo councillors ― Tinashe Kambarami (ward 3), Concillia Mlalazi (ward 18), Earnest Rafamoyo (ward 20), Tinevimbo Maphosa (ward 21),…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has emphasised the need for the Judiciary to prioritise the fight against corruption in order to restore public confidence in the legal system and promote development. Mnangagwa was addressing stakeholders in the justice delivery system at the launch of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) 2021 to 2025 Strategic Plan in the capital…
WAR veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has called on Zanu PF leaders to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers whom he accuses of fomenting chaos in the ruling party ahead of this weekend’s crucial district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Mutsvangwa urged Zanu PF to follow…
THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mangudya, says authorities will step up the current crack down on individuals and companies that are moving large but unexplained sums of money, “until there is sanity in the economy”. Speaking at the Daily News’s 2021 national budget breakfast meeting in Harare on Monday, the…
By Mugove Tafirenyika and Godknows Matarutse THE government has reviewed some of the country’s Covid-19 regulations, including adjusting upwards the opening times of restaurants and allowing a maximum of 100 people at all gatherings, the Daily News reports. Speaking during a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, said because of the different…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured Zimbabweans that his government will maximise efforts to curb HIV/Aids prevalence by improving health service delivery. Mnangagwa made the remarks during a State of the Nation Address to mark global commemorations of the World Aids Day yesterday, with Zimbabwe recording significant improvements in suppressing new infections, provision of antiretroviral…
THE government asserted yesterday that the Zimbabwe dollar, and not the American greenback, would remain as the country’s main currency, as authorities strive to revive the economy and improve the lives of long-suffering citizens. Speaking at a well-attended Daily News post-Budget breakfast meeting in Harare, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, said what had happened during the…
THE estranged and ailing wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry, was yesterday taken to the Harare Magistrates’ Courts in an ambulance for the cancellation of two warrants of arrest that had been issued against her, the Daily News reports. The warrants had been issued earlier in the morning by regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna, after…
