Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE MDC’s mindless infighting continues to escalate — with the tension between interim party leader Thokozani Khupe and her secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora now said to be approaching breaking point. So toxic has this relationship become, that well-placed sources told the Daily News yesterday that Mwonzora and Khupe’s spokesperson Khaliphani…
THE United States of America (US) is rallying the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to play a more assertive role in helping to solve the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe. The US is also urging President Emmerson Mnangagwa to open dialogue with the opposition. Speaking for the first time since the ruling Zanu PF called him…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw SENIOR medical specialists at the country’s main referral hospital, Parirenyatwa, downed tools yesterday to self-isolate at home citing coronavirus (Covid-19) fears, further worsening public health service delivery, the Daily News reports. This comes at a time when nurses have been on strike for over two months, while senior doctors…
THE arrest of MDC Alliance vice president Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, in Harare on Friday has opened a can of worms within the country’s afflicted opposition, with accusations flying around furiously as to how he ended up being nabbed by authorities, the Daily News reports. Yesterday, two party members who had been living with Sikhala in…
ZIMBABWE witnessed a surge in malaria cases this year, which has seen at least 364 people succumbing to the disease — at a time that the country has also been battling with Covid-19, the Daily News reports. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 361 000 people were this year infected by the…
THE MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa has described the recall of Harare mayor Herbert Gomba and five others by the MDC-T camp led by Thokozani Khupe as a ploy to destroy the opposition party. Gomba was recalled together with Hammy Madzingira (Ward 10), Kudzai Kadzombe (Ward 41), Gaudencia Marere (Ward 32), Costa Mande (Ward…
STRIKING nurses have received their July and August salaries despite the Health Services Board (HSB’s) no-work, no-pay principle. Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Enock Dongo confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they were paid double their normal salaries this month to compensate for last month. “The majority of nurses who did not receive salaries in…
ZIMBABWE’S political and economic crises that have gone on for two decades are weakening Zanu PF’s hold on power and could soon have dire consequences on the ruling party, one of the country’s leading analysts has warned. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Eldred Masunungure — a political science lecturer at the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, has pledged to immediately roll out a process of issuing identity documents to victims of the Gukurahundi post-independence political disturbances. The president’s promise follows a convention held in March last year where civil society organisations under the Matabeleland Collective banner brought to his attention that people have been having challenges in…
MDC ALLIANCE vice-chairperson Job Sikhala, who was arrested on Friday and accused of inciting people for the July 31 demonstration, will spend this weekend behind bars and will be back in court tomorrow. Sikhala was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube yesterday. Through his lawyer,…

