Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO MDC-Alliance Bulawayo province has reacted angrily to the recall of five of its city councillors by the Thokozani Khupe camp, describing the move as naïve and anti-people. Former deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami, who is already barred from office pending the outcome of a Supreme Court appeal on his legitimacy, Concillia Mlalazi,…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government still faces a major uprising by fed up Zimbabweans despite foiling last month’s mass protests, expelled former Zanu PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, says. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Tsenengamu — who now leads the anti-corruption pressure group, the Front for Economic Emancipation (FEE) —…
ALL eyes are on Zimbabwe after South Africa further eased the country’s Covid-19 lockdown measures. This comes as Zimbabwe is under a rigid lockdown, which includes a dusk-to-dawn curfew decreed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in July. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday night swept aside most of the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in a bold…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw THE government is set to construct four customs inland dry ports to reduce corruption and ease clearance at borders. This comes amid allegations of graft and delays at most of the country’s ports of entry, prejudicing the government of millions of dollars in hard currency through custom and import duty…
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has warned that Zimbabwe’s political and economic crises have now reached a critical point that could soon lead to a bloodbath, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed recently that the government would flush out “terrorist” opposition groups that are allegedly working…
HEALTH experts said yesterday that Zimbabwe was yet to flatten the coronavirus curve despite recording reduced new infections in the past week, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as the number of new recorded infections has not gone beyond the average of 100 a day since a week ago. It also comes as…
ZIMBABWE should approach the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Russia with extreme caution as it is yet to pass all the necessary clinical trial stages, a top virologist has warned. This comes after Russia announced that it had found a Covid-19 vaccine which has since been tried on humans. “We will approach this with…
ZANU PF yesterday came out guns blazing, blasting the United States of America (USA) for imposing sanctions on businessman Kuda Tagwirei and his company Sakunda Holdings. This comes after USA President Donald Trump’s administration on August 5 slammed sanctions on Tagwirei and his firm, claiming he used his closeness to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to enrich…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw IN A move that caught many by surprise, President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday fired Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi, pictured, and also appointed two new ministers, the Daily News reports. The unexpected sacking of Chasi came amid ongoing chaos at Zesa Holdings, where the former minister was…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa will soon dispatch his special envoys to Harare again — to meet with key local stakeholders, including the opposition, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government has come under renewed pressure internally and internationally for alleged gross human rights breaches by authorities. It also…
