Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO THE government will open more information centres in rural areas as it endeavours to boost access to reliable information on the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes at a time when there has been a lot of misinformation around the pandemic, which has claimed almost 130 lives and infected close to 5…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government should abandon the use of Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) and revisit its testing strategy in order to improve the country’s response to the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19), senior doctors have said. In a letter dated August 11 and addressed to the Health and Child Care ministry in possession…
Blessings Mashaya and Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITERS WITH the situation in Zimbabwe remaining tense, both local and external analysts say the only viable path out of the country’s mess is to get President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, to work closely with the opposition, the Daily News reports. This comes as some in the opposition have…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw MORE men than women have so far succumbed to, and been infected by the lethal coronavirus in the country, the Daily News reports. The Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that from the close to 5 000 confirmed local cases of the disease, about 55 percent of them…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw SOUTH African envoys recently seconded to Zimbabwe by President Cyril Ramaphosa should only pre-occupy themselves with allegations of human rights abuses and not President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy question, the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe has said. This comes as this week Ramaphosa dispatched three envoys; ex-ministers Sydney Mufamadi and…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF says it will soon flush out party members, including bigwigs, allegedly working with the vanquished Generation 40 (G40), a faction that was associated with the late former President Robert Mugabe. The G40 faction fought tenaciously to block current President Emmerson Mnangagwa from succeeding Mugabe until his ouster…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw SOME MDC Alliance bigwigs are said to be making a determined push to have the coalition’s firebrand deputy national chairperson, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, expelled for his radical political activities and dogged opposition to Zanu PF and its government. So bad is the situation said to have become for…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations (UN) says it’s time that the government addresses the country’s health crisis, beginning with the on-going doctors and nurses’ strike, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe’s confirmed cases of coronavirus are nearing 5 000, including 104 deaths. At the same time, more than 300…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw INTERNATIONAL labour organisations continue to pile pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government demanding that it respects workers’ rights. This follows the recent characterisation of the country’s largest labour unions, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, by the ruling Zanu PF party as a terrorist organisation. Southern Africa Trade Union…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Republic Police deputy commissioner-general Stephen Mutamba and head of Criminal Investigation Department, commissioner Chrispen Charumbira, have been accused of interfering in operations of a mine in Mashava, Masvingo. Two Flags Trading owners, one of the mines in the dispute, recently wrote to commissioner- general Godwin Matanga raising a complaint…
