SECURITY forces maintained a heavy presence around the country yesterday, amid talk of more protests by the opposition and pro-democracy groups. This comes as Zimbabwe is under a dusk-to-dawn curfew that was imposed by authorities to combat the spread of the lethal coronavirus which is now running amok in the country. Yesterday, police…
SENIOR police officers, among them deputy commissioner-general Stephen Mutamba, have been accused of frustrating investigations into alleged fraudulent land deals by Delatfin (Pvt) Ltd owner Felix Munyaradzi. This emerged at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday when alleged land baron Munyaradzi appeared for initial remand before regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna facing four counts of fraud. Munyaradzi…
ZIMBABWE on Friday recorded 14 coronavirus (Covid-19) deaths, bringing the total to 67, the ministry of Health and Child Care said in an update. This comes at a time when the number of recoveries is going up. The country on Friday had 1 004 recoveries, after an increase of 80 — 65 in the Midlands…
YESTERDAY’S planned anti-government mass demonstrations failed to take off after authorities made heavy deployments of security forces around the country, the Daily News reports. As a result, the day ended without major incidents being reported — as had been feared by political analysts — with most urban central business districts (CBDs) empty and the main…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pleaded with health workers to end their strike, warning that the nation could perish from Covid-19 if their action continues, the Daily News reports. This comes as senior doctors in public hospitals joined nurses in downing their tools on Thursday, over the government’s failure to address their grievances — including…
POLICE yesterday arrested only five people for participating in demonstrations against corruption across the country and are facing charges of trying to incite violence. In a statement, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said yesterday generally the environment was peaceful as the demonstrations, organised by opposition parties and civil society organisations, flopped. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police has…
UNDER graft probe Zesa Holdings executive chairperson Sydney Gata, has suspended eight board members of the national power utility company, the Daily News reports. This comes after Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi earlier this week ordered the same board to investigate Gata on an array of corruption allegations, among them grabbing five company…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Jeffrey Muvundusi STAFF WRITERS SECURITY forces yesterday cleared the central business districts (CBDs) of Harare and Bulawayo — in the process preventing tens of thousands of people from reporting for work, the Daily News reports. The major operation came ahead of today’s planned mass protests against the government, and as the global…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has warned public hospitals turning away patients who do not have certificates or results to prove that they are coronavirus (Covid-19) negative. This comes as the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has raised concern over citizens who are being turned away for not having…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw SENIOR doctors working in public hospitals have downed tools over the government’s failure to address their grievances, including poor remuneration and lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) in the wake of the lethal coronavirus. This comes despite the government’s plea to doctors to reconsider their threat to go…
