LAWYERS yesterday approached the High Court challenging the decision by the police to tighten the national coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown measures, arguing it was unconstitutional. This comes as the police at the weekend announced a raft of measures to contain and mitigate the spread of the pandemic, among them stiffer requirements for travelling citizens. The measures…
THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (Fao) and World Food Programme’s (WFP) latest early warning analysis of acute food security hotspots has placed Zimbabwe among top 25 countries set to face devastating hunger in coming months due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as over eight million people in the country were already food…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry, pictured, is unfit to stand trial and is currently undergoing treatment, a Harare court heard. Marry is supposed to stand trial on allegations of assaulting Delight Munyoro, the vice president’s househelp. In her last appearance, Marry indicated she was supposed to undergo surgery. Yesterday, the court heard she…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE discord that has hit the MDC’s interim leadership — including last week’s move to block the nomination of reinstated secretary general Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, as the party’s next president — is escalating, the Daily News reports. This comes as regional and international analysts have delivered a damning assessment…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw IT EMERGED yesterday that security forces would further tighten the national coronavirus lockdown from today, amid fears that the disease is getting out of control, the Daily News reports. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew last week to combat the continued rise in Covid-19 cases…
Sindiso Mhophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has recorded a sharp increase in pellagra cases, with 1 061 registered between January and June 2020 compared to 440 over the same period last year. Pellagra is a disease caused by a lack of vitamin niacin and if left untreated, can cause death. In its latest situation…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has urged the government to stop using State apparatus to instil fear in citizens as the country braces for July 31 demonstrations. In a statement on the right of freedom to demonstrate and protest during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic lockdown, the commission also urged…
SINDISO MHLOPE Senior Staff Writer msindiso@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw AS ZIMBABWE’S political and economic crises continue to deepen, analysts have delivered a damning assessment of the country’s opposition, the Daily News on Sunday reports. Speaking during a virtual meeting that was organised by SAPES Trust last week to discuss South Africa’s role in Zimbabwe’s ongoing crises, the…
Blessings Mashaya and Sindiso Mlophe OVER a dozen suspected armed robbers pounced movie-style on the affluent Borrowdale Hospital Trauma Centre yesterday —an incident that was captured on CCTV, the Daily News on Sunday reports. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident saying the police were currently investigating the matter. Trauma Centre owner, prominent…
SINDISO MHLOPE Senior Staff Writer msindiso@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw IN A major blow to the country’s public health sector, 70 staff members at Parirenyatwa Hospital’s coronavirus treatment centre have tested positive for the lethal disease, the Daily News on Sunday reports. The hospital said at the weekend that the increase in the number of health workers testing positive…
