Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is concerned by the sharp increase in violence against women and children during Zimbabwe’s current national coronavirus lockdown, the Daily News reports. This comes as authorities are preparing to further tighten the lockdown, in the wake of rising…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw MDC leader Thokozani Khupe scored another victory in the ongoing battle for the party after Parliament allowed her to choose a new National Assembly chief whip ahead of bitter rival Nelson Chamisa, the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe and Chamisa have opened a new battlefront in their…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw TOP lawyer Thabani Mpofu has described his on-going prosecution as abuse of authority by the Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi. Mpofu is accused of conniving with other lawyers Tapiwa Makanza and Joshuwa Chirambwe in creating a fictious person by the name Simbarashe Zuze and filing papers at the Constitutional Court challenging…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube will on Monday headline the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) webinar on the 2020 Mid-Term Budget Review which he delivered on Thursday. ANZ are the publishers of the inimitable Daily News and the Daily News On Sunday. The discussion will be live streamed on the Daily News Facebook page on Monday…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE omens do not look good for the planned July 31 mass demonstrations, after the organisers of the protests said yesterday that they would go ahead with their mass actions with or without the green light from jittery authorities, the Daily News reports. This sets the stage for…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube once again failed to lift the hopes of despondent Zimbabweans when he announced his mid-term budget policy yesterday, the Daily News reports. Among other notable omissions, he failed to address how the country should deal with the United States dollar following the growing rejection of the local currency by many…
DOCTORS have raised alarm over the increasing numbers of local coronavirus (Covid-19) positive cases which are without trace, saying this is an indicator that there is an impending implosion of the virus in the country. This comes as the country recorded 22 local cases on Wednesday with the source of infection for 21 of…
NURSES have written to the government demanding over $200 000 per month if their salaries are to continue being paid in local currency. In the letter dated July 14 to acting Health minister Amon Murwira, the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) said their salaries are too low. “If we are to negotiate for an RTGS amount…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw LONG-SUFFERING Zimbabweans will be watching closely what under pressure Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, will do today when he presents his mid-term statement in Harare, amid the ever rising prices of basic goods in the country, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe is suffering from the triple…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AS THE government prepares to tighten the ongoing national coronavirus lockdown, political analysts say authorities need to balance the need to save lives with economic interests, the Daily News reports. In addition, the analysts say any new tougher measures should not be used as an excuse to clamp down…

