TRADITIONAL chiefs yesterday came out guns blazing, accusing the government of failing to arrest illegal foreign currency dealers. The chiefs told deputy Home Affairs minister Mike Madiro in the Senate that his ministry officials were sleeping on the job by failing to end street foreign currency dealings. The matter was first raised by Senator Ranganai…
UNITED States of America senators have called on their government to add more names from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inner circle on its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDNs) as they pile pressure on Harare to respect human rights and address the social, political and economic challenges affecting the country. This comes after the US…
THERE are fresh fears in the country — amid the continuing plunge of the Zimbabwe dollar on the black market and the ever rising prices of basic goods — that things could deteriorate to the horror levels of a decade ago, when the local economy imploded, causing immense pain to citizens, the Daily News reports….
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health has expressed reservations about Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport’s capacity to effectively detect travellers with coronavirus (Covid-19) on arrival. This comes after a visit by the committee to the largest airport in the country and Wilkins Hospital in Harare to assess the state of preparedness to deal with the…
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has once again increased examination fees for Grade 7, ‘O’ and ‘A’ Levels, with the government offering to release $150 million towards subsidising part of the payment. The increase, which came barely a month after the hike was reversed following a public outcry, would see Grade 7 pupils in…
THE Daily News Breakfast Forum to be held at the Rainbow Towers Hotel tomorrow will provide a perfect platform for the guest of honour, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, to unpack the just-announced measures meant to stabilise the wobbly Zimbabwe dollar, organisers have said. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Mangudya yesterday held…
THE ructions consuming the MDC are escalating, resulting in under pressure party leader Nelson Chamisa now telling his disgruntled comrades to leave the party if they so wish, while his restless supporters bashed each other in strife-torn Masvingo last weekend, the Daily News reports. This comes as the MDC is still struggling to heal the…
A THAI national who had run away from being tested for the deadly coronavirus returned to Wilkins Hospital yesterday where all the necessary tests were finally conducted, the Daily News reports. Authorities are now waiting for the results of the tests, which they have committed will be publicly communicated once they are received. This comes…
CABINET yesterday banned the slaughter and sale of cattle from regions affected by disease outbreaks. This comes amid reports that some unscrupulous individuals were selling diseased cattle to butcheries, who were in turn retailing it to unsuspecting consumers. Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri told journalists during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare that the government had…
SPAR Zimbabwe and Bellevue Abattoir Butcheries have refuted claims that they are selling meat from cattle that will have died from anthrax and the January disease. This comes as videos were circulating on social media platforms of dead or diseased cattle being reportedly bought by meat retailers who then sell to consumers across the country,…
