OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa warned yesterday that the worsening economic situation in the country had created conditions conducive for a revolution, the Daily News reports. This comes as efforts to have Mnangagwa and Chamisa to hold much-needed talks to help fix the country are faltering, with hawks within both Zanu PF and the MDC said…
THE under pressure government yesterday reversed the steep examination fee hikes for Advanced(A) and Ordinary(O) levels that it announced recently, following a backlash from long-suffering parents and legislators. This comes as the government is also under the cosh from restless student unions to reverse its astronomical fees for tertiary education — which were announced at…
ZIMBABWE has recorded its first suspected coronavirus case leading to evacuation of usual patients from Wilkins Infectious Diseases Control Hospital, Harare City health director Prosper Chonzi has said. This comes as the global death toll from the deadly virus has climbed above 2 000 while the total number of confirmed cases is now more than…
THERE was commotion in the National Assembly yesterday after Independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa accused MDC MP for Mbizo, Settlement Chikwinya, of linking Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to coronavirus, the Daily News reports. Issues came to a head when National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda directed that minister of Health Obadiah Moyo presents a ministerial statement…
FRESH from being acquitted on treason charges, firebrand MDC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to prepare for major civil unrest, unless he halts Zimbabwe’s worsening national rot, the Daily News reports. This comes as the MDC is due to hold a briefing in Harare today — amid growing pressure from…
PARLIAMENT was told yesterday how the government’s subsidised grain was allegedly being smuggled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by millers connected to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), the Daily News reports. The revelations came as the country is experiencing widespread shortages of the staple maize meal — which has put pressure on authorities…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) will be evacuating patients from Wilkins Infectious Disease Control Hospital to make way for coronavirus (Covid-19) cases that may be recorded in the country, the city health director has said. This comes as the government on Monday and yesterday conducted a training workshop to equip health workers with skills on…
FIVE family members were struck to death by lightning in the Muzvezve area of Sanyati District on Monday while they were working in their maize field. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the tragedy to the Daily News and underscored the importance of staying indoors whenever it is raining. “We confirm a sad incident where…
BUSINESSMAN Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure, who is accused of fraudulently undervaluing a Bentley Continental GT that he imported from South Africa, has finally been freed on $10 000 bail. Kadungure, who was in remand prison for nearly two weeks, was yesterday freed by High Court judge Erica Ndewere. As part of his bail conditions, Kadungure was…
IN A bid to stabilise the ever rising prices of goods and black market foreign exchange rates that are torpedoing the economy, authorities yesterday assured people with hard currencies that they were free to use their money as they wished, and that foreign currency accounts would not be raided, the Daily News reports. This fresh…
