HEALTH and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo yesterday revealed that Zimbabwe now has 300 testing kits for the 2019 Novel coronavirus, which the World Health Organisation says is now officially referred to as COVID-19. Previously, Zimbabwe was relying on neighbouring South Africa to diagnose suspected cases of the deadly coronavirus as its laboratories did not…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, lost her application to be allowed access to her matrimonial Borrowdale home, pending the hearing of a Supreme Court appeal filed by her husband. Marry — who is facing fraud, attempted murder, externalisation and money laundering charges — is currently out of custody on bail. Her application was…
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday warned newly sworn-in magistrates to uphold professionalism to improve the justice delivery system. Hodzi’s sentiments came a few days after he publicly admitted that corrupt cartels had captured State and private institutions, including the judiciary, stifling the fight against corruption. He was speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of 16 magistrates at…
THE government has revealed plans to introduce a coupon scheme to assist the vulnerable to purchase mealie meal which was recently increased from $50 to $70. Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Finance minister Mthuli Ncube briefed Cabinet on the action taken to normalise the roller meal supply situation. “Government thus moved in to redress the…
IN A dramatic turn of events, it has emerged that the newly-installed leadership of Zanu PF’s youth league may now be pushing for the expulsion of the wing’s suspended executives from the ruling party, the Daily News reports. This comes as details are emerging that the suspended youth league leaders apparently approached intelligence chiefs and…
FLOODS have killed one person and left more than 20 families stranded, after torrential rains pounded Matabeleland North this week, the Daily News reports. The floods came exactly a year after Cyclone Idai battered Zimbabwe and killed hundreds of people in Manicaland and parts of Masvingo. The floods which hit Matabeleland North followed a deluge…
GOVERNMENT has increased the price of the subsidised roller meal to $70 from $50, amid the scarcity of the maize meal in major retail shops. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced the price adjustment in a statement yesterday. “In December 2019, government introduced a roller meal subsidy pegged at $50 per 10kg bag in order to…
FORMER vice president Joice Mujuru turned down calls to return to the ruling party arguing she is comfortable watching from the terraces, the Daily News can report. This comes as the ruling party is keen to mend broken relations with its erstwhile comrades who left at the height of the ugly factional wars that ravaged…
POWERFUL cartels have captured every sector of society causing untold suffering to ordinary citizens, Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi has said. Speaking at an anti-corruption capacity building workshop yesterday, Hodzi said so sophisticated are the cartels that they have captured Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, (Zacc) an institution founded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa with the sole mandate of fighting…
SUSPENDED Zanu PF youth league kingpin, Godfrey Tsenengamu, warned opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, last week to beware of being used by hardliners in both the ruling party and his MDC as he fights to get into power, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zanu PF and MDC hawks are said to be frustrating…
