Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi THE country’s health experts say they have heightened screening for Mpox at major ports of entry as cases of the disease are on the rise in neighbouring South Africa. This comes after the number of positive Mpox cases in South Africa has risen to 25, according to the country’s national…
FRESH trouble has erupted in the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), after acting party leader Welshman Ncube reshuffled his team at the weekend. CCC insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday confirmed that the demotion of Jacob Mafume and the dropping of Nqobizitha Mlilo, who were party spokesperson and mouthpiece for Ncube respectively, had…
GOVERNMENT and civil servants are set to meet tomorrow to discuss remuneration and conditions of service amid concerns by public workers that the continued rise in prices of basic goods and services in both ZiG and US dollars has eroded their earnings. This comes as Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU), the umbrella…
HARARE City Council (HCC) is probing alleged cases of space barons who are duping residents of their hard earned money claiming it is for an ongoing council stand verification exercise. This comes as residents in Harare’s southern suburbs of Hopley, Churu and Hunyani are losing money to space barons who are collecting US$50 to US$150…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw GRAY Homes’ owners, Annavester and Gary Mudiwa, who allegedly duped Vice president Constantino Chiwenga’s wife Miniyothabo of US$1 million, appeared in court yesterday facing seven more fraud counts. They were denied bail by magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa for allegedly defrauding Chiwenga before being slapped with fresh fraud charges yesterday at the Harare Magistrates…
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says the signing of integrity pledges by public officials is working wonders in exposing corruption in the country as cases are now being widely reported. This comes as the government has made it mandatory for all public officials, including ministers and permanent secretaries, to sign integrity…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF’s legal and administration departments will this week receive all the resolutions passed by its 10 provinces ahead of the party’s annual conference in Bulawayo next month. The resolutions include the much-debated party call for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office beyond the expiry of his constitutionally mandated second…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH authorities have warned individuals and organisations offering services of full body scans using dubious magnetic resonance machines saying they are violating the law and exposing the public to possible health dangers. This comes amid a proliferation of unqualified individuals and organisations which are offering free full body scans across the…
MANY desperate Bulawayo residents are resorting to relieving themselves outdoors as a result of the city’s water crisis. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting at the weekend, the chairperson of the Residents Charter Africa Initiative, Thamsanqa Ndlovu, said they had encountered many cases of residents defecating in the open because there was no water to flush…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw TWO couples who adopted two minor children approached the High Court seeking the superior court to compel the registrar general and the ministry of Home Affairs to have their details included on the minors’ birth certificates had their application dismissed. The applicants are Taonga Edson Masendeke and his wife Fortune as…
