Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) has embarked on a massive vaccination blitz to contain the spread of mumps in the capital city and surrounding areas. HCC director of Health Services, Prosper Chonzi, told the Daily News yesterday that the city was conducting a mass vaccination campaign against the disease, while also…
FORMER Prosecutor General and the country’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo Johannes Tomana has died aged 55. Tomana died in Honde Valley where he had attended a funeral at his rural home.Foreign Affairs minister spokesperson Livit Mugejo confirmed the development to the Daily News yesterday.“Yes, I can confirm the death of Johannes Tomana…
BY TENDAI KAMHUNGIRA THE prices of basic goods in the country will continue to slide as the government looks beyond the upcoming…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to shun corruption saying the vice derails the country’s economic growth. This comes as the country is losing close to US$2 billion each year to corruption, according to the Auditor General’s reports, which also show that graft was mainly manifesting itself in local authorities, government…
BY RUTENDO NGARAStaff Writer THOUSANDS of people thronged the National Sports Stadium in Harare yesterday to pay their last respects to the late national hero and founder of the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa Forward in Faith (ZAOGA FIF), Archbishop Ezekiel Handinawangu Guti. The night before, thousands more from around the world had gathered at…
TWO months ago, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) gazetted the local authority women’s quota. This was in line with the government’s efforts…
BY KETTY NYONIStaff Writer CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) says most Civil Society Organisations in the country are struggling for resources to carry out their mandates ahead of the August 23 elections after traditional funders withdrew their aid. CiZC is a conglomeration of more than 80 civil society organisations working in Zimbabwe. Speaking to the…
HOPES for last-minute collaboration among the country’s divided opposition against Zanu PF ahead of the upcoming elections are unlikely to be realised, political analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the analysts added that even though it was widely accepted that working together was the best option for the opposition to defeat Zanu PF,…
SIX mine workers died on Thursday at a mine in Inyathi, Matabeleland North Province, after they were trapped under a shaft while extracting gold ore. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the miners died after they were trapped by underground water, which flooded the mine tunnels. “The Zimbabwe Republic…
By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi AUTHORITIES have confirmed the arrest of 12 suspects in connection with the death of Tinashe Chitsunge, a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, who died on Thursday during political clashes in Glen View, Harare. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said the police…
