Rumbidzai NgwenyaSTAFF WRITERngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw THE government has warned of the possibility of a monkeypox outbreak in the country. This comes as cases of monkeypox have been reported in non-endemic countries including neighbouring South Africa.As of July 31, a total of 6 785 confirmed cases, 106 probable cases and 561 suspected cases had been reported in 78…
SUSPENDED Zifa president Felton Kamambo has taken a decision to appeal against regional magistrate Bianca Makwande’s ruling dismissing his discharge application. Kamambo…
Ketty Nyoni and Rumbidzai NgwenyaSTAFF WRITERS IN A worrying development, police have recorded more than two thousand incidents of motorists who ran over pedestrians and fled the scene of the accidents in the first six months of this year alone. Announcing the staggering statistics in Harare yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi also revealed that…
THE Bulawayo High Court yesterday reinstated Tinashe Kambarami as deputy mayor and councillor for ward 3, ending a three-year court battle. Kambarami was in 2018 convicted by a Bulawayo magistrate on theft charges in a case in which he pleaded guilty and was fined $80 or 18 days in prison for stealing an extension cord…
IN A push that spells trouble for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Zanu PF says it wants all political parties without formalised structures to be barred from contesting next year’s crunch national elections. Tough-talking Zanu PF secretary for Finance, Patrick Chinamasa, told the Daily News yesterday that it would be “wrong” to allow the…
Rumbidzai NgwenyaSTAFF WRITERngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw THE government has scrapped the payment of duty on importation of buses by approved importers with immediate effect. According to the gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 138 of 2022, approved importers are public bus operators duly registered in terms of Part III of the Road Motor Transportation Act (Chapter 13:15). “It is hereby notified…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said economic saboteurs won’t succeed in their attempt to derail the country’s progress. His remarks come as the country is battling to deal with hyperinflation and skyrocketing prices of basic commodities.Speaking during the burial of the late national hero Benjamin Mabenge at the National Heroes Acre yesterday, Mnangagwa…
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wife Marry who is accused of money laundering has challenged further postponements of the case without trial asking the court to remove her from remand. This resulted in regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje ordering the State to avail the investigating officer to explain why investigations have not been concluded three years after…
Melisa ChatikoboSTAFF WRITERchatikobom@dailynews.co.zw EXPERTS say Zimbabwe’s push for self-sufficiency in animal vaccinations is under threat from the country’s ongoing shortages of foreign currency. This comes as local companies which manufacture animal vaccines have been left struggling to meet demand due to the forex crunch.Livestock and Meat Advisory Council (LMAC) economist, Reneth Mano, confirmed to the…
THE factional demons which have been ravaging the ruling Zanu PF were in full view in Masvingo this past weekend following bloody clashes among rival groups. So bad was the violence which was witnessed at Masvingo Polytechnic, as the region met to choose a new provincial youth leader, that party bosses were later forced to…
