ZIMBABWEANS will need to fork more money to acquire passports from now onwards. This comes after the government increased the price of an ordinary travel document to US$60 — and US$200 and US$318 respectively for three-day and 24-hour emergency documents, as it battles to reduce a huge passport backlog. In a Government Gazette notice published…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday commended the overwhelming response by corporates and individuals towards the national Covid-19 pandemic as the country’s battles to contain a third wave of the novel virus. Officiating during a handover ceremony of donations towards the fight against the pandemic at State House, Mnangagwa spoke against complacency in tackling Covid-19. The companies…
ZIMBABWE has now vaccinated over one million people against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, as authorities have extended health institutions’ operating hours to ensure more people get inoculated. Hospitals and clinics have become overwhelmed by the huge turnout of people who need to get vaccinated following the recent surge in infections. “One million Zimbabweans have now…
THE government has gazetted an extradition treaty it signed with China in 2018 to allow Zimbabwe and its Asian partner to bring back criminals to face justice in the two countries’ respective jurisdictions. According to a Government Gazette published yesterday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe signed the treaty with the Asian country in order to…
ONCE hesitant citizens are continuing to heed calls to get vaccinated, putting pressure on many health facilities. Among the facilities that are…
FORMER Zanu PF provincial commissar Jappy Jaboon and ex-Chiredzi West MP Darlington Chiwa and several others are set to rejoin the ruling…
PARLIAMENT has approached the High Court seeking an order directing six former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) MPs who were recalled from the house in March to return motor vehicles that they had been given. In the court summons, the august House cited Settlement Chikwinya, Sichelesile Mahlangu, Regai Tsunga, Tendai Biti, Kucaca Ivumile Phulu and Willias…
A SOUTH Africa-based land developer, Terracotta Private Limited, has admitted that it will invest US$60 million to develop Egodini Mall in Bulawayo following an interrogation by the local authority. In 2016, Terracotta won a US$60 million tender for redevelopment of Basch Street Terminus, popularly known as Egodini, under a Build-Operate-Transfer agreement. However, there had been…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday commented briefly on the riots that have been rocking neighbouring South Africa, expressing the hope that there would be a quick solution to the deadly protests soon. Speaking to the media in Harare, ahead of a Zanu PF politburo meeting, Mnangagwa also reiterated that the conflict in Mozambique and rising…
THE government is set to beef up personnel conducting the Covid-19 vaccination programme as health institutions are being overwhelmed, following a surge in the number of citizens seeking to get inoculated. A survey by the Daily News yesterday showed that vaccination centres such as the Glen View Poly Clinic and Chitungwiza City Health Department were overwhelmed due to…
