WITH President Emmerson Mnangagwa keeping his cards close to his chest as to who he will appoint to replace three ministers who recently died from coronaviruslinked complications, analysts say his challenge is compounded by the fact that the world’s eyes are on his choice for the key Foreign Affairs post. This comes as Mnangagwa has…
THE government is appealing for assistance in raising funds to procure Covid-19 vaccines and has opened the door to the corporate world, citizens and other well-wishers to chip ion. This comes at a time that health experts have warned that the country faces a third wave of the novel coronavirus unless a vaccine is quickly…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic with the local authority revealing that payment of bills by residents has drastically gone down. Bulawayo is one of the cities in Zimbabwe whose economy is highly informalised owing to de-industrialisation with many companies relocating either to Harare or outside the country. With…
THE Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) says widespread heavy rainfall and fertiliser shortages across the country will likely contribute to a reduction in national crop yields. Heavy rains, coupled with the occurrences of Tropical Storm Chalane and Tropical Cyclone Eloise, have led to average to above-average rainfall from October to January. This has…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AS AUTHORITIES fight to procure much-needed Covid-19 vaccines, health experts have warned that the country faces a third wave of the lethal disease — unless the jabs arrive ahead of winter and citizen discipline also improves. In addition, the experts also told the Daily News yesterday, that the country needed to embark…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE arrest of foreign investors in the country is counter-productive and could destroy the goodwill that Zimbabwe has internationally, lawyers representing businessman Ali Mohamad have argued. This comes after the businessman — a director of a company called Ali Japan — was arrested last year together with businesswoman Henrietta…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw ECONOMISTS are predicting a slight increase in the price of basic goods after the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) yesterday announced an eight percent increase in fuel prices. The increase attributed to supply disruptions caused by Covid-19 travel restrictions, now sees petrol costing US$1,26 from US$1,21 while diesel is…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw THE devastating effects of Covid-19 have been laid bare after Anglican Bishop Jonathan Siyachitema lost five members of his family in a space of just weeks. The cleric lost his wife Rosemary and two daughters Elizabeth and another one named after her mother, as well as his siblings —…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has now appointed a formal MDC committee to work on a strategy to engage the ruling Zanu PF and other key stakeholders in the country, as his push for all-inclusive national dialogue moves a gear up. The Daily News was informed yesterday that when the main opposition’s standing…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw BOTH President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — who is also the country’s Health minister — have emphasised that Covid-19 vaccines to be acquired by the government will be rolled out free of charge to citizens. “Our national response strategy has reached a stage where we…
