Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw WITH Zimbabwe now reeling from the second wave of the lethal coronavirus — putting serious pressure on medical oxygen stocks in the country — authorities have moved to make it easier for suppliers to procure and avail the critical commodity. This comes as both the government and medical experts say…
By Tariro Sajeni and Perpetua Rojasi PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals and the Chitungwiza Health Department have been forced to scale down on their operations after their staff members were infected by Covid-19 in recent weeks. This comes as the country is experiencing a resurgence of the pandemic and 589 people have lost their lives…
By Tariro Sajeni sajenit@dailynews.co.zw PHARMACIES have been given the green light to operate beyond business times set under the current hard Covid-19 lockdown introduced last week, the Daily News reports. In a bid to slow down rising Covid-19 infections and deaths, the government introduced the new strict regulations that have seen businesses offering essential services…
By Nyasha Dube duben@dailynews.co.zw FORTY-FIVE suspended police officers have approached the High Court seeking an order to be released from Chikurubi Detention Barracks (DB) where they have been committed since January 4. The officers, through their lawyer Tafadzwa Muvhami, have filed an urgent chamber application citing police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga, Assistant Commissioner (Harare province)…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw NELSON Chamisa is still keen to meet with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to help resolve Zimbabwe’s decades-long political and economic challenges, MDC Alliance secretary for presidential affairs, Jameson Timba, has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the level-headed and ever approachable Timba also observed that Chamisa had been among the first leaders…
Godknows Matarutse & Mugove Tafirenyika STAFF WRITERS POLICE have set up a special crack unit to enforce discipline among ordinary citizens whose apparent disregard of lockdown restrictions has miffed authorities. This comes as there are growing calls for the government to further tighten the current coronavirus stay-at-home order — amid ballooning deaths of people succumbing…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says the central bank is working on the introduction of a $50 bank note for the convenience of the transacting public. The announcement followed swirling reports of an impending introduction of higher denomination notes of $100 and $200. In a statement…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw THE United Kingdom (UK) has approved a US$5,4 million food relief fund for Zimbabwe, which will come in the form of monthly cash transfers or electronic vouchers worth US$12 per person redeemable in supermarkets. The scheme which would be implemented by the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), aims to…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw CONCERNED medical experts have implored the government to follow the example of South Africa and close all its land borders, to curb the alarming spread of coronavirus in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the experts also said they were worried that authorities were taking too long to reveal their…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ACTING President Kembo Mohadi yesterday said increasing Covid-19 infections and deaths are threatening the recovery of Zimbabwe’s economy and urged citizens to buckle up as the government battles to contain the pandemic. This comes as the authorities last week imposed a hard lockdown which has seen all other businesses…
