SUSPENDED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume says he suspects he has contracted the deadly coronavirus due to poor health conditions at Harare Remand Prison. Mafume, who is in custody after allegedly violating his bail conditions in a matter he is accused of abusing his office to award residential stands to his sister and a colleague, now…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AS COVID-19 cases continue to spiral out of control in the country amid soaring deaths, health experts have called on authorities to further tighten the national lockdown and also decree that all inter-city travellers possess valid certificates showing that they don’t have the lethal disease. In addition, the experts told…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE courts sent a strong message yesterday to those violating the country’s national coronavirus regulations after they jailed popular Zimdancehall producers DJ Fantan and Levels, as well as music promoter Boss Dammer, for organising an illegal gig on New Year’s eve that was attended by hundreds of people. The…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) has warned illegal commuter omnibuses and vendors defying lockdown regulations and entering the Central Business District (CBD) that they will face the full wrath of the law. Zimbabwe entered a second hard lockdown on Tuesday for the next 30 days as the government tries to…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THE Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has rolled out a US$70 000 Covid-19 relief fund to help the southern region of Zimbabwe mitigate the effects of the pandemic. The fund, which was donated through the Useni Sibanda-led Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (ZCA), is targeted at assisting isolation centres in Matabeleland South,…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw TWO people have been arrested for allegedly printing fake Covid-19 certificates and selling them to travellers at Roadport Bus Station in Harare. Takesure Kanyani and Tariro Chimhavi are accused of forging the certificates and inscribing names of different health centres as the issuers of the documents before selling them…
Mugove Tafirenyika, Godknows Matarutse & Tamary Chikiwa STAFF WRITERS MANY ordinary Zimbabweans in urban areas appeared to have heeded the calls by authorities to stay at home, as the country’s second hard national coronavirus lockdown came into effect yesterday. News crews from the Daily News who sought to establish the extent of compliance with the latest tough Covid-19 measures…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw LEARNERS writing their final examinations were yesterday forced to sit for their papers in batches after encountering transport and security checkpoint difficulties, as the country began its 30-day hard coronavirus lockdown. But authorities said despite some learners arriving late, they were allowed to sit their papers later — to avoid…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw JOURNALISTS and other media practitioners can still use their 2019 and 2020 accreditation cards in executing their duties, the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has said, adding it is yet to issue new ones for this year. ZMC accredits journalists and issues them with press cards valid for one year,…
CHIEF WRITER THE government has moved to protect civil servants from Covid-19 by reducing, to 30 percent, the number of public employees physically at work as well as suspending face-to-face meetings during this lockdown period. This comes as the country has gone into a second hard Covid-19 which commenced yesterday, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa and…
