Sindiso Mhlope

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) yesterday called on the government to peg its new gold remuneration framework in line with prevailing international rates, saying that the new offer of a fixed US$45 per gramme will be difficult…

VARIOUS women’s organisation have petitioned the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) and the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to launch an independent investigation into the…

©️ WITH Zimbabwe’s political and economic crises deepening, the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) have once again implored authorities to engage the MDC to end the country’s myriad challenges, the Daily News…

THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has given relief to employers by deferring payment of increased levies to June 1 instead of the beginning of the year to cushion companies negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

ZIMBABWE’S confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases shot up to 51 yesterday as three more people, including a woman from Harare without a travel history, tested positive for the disease.

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday launched a thinly-veiled attack on the MDC — warning the country’s main opposition party against staging protests aimed at attracting international attention, the Daily News reports.

SOCIAL Welfare minister Paul Mavima yesterday revealed that government is currently giving a $180 cushioning allowance to vulnerable persons instead of the initial $300 due to a shortage of funds.

CITY of Harare’s parking unit, City Parking (Pvt) Ltd has increased parking fees with effect from June 1, 2020, which will see people forking out $20 per hour for parking in the city centre.

THE national Gender-Based Violence (GBV) hotline has recorded a 90 percent increase in cases of violence since the beginning of the national lockdown introduced to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19).

©️ ZIMBABWE and other Southern African Development Community (Sadc) states that include Zambia and Botswana have committed to help Mozambique fight terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the northern parts of that country.

CHURCHES want the government to probe last week’s alleged abduction and torture of three MDC youth leaders, as well as last month’s brutal assault of two Bulawayo sisters by police, the Daily News reports.

©️ THE Cyber Crime, Security and Data Protection Bill will finally be debated in Parliament and if approved, individuals found guilty of violating its provisions will face up to seven years’ imprisonment.

TWO more people, both returning citizens from the United Kingdom, have tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19), bringing the number of confirmed cases to 44.

THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) has appealed to the government to set up a fund to assist media outlets that have been hit hard by the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

TRANSPARENCY International Zimbabwe (TIZ) yesterday said the office of the Auditor-General should immediately conduct an interim report on all donations made by various organisations towards the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19) to…

©️ PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday extended the national lockdown indefinitely, saying the country still had a long way to go in combating the spread of the deadly coronavirus(Covid-19).

©️ THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mangudya, has revealed that the country’s new higher denominated notes will start circulating from next week, the Daily News reports.

THE government has buckled under pressure and moved to allow returning residents to book into private quarantine centres if they can afford it, pending approval by health inspectors, the Daily News reports.

THE government has buckled under pressure and moved to allow returning residents to book into private quarantine centres if they can afford it, pending approval by health inspectors, the Daily News reports.

THE embassy of Zimbabwe in South Africa, through a partnership with the Founder of Bigtime Strategic Group, Justice Maphosa, is set to repatriate 400 Zimbabweans in the neighbouring country who have lost their sources of livelihood as a…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he was under pressure to lift the national lockdown and re-open the country’s ailing economy, but indicated that his priority is to save lives first before the economy.

SOCIAL Welfare minister Paul Mavima, pictured, yesterday revealed that government is yet to disburse the $200 cushioning allowances to vulnerable people who have been affected by the national lockdown, saying Cabinet had directed his…

THE Community Newspapers Association of Zimbabwe (CNAZ) has called on the government to come up with a media policy aimed at empowering community newspapers through the devolution programme.

THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) has called on the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) to suspend penalties for motorists who failed to renew their vehicle licences by March 31, 2020, saying this was largely due…

THE United Nations (UN) has launched a US$6,7 billion global humanitarian appeal to cushion the poor and stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) in vulnerable countries, including Zimbabwe.