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Govt lockdown impractical without economic cushioning measures
The nationwide lockdown, which is due to come into effect Monday, March 30, is a necessary step in containing the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. However, ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 805 | by Lloyd Msipa, People’s Party
Health workers are the frontline soldiers against COVID-19. Let's protect them
The COVID-19 or the new Corona Virus is different. In this virus we have an enemy which is invisible and sometimes deadly, and the task is harder.About a century ago the Spanish flu pandemic k...Published: 9 hrs ago | 451 | by Siddharth Chatterjee and Mutahi Kagwe
We let her down: we should hang our heads in shame!
Its high time we put our act together and we assist our daughter Chantelle Muteswa dear Zimbabwean women. We can't let the girl fight such a brutal war on her own without assistance from Zimbabwe wome...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1929 | by Nomazulu Thata
SA police use heavy-handed tactics to enforce the 21-day national lockdown
South African police used heavy-handed tactics to enforce the 21-day national lockdown in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, on Saturday, firing rubber bullets and sjamboking those who would not get off the stre...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1934 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally cracks whip on business over COVID-19
As the country recorded its third case of Covid-19 and one death, the Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira has ordered all big businesses to avail hand sanitizers and temp...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1758 | by Staf reporter
Coronavirus can live on cellphones for 2 to 3 days
Scientists are saying that the virus can live on some hard surfaces for two to three days.Many of us are being disciplined about hand-washing but it's also important to make sure the objects w...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1651 | by Staf reporter
'Zanu PF must account for Makamba debacles' - good start but must self-empower too
A lot has been said about the tragic events surrounding the late Zororo Makamba's death but, sadly, most of it has been the usual static noise. So when I heard something coherent, a diamond amongst th...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1545 | by Wilbert Mukori
Sex workers scramble for operating space
STANDING at a dimly lit street corner opposite a once-popular nightclub in Bulawayo, five skimpily dressed sex workers flag down passing vehicles and individuals on foot soliciting for clients....Published: 15 hrs ago | 1832 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Top Zimbabwean aviation expert gets Coronavirus
Zimbabwe's top aviation expert Jerry Haas has announced that he has tested positive with the deadly coronavirus. In a Twitter post on Saturday Haas said, "The last couple of days I hadn't been...Published: 18 hrs ago | 7120 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Impact of COVID 19 on Zimbabwean Economy
The outbreak of the novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) poses a significant threat to the world economy and to Zimbabwe's fragile economy too. So far the virus has infected close to 470 000 people from 200 ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 743 | by Victor Bhoroma
First train with medical supplies for Europe leaves Wuhan
Beijing has resumed its railway freight service between Wuhan and Europe by delivering medical aid to Germany as authorities work to lift strict quarantine measures after the number of new cases Covid...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1441 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa office's corruption exposed
A DAMNING audit report has implicated the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) in a murky deal in which it arm-twisted Zesa Holdings into handpicking businessperson Kuda Tagwirei's company, Sakun...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1542 | by Staff reporter
Rautenbach's monopoly bleeds Zimbabwe
THE newly enacted bio-fuels policy of Zimbabwe exposes how local tycoon Billy Rautenbach's monopoly in ethanol production has crippled the country financially despite the availability of cheaper ethan...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1614 | by Staff reporter
Govt managing COVID-19 information: CSOs
GOVERNMENT has been challenged to come clean on COVID-19 by disseminating correct information on the pandemic in Zimbabwe amid concerns that testing centres were only in Harare and Bulawayo, leaving t...Published: 21 hrs ago | 273 | by Staff reporter
Scores throng Beitbridge border ahead of lockdown
SOUTH AFRICA failed to close its border at midnight on Thursday as droves of Zimbabweans resident in that country thronged the Beitbridge border post to return home involuntarily.Thousands of ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1800 | by Staff reporter
2 killers jailed 70 years for slitting motorist's throat, burning body
TWO stranded deportees from Botswana who stabbed a motorist who had offered them a lift in Plumtree before they slit his throat and used tyres and diesel to burn his body beyond recognition, have been...Published: 21 hrs ago | 535 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 confirmed cases spikes to 7 in Zimbabwe
THE number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in Zimbabwe has risen to seven, with one of them having succumbed to the disease. In a statement yesterday, the Permanent Secretary i...Published: 21 hrs ago | 684 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frees 5 000 criminals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pardoned 5 000 prisoners serving for non-violent crimes as part of measures to decongest the country's prisons whose population had ballooned to over 20 000. A...Published: 21 hrs ago | 260 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: ZIMBABWE LOCKDOWN!
President Mnangagwa has with effect from Monday declared a total lockdown on the country to contain the spread of Covid-19 which has infected more than 500 000 people worldwide. The pandemic, ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 279 | by Staff reporter
Eddie Chivero sucked into match-fixing scandal?
HERENTALS FC have reason to smile after the Premier Soccer League (PSL) disciplinary committee acquitted them of match-fixing allegations levelled by Bulawayo Chiefs. The scandal had sucked in...Published: 21 hrs ago | 305 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cocaine pusher jailed
A drug dealer from Slough has been jailed for four years after he took over the Canterbury home of an elderly vulnerable man to peddle crack cocaine and heroin. Nyasha Mushayandebvu (25), of B...Published: 21 hrs ago | 290 | by Staff reporter
British police mistake man's isitshwala /pap for drugs
A man arrested after a crash on the A419 and admitted dangerous driving had his drugs charges dropped after police found he was carrying sadza. Appearing before Swindon Crown Court, Tinashe Nd...Published: 21 hrs ago | 525 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga child fight spirals into Supreme Court
The legal battle over custody and guardianship of a minor child pitting businessman Frank Buyanga and his ex-girlfriend Chantelle Muteswa has taken a new twist, with the mother now approaching the Sup...Published: 21 hrs ago | 172 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 testing to decentralise
Government is decentralising laboratory testing for coronavirus specimens with the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo joining the National Reference Laboratory in Harare ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 117 | by Staff reporter
South Africa, Zimbabwe clear travellers
Zimbabwean and South African immigration authorities yesterday worked round the clock to clear the final batch of travellers entering the country through Beitbridge Border Post. Human traffic ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 401 | by Staff reporter
Oxygen suppliers to prioritise patients
Boc Gases Zimbabwe has said it will prioritise medical oxygen supply for the treatment of Covid-19 patients and patients on existing, medically-prescribed oxygen therapies, in line with medical prescr...Published: 21 hrs ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ramps up response to Covid-19
STATE OF THE NATION UPDATE ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, CDE EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA, ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Fellow Zimbabweans, ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 145 | by ED Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe health workers demand $10 000 a month
Frontline health workers are appealing for a $10 000 risk allowance per month, as they battle Covid-19, which has affected five people in Zimbabwe so far. The proposal is for the allowance to ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 355 | by Staff reporter
'Terrence Mukupe mentally challenged,' says Prophet Bushiri
CONTROVERSIAL South Africa-based church leader, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has sensationally claimed that former deputy finance minister, Terrence Mukupe has a mental problem and should urgently seek he...Published: 21 hrs ago | 539 | by Staff reporter
Mealie meal shortage: hungry people ignore social distance
MDC top official Tapiwa Mashakada has lamented that due to mealie meal shortage people in Masvingo were seen disregarding social distance to prevent COVID...Published: 22 hrs ago | 234 | by Stephen Jakes
ED shutdown Zim after allowing people from covid hit SA in - Zapu
Opposition Zapu has rapped president Emmerson Mnangagwa for delaying to lockdown Zimbabwe allowing people from covid 19 hit South Africa to come in and sp...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1364 | by Stephen Jakes
Man jumps 10 floors to his death
A 29-YEAR-OLD man allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the 10th floor building in Harare's Central Business District (CBD), the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed yesterday.Police...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 15:41hrs | 3566 | by Staff reporter
ZMC accreditation fees gazetted
Government has gazetted registration fees for accreditation of journalists by the Zimbabwe Media Commission with locals required to pay $120 for a new applicant, $80 renewal and $50 for card replaceme...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 15:26hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Olinda Chapel donates 10 000 masks to Zimbabwe
UK-based Zimbabwean businesswoman and socialite, Olinda Chapel has donated 10 000 disposable face masks to Zimbabwe.The donation was made through her Olinda Chapel Foundation."The Olin...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 15:14hrs | 2794 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pardons 5,000 prisoners
About 5000 prisoners will be released from the country's prison following a general amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Zimbabwe's prisons have a carrying capacity of 17 000 inmates but at...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 14:47hrs | 2160 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans living in South Africa urged to cooperate with authorities during lockdown
Zimbabweans living in South Africa have been urged to cooperate with the neighbouring country's authorities during the 21-day lockdown, which began on Friday.As part of measures to contain the...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 14:44hrs | 2072 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga snatches son movie style
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga yesterday allegedly hired two armed men to kidnap his son movie-style from his former girlfriend Chantelle Muteswa as the row over their son's custodianship turned nasty....Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 14:36hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confirms fifth COVID-19 case
Zimbabwe now has five coronavirus cases (COVID-19), with only one fatality still recorded, the Health ministry has announced.But the staggering statistic is that the country has only carried o...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 12:03hrs | 2147 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu pleads for forgiveness from Zimbabweans
FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, who was expelled from the ruling party for defying protocol, has pleaded for forgiveness from the people of Zimbabwe as he claims to have seen...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 12:02hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda and the COVID-19 facility of shame - MDC
The news that in the wake of this pandemic that has affected everyone, Sakunda Holdings has created an exclusive COVID-19 facility only for the elite and well-heeled in Mt Pleasant is an indictment on...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 10:12hrs | 1482 | by MDC Communications
Cimas takes measures to protect staff, members from Covid-19
Cimas Medical Aid Society has taken drastic measures to safeguard its staff from possible Covid-19 infection and has issued guidelines to its members on what to do to minimise the risk of infection....Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 10:01hrs | 651 | by Agencies
EcoSure moves to help capacitate doctors and nurses amid COVID-19 pandemic
As Zimbabwe - along with the rest of the world - battles the COVID-19 Corona virus global pandemic, EcoSure has announced plans to immediately support the country's national health delivery system by ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 09:58hrs | 1155 | by Agencies
Travelling Zimbabweans in Corona horror
As the country struggles to deal with the deadly coronavirus at home, the government has now also been forced to rescue 107 Zimbabweans who are being detained by Tanzanian authorities in Dar es S...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 08:21hrs | 4036 | by Staff reporter
Breaking Covid-19 rules in Zimbabwe can get you a year in jail
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has enacted a law that allows the arrest of people who defy his Covid-19 lockdown measures, but the public seems unfazed.Under statutory instrument (SI)...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 08:21hrs | 1848 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Treasury in coronavirus scare
Top directors in the Ministry of Finance have gone into self-isolation after getting into contact with the late Zororo Makamba who passed on this week due to coronavirus.Makamba succumbed to t...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1971 | by Staff reporter
Harare probes Makamba's death
The Harare City Council will probe broadcaster and socialite Zororo Makamba's death following his family's scathing attack on authorities.Makamba became the first Zimbabwean to succumb to the ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 07:52hrs | 7577 | by Staff reporter
Overlook Chivayo's criminal record, Undenge ordered ZPC
Former Energy minister Samuel Undenge reportedly ordered the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) management to overlook Intratrek boss Wicknell Chivayo's criminal record and award him the US$183 million Gwan...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1468 | by Staff reporter
Biti speaks on COVID-19 and state of preparedness
MDC Vice Preident Tendai Biti has said Zimbabwe is a Fragile vulnerable State without resistance or resilience.He said it can’t cope with #COVID19 and it does not have a High Care Medical Fa...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 07:40hrs | 3418 | by Stephen Jakes
SA reports first 2 coronavirus deaths as cases hit 1 000
South Africa has reported its first deaths resulting from COVID-19, says Health Minister Dr Zwelini Mkhize.These two deaths occurred in the Western Cape. One at a Private Hospital and the othe...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 07:14hrs | 2108 | by Staff reporter
6 MDC youths arrested over Kwekwe demo
MDC Midlands provincial youth chairperson Sekai Marashe and five party activists were brought to court yesterday following their Saturday arrest for leading a flash protest against President Emmerson ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
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