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Mnangagwa tightens screws on NGOs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday approved changes to the laws governing private voluntary organisations (PVOs) to give his government powers to suspend, penalise or sanction boards if it feels t...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe funeral parlours warn of mass graves
FUNERAL service providers have indicated that they are overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths and warned that the country could be forced to bury deceased citizens in mass graves if the upward trend of new in...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
3rd wave triggers stampede for vaccination
THE COVID-19 third wave, already wreaking havoc in the country, has triggered a stampede for vaccines, with statistics showing a fourfold increase in the number of people being inoculated across the c...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Business wary of another lockdown
BUSINESS is dreading the possibility of another Covid-19-induced lockdown which could further imperil operations and result in more job losses.Zimbabwe is in the throes of a third wave of Covi...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Schools opening deferred as COVID-19 cases surge
CABINET yesterday deferred the opening of schools for the second term by two weeks after the country recorded a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections in recent weeks.The infection rate surged ...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Opening schools suicidal'
TEACHERS unions and school heads yesterday warned that it would be "suicidal" for government to allow schools to reopen for the second term next week at a time when the country is experiencing a surge...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 16:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo lockdown looms
GOVERNMENT might be forced to consider strict localised lockdown for Bulawayo as residents continue to flout Covid-19 prevention measures at a time health experts have warned of an imminent Covid-19 t...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
3 more Covid-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours
THE country recorded three more Covid-19 related deaths and 118 more new cases in the last 24-hours as some suburbs in Bulawayo including Masvingo and Chiredzi have been identified as hotspots....Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals choke under new COVID-19 admissions
HEALTH officials and police have scaled up surveillance to curb the further spread of COVID-19 infections following a spike in hospital admissions while isolation centres are said to be fast filling u...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
3rd wave: 107 new Covid-19 cases recorded as Karoi and Kariba become hotspots
GOVERNMENT has added Kariba and Karoi as hot spot areas under the localised lockdown as the country has reported 107 more new Covid-19 cases in the last 24-hours.The statistics include 23 case...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 17:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 public complacency spurred by ruling elite's scandalous disregard for preventative regulations, and inconsistent polici
So, when the ruling ZANU PF party was busy gathering hordes of youth for a campaign sports tournament yesterday, Saturday 12 June 2021, in the small town of Mazowe - with clearly almost none of them d...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:51hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kariba, Hurungwe placed under lockdown
THE Government has announced a two-week localised lockdown for Hurungwe and Kariba districts to contain the spread of Covid-19 following a spike in infections in the past three days.The Govern...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
3rd wave could overwhelm Africa, claims WHO
THE third wave of COVID-19 infections could potentially be devastating for Africa at a time when the continent is experiencing a severe shortage of vaccines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has wa...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Panic as Zimbabwe COVID-19 cases surge
GOVERNMENT yesterday called for more vigilance amid rising cases of COVID-19, with health experts expressing concern over government priorities after it spurned a single dose vaccine manufactured by U...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe lockdown extended
Kwekwe's intensified localised lockdown, which came into full swing on May 24 has been extended by Government for a further two weeks following a surge in active Covid-19 cases in the city and its sur...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Holiday lessons at schools banned
Holiday lessons at schools banned Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa addresses a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday while Chief Secretary t...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
27 Covid-19 cases at Kwekwe home
A total of 27 people including children and members of staff at Mary Ward Children's home in Kwekwe have tested positive for Covid-19.The development comes in the wake of a surge in positive c...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 third wave panic hits Zimbabwe
HEALTH experts yesterday warned of a dire situation ahead as the third wave of COVID-19, which has reportedly hit the country in the face of threats posed by the South African and new Indian variants ...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urged to scale up Covid-19 testing
A PROMINENT access to health activist says Zimbabwe must improve its Covid-19 contact tracing and testing to avoid a third wave of the outbreak of the disease fuelled by the Indian variant of the coro...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe contains Covid-19 Indian variant
The deadly Covid-19 Indian variant that was detected in Kwekwe is being contained with no new cases recorded since confirmation of the first case last week.Government activated its health emer...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwig dismisses 'unnecessary' Kwekwe lockdown
FORMER Health Minister and top MDC Alliance official, Henry Madzorera has described the government decreed localised lockdown in Kwekwe as nothing but an assault on the church which has become the onl...Published: 26 May 2021 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa defies COVID-19 protocols
THOUSANDS of people, mostly Zanu-PF supporters, yesterday gathered in defiance of COVID-19 safety protocols in central Harare for the unveiling of the statue of Mbuya Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana....Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vaccine shortage hits Zimbabwe's COVID-19 programme
ZIMBABWE'S on-going COVID-19 vaccination programme has been hit by shortage of vaccines after several people who turned up at inoculation centres for the first dose in some parts of the country were t...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:21hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs Minister sends police to arrest political rival
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe is reported to have sent police officers to aspiring Mashonaland Central province chairperson James Makamba last wee...Published: 24 May 2021 at 21:31hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa violates COVID-19 rules
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday defied COVID-19 safety protocols set by his government after he gathered thousands of people for a cultural event in Gokwe South, hours before his Vice-President...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe put under lockdown to contain Indian Covid-19 variant
A localised lockdown has been ordered for Kwekwe to contain the spread of the Indian variant of the coronavirus.A resident of the Midlands city died on May 12 days after returning from India, ...Published: 21 May 2021 at 19:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt should bear full responsibility for Indian variant in country, as its negligence and indifference has placed our l
So, the government of Zimbabwe, through its minister of health (who is also vice president) Constantino Chiwenga, in all its "profound wisdom" has finally decided to take some concrete action against ...Published: 21 May 2021 at 12:55hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Don't panic over India Covid-19 strain'
ZIMBABWEANS should not panic over the new India Covid-19 variant which has been detected in the country as long as they adhere to recommended World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines implemented by ...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New Covid-19 variant sparks fear of new hard lockdown
The death of a 76-year-old Kwekwe businessman to a suspected Indian strain of the coronavirus has triggered possibilities of a new hard national lockdown.Robson Kadenhe of Chicago Plots, Old G...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga confronts Indian variant
THE Government has activated its health emergency systems to deal with the deadly Covid-19 variant — B.1. 617 — first detected in India after genomic sequencing tests revealed it is now in Zimbabw...Published: 20 May 2021 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Indian COVID-19 strain - Businessman dies in Kwekwe
A KWEKWE man who died from Covid-19 after contact with a niece who had just returned from India where thousands have succumbed to a deadly variant has brought panic among health authorities in the cit...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
South Africa cancels helicopter export to Zimbabwe
The decision by South Africa's Department of Defence to cancel the planned donation of 12 Alouette helicopters to Zimbabwe is a victory for human rights in the region, the Zimbabwean reported....Published: 07 Feb 2014 at 10:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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