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Covid-19: Confirmed cases reach 716 in Zimbabwe
Another 18 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the weekend total to 91 and the cumulative total since the start of the pandemic in Zimbabwe to 716, The Herald reported. Three...Published: 3 hrs ago | 939 | by Staff Reporter
Govt yet to decide on school calendar
THE government is yet to decide on the school calendar despite that primary and secondary schools are reopening this month.This comes as schools were forced to close early in March as the gove...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:30hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Govt, workers face off over US$ salaries
ZIMBABWE'S public sector unions yesterday demanded that government pays their wages in United States dollars and threatened to go on strike, adding to the problems facing President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:27hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pushes for out of court settlement
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is reportedly pushing for an out-of-court settlement with residents who dragged it to court demanding answers to the diarrhoea, typhoid and dysentery outbreak in the city....Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:24hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
Malaria death toll rises to 279
THE malaria death toll in Zimbabwe has risen to 279 since January amid reports that 306 365 have been infected with the disease. In April the deaths stood at 201 with 185 585 cases countrywide...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Drones to patrol Zimbabwe borders
DRONES will soon be patrolling the country's borders as Government moves to address security challenges posed by border jumpers who could be spreading infections by avoiding compulsory quarantine and ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 2027 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema summoned over schools reopening
PARLIAMENT has summoned the minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema, junior MPs and the deaf community to share their views on the reopening of schools amid the coronavirus (Covid-19...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:48hrs | 2432 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety as schools open for June exams
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is reportedly ill-equipped to smoothly run the June examinations as the Education ministry has not deployed equipment to combat the spread of COVID-19....Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
4 escape from quarantine centres
FOUR more people have escaped from quarantine centres around the country, bringing the total number of quarantine escapees to 187. One person is reported to have escaped from the NSSA Hotel qu...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
6 more returnees test Covid-19 positive
SIX more people, all returnees from South Africa tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, bringing Zimbabwe's cumulative total to 567 cases since the outbreak of the global pandemic in March. ...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:25hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Border authorities intercept 21 smuggling commercial trucks
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge Border Post have increased surveillance and anti-smuggling activities during the ongoing lockdown and 21 trucks and 22 other vehicles smuggling an assortment of goods worth m...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 18:09hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe slowly but surely re-dollarising'
GOVERNMENT last week announced a 50% increment and a Covid-19 allowance of US$75 for civil servants and US$30 for pensioners. This is despite government earlier banning the multi-currency regime and m...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
Top Swaziland born lawyer leads 'Obadiah Moyo must go' campaign
PROMINENT human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has joined thousands of disgruntled health workers and ordinary citizens in calling for Health minister Obadiah Moyo to be fired from government over alle...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:35hrs | 1458 | by Staff reporter
Teachers, parents resist schools reopening
TEACHERS and parents in Marondera have said there was no need for the reopening of schools in the wake of COVID-19 infections.Speaking during a Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ)-or...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:25hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 cases reach 551
Another 21 people tested positive yesterday to Covid-19, but all are in official quarantine centres, with 18 of those coming from South Africa, three returning from Botswana and one from Mozambique. ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:54hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Citizens petition Mnangagwa to fire Obadiah Moyo
TOP human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa Thursday led a team that submitted a petition signed by thousands of Zimbabweans demanding the immediate dismissal of Health and Child Care Minister, Obadiah M...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:54hrs | 428 | by newzimbabwe
HLF steps up Testing in Zimbabwe with free testing for the poor
Businessman and Africa Union Special Envoy Strive Masiyiwa has announced free COVID-19 testing in Zimbabwe, along with ramped up testing for the broader population at cost, through his Higherlife Foun...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:41hrs | 551 | by Agencies
13 more Covid-19 cases confirmed in Zimbabwe
Thirteen more Covid-19 infections in Zimbabwe were confirmed yesterday bringing the cumulative total to 525, with 448 being returning residents in quarantine centres and 77 being infected within Zimba...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:05hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch tractor facility
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to launch the John Deere agricultural equipment supply facility that is part of Government's mechanisation development programme, said Information, Publicity a...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:04hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
South Africa now has more COVID-19 cases than China
South Africa now has 83,890 confirmed coronavirus cases, higher than the total number of cases recorded in China since the outbreak of the pandemic.Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced ye...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 18:01hrs | 1962 | by Staff reporter
62 confirmed Covid-19 cases recorded in one day
Twenty new Covid-19 patients infected within Zimbabwe are among the record 62 confirmed cases registered yesterday, bringing the national total to 463. The other 42 were among returning citize...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:30hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 breakthrough drug dexamethasone is made in SA
The newly-discovered coronavirus breakthrough drug dexamethasone is produced and readily available in South Africa, giving hope amid a surge in both infections and deaths.The drug was already ...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 14:03hrs | 3342 | by Busisani Ncube
'Test all who go to public health institution for Covid 19'
THE Bulawayo Christian based civic organisation, Habakkuk Trust has appealed to the Inter-ministerial National Covid 19 Taskforce chaired by Vice President Kembo Mohadi to scale up the Covid testing p...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 13:29hrs | 217 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabweans ignore Mnangagwa's prayer day
ZAOGA leader Ezekiel Guti prays at the national day of prayer and fasting at State House in Harare yesterdayMOST Zimbabweans yesterday snubbed the national day of prayer and fasting pronounced...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:42hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Tips for maintaining cleanliness in the workplace
A majority of people spend almost half of their day in the workplace. Others even spend more. The importance of maintaining cleanliness at work cannot be underestimated. It not only ensures a safe wor...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 536 | by Staff Writer
Covid-19 slows down circumcision
COVID-19 has slowed down the country's male circumcision programme which is being undertaken under strict adherence to measures such as social distancing and screening of people as they enter health f...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Let's pray against economic demons on National Day of Prayer
TOMORROW June 15, 2020 has been declared the Presidential Day of Prayer in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic whose infections have spiked. After Zimbabwe recorded its first case on March 20, 2...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 19:28hrs | 1084 | by Robin Mungate
Mnangagwa govt faces growing international condemnation over crackdown
Zimbabwe has come under international scrutiny after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government launched a crackdown against its critics that include opposition leaders, lawyers and journalists....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:07hrs | 506 | by Brenna Matendere
Remembering Dr Nic Ndebele: An epitome of sacrifice, love and care.
Exactly one year today since the departure of one finest medical practitioner in Bulawayo, Dr Nikela Nicholas Ndebele, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and indeed the medical fraternity feel and suffer the huge vac...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 14:20hrs | 1171 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Teachers plot interdict against schools opening
A TEACHERS' union said it would approach the courts to block the government's "ill-informed and premature opening of schools" in light of the increase in COVID-19 infections in the country.The...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1661 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe clears quarantine centres
Another 285 returnees went home yesterday after testing negative for Covid-19 in mandatory quarantine facilities, with 115 more set to get their test results tomorrow. The continued quarantini...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:35hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa seeks divine help as crises mount
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will lead a national day of fasting and prayer to seek divine intervention to deal with the country's worsening health, hunger and economic crises.Hopes that Mnang...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 5381 | by Staff reporter
Schools' reopening date pushed to end of July
GOVERNMENT has announced that schools will be re-opened on July 28 to allow the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to engage Treasury and other stakeholders to mobilise for the provision of a...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:42hrs | 2358 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo remains open for admissions despite COVID-19 scare
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo remains open to admit patients despite its 197 staff members being sent on self-quarantine after four people, including one nurse, tested positive to COVID-19 last w...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 09:47hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
How to identify poisonous snakes and spiders
Humans aren't the only animals to have some nasty tricks up their sleeves. Both spiders and snakes have a reputation for striking fear into even the most iron-willed of us (one particular whip-wieldin...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 20:48hrs | 2937 | by Staff Writer
The dangers of face masks
The Zimbabwean government and indeed many governments have made it mandatory to wear a face mask in public as a health intervention to control the spread of coronavirus. It has not been explained full...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 06:05hrs | 4017 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe to name COVID-19 infected patients?
MEDICAL experts and human rights activists are up in arms over the government's controversial plans to make public the names of all the people infected with the lethal coronavirus, the Daily News repo...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 08:00hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South Province starts PCR testing
MATEBELELAND South Province has started polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for Covid-19 in Beitbridge, Plumtree and Gwanda using GeneXpert machines as part of Government's efforts to decentralise t...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:28hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa updates Polad on measures taken to curb Covid-19 spread
President Mnangagwa and other political leaders in the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) met in an extraordinary executive plenary session yesterday where the President gave details of the measures th...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:27hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Preparation for schools opening commences in Matobo
Preparations for the reopening of schools are underway in some rural communities amid fears of an increase in COVID-19 infections. ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 07:44hrs | 329 | by Stephen Jakes
Lockdown provides Mamgagwa a perfect cover for sinister motives
MORE than two weeks ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced an indefinite extension to the lockdown period, which I found quite incredible and to this day I do not get the justification for it....Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:32hrs | 405 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mnangagwa tightens lockdown
ZIMBABWE yesterday tightened the COVID-19 lockdown in major cities, with police and army blocking motorists and commuters from entering central business districts around the country after infections t...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 7185 | by Staff reporter
Screws tightened on lockdown restrictions
THOUSANDS of commuters were yesterday turned away from entering Harare's central business district (CBD) as the Government tightened screws on the Covid-19 induced lockdown after a spike in the number...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:43hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Citizen arrest for Covid-19 escapees
One of the four ladies who fled from Vuti quarantine centre last week went through citizen arrest in Sanyati on Monday. She is among four women who fled from Vuti quarantine centre in Hurungwe coverin...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 19:22hrs | 1202 | by Naume Muza
Justice in traditional courts put on hold
The Covid-19 pandemic has placed the justice system in limbo as traditional courts remain closed in response to the global pandemic.Traditional leaders play a key role in dispute resolution an...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:12hrs | 444 | by Stephen Jakes
'Am not at liberty to disclose covid-19 cases' - yet, per se, to condemn 100s X 1000s to covid-19 death
"We do have new (covid-19) cases at the hospital and the figures have changed but am not at liberty to disclose anything at the moment," said Mpilo Central Hospital Clinical Director and Acting CEO Dr...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 23:00hrs | 4192 | by Wilbert Mukori
Army beat Chinhoyi residents over Covid social distance
Several people were left nursing injuries on Thursday after troops of Zimbabwe National Army officers went on rampage beating up residents randomly in Chinhoyi high density areas. According to...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:43hrs | 684 | by Naume Muza
4 Covid-19 suspects flee from Vuti centre
Four Zimbabwean women who came from Zambia are believed to have fled from Vuti on Thursday.According to information released by some sources, the four who are residents of Kadoma mining town i...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:43hrs | 227 | by Naume Muza
'Bulawayo returnees sharing buckets, crowded facilities'
RETURNING citizens housed at the United College of Education (UCE) and the Bulawayo Polytechnic College are sharing buckets, crowded bath facilities, not observing social distancing during meals and h...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:54hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
More Covid-19 cases recorded at Mpilo
MORE Covid-19 cases have been reported at Mpilo Central Hospital after a nurse and three patients tested positive last week. Mpilo Central Hospital Clinical Director and Acting CEO Dr Solwayo ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
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