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Zimbawean scientist is saluted in Time's 100 influential persons
A ZIMBABWEAN scientist credited with the discovery of the Covid-19 Omicron variant has been recognised as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.Time 100 is a yearly l...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 09:45hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Joshua Maponga apologises to Ndebeles over Gukurahundi rant
Former Seventh Day Adventist Bishop Joshua Maponga has issued an apology to the people of Zimbabwe after he posted an article saying the people of Matabeleland should forgive the Shona people of the G...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 10:23hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini's palace to have its water disconnected
KwaKhangelamankengane, the palace of His Majesty the King of AmaZulu Misuzulu KwaZwelithini, will have its water disconnected by the municipality over water debt that has not been paid by the KwaZulu ...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 11:59hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe to get 5m doses from AU facility
Zimbabwe should soon start receiving initial shipments of its 5 million share of the 400 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine secured for Africa by the African Union (AU), the African Vacc...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa challenges entrepreneurs to solve problems in their communities
Pan-African businessman and billionaire entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa, who is also the African Union's Special Envoy in the fight against COVID, talks about how he led the creation of the Africa Medica...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 08:34hrs | | by Agencies
World Bank, African Union's COVID vaccine task force, all set to deploy vaccines to 400 million Africans
World Bank President David Malpass, and his senior management team, comprised of Dr Axel van Trotsenburg and Dr Makhtar Diop, have met with the African Union's COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 16:05hrs | 15 | by Agencies
World Bank partnership unlocks over US$3 billion for African countries to buy vaccines from AU platform
World Bank President David Malpass this week met with a delegation of the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), led by African Union (AU) Special Envoy Strive Masiyiwa, to discuss the multibil...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:07hrs | 7 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe, South Africa rush to contain potential Covid-19 surge
As summer winds down in Cape Town, South Africans take advantage of the empty beaches on the white sands at Camps Bay. "I'm glad to be free again, to visit the beach and have fun," says one lady....Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 19:01hrs | 15 | by Deutsche Welle
Masiyiwa speaks on his role in getting Africa's 400 million vaccine doses
African Union Special Envoy for COVID-19 and Pan-African businessman Strive Masiyiwa has spoken on the role he played in helping put together an agreement signed early this week for Johnson & John...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe vaccination programme shifts a gear up
MORE than 12 000 frontline workers were inoculated against Covid-19 during the first five days of the national vaccination programme, with authorities now preparing to intensify the immunisation blitz...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 vaccination programme shifts a gear up
MORE than 12 000 frontline workers were inoculated against Covid-19 during the first five days of the national vaccination programme, with authorities now preparing to intensify the immunisation blitz...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Africa CDC backs 'useless' AstraZeneca vaccine
African countries that have not reported the circulation of the 501Y.V2 coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa should proceed with the rollout of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the Af...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt concealing COVID-19 statistics'
HEALTH professionals have accused government of allegedly concealing COVID-19 statistics in the country to give the impression that the virulent disease was under control at a time it has ballooned ou...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fighting HIV and AIDS in times of COVID-19
The World AIDS Day is marked every on 1st December every year to raise awareness about the disease. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is the UN entity tasked with fighting HIV in...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:37hrs | | by Zipporah Musau
Econet, PanaBIOS unveil new applications to digitise COVID-19 Certificates, ease cross-border travel in Africa
HARARE - Econet and PanaBIOS have unveiled two new applications that will assist travellers across Africa comply with COVID-19 safety protocols.The applications - the Travel Pass and the PanaB...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 08:41hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Tsvangirai's friend says Kenya election systems hacked
Kenya opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has said the electoral commission's IT system has been hacked to manipulate the election results.He rejected early results from Tuesday's v...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 13:18hrs | 1 | by BBC
Mugabe signals end of Mujuru's Zanu-PF political career
President Robert Mugabe has signalled the end of Vice President Joice Mujuru's political career, saying time has come for Zanu-PF to spit her out.Officially opening the 6th Zanu-PF National P...Published: 04 Dec 2014 at 21:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 600 Congolese M23 rebels stuck in Uganda
Kampala - The civilian head of Congo's vanquished M23 rebel movement says hundreds of rebels are stuck in Uganda as they await confirmation of amnesty from Congo's government.Rene Abandi said ...Published: 24 Apr 2014 at 14:37hrs | | by AP
MDC resolutions
The MDC's programme of action post July 31 election has been one of introspection, reflection and consultation with party structures, members, supporters and stakeholders nationally. The culmi...Published: 07 Apr 2014 at 09:52hrs | | by Nhlanhla Dube
Welshman Ncube only speaking in silence
THE elections of July 31 2013 came, happened and left an indelible mark of success and failure on the political parties which took to the field of electoral contest.The MDC led by Welshman Ncu...Published: 11 Nov 2013 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Zethule Nkengana
DRC govt, M23 rebels to sign peace deal
Kampala - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the defeated M23 rebels will on Monday sign a peace deal, Uganda said, adding that it will not send the fleeing insurgents back across ...Published: 08 Nov 2013 at 10:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Intervention brigade: End game in the Congo? - UN peacekeeping task enters a new phase
To the outsider at least, the immediate problem with the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - a perennial vortex of instability, massive human rights violations and wars bot...Published: 21 Aug 2013 at 16:05hrs | | by Lansana Gberie
Bosco Ntagand wanted control of M23
Kampala - A spokesperson for a Congolese rebel group said on Thursday that rebel fighters in the M23 group were trying to kill warlord Bosco Ntaganda, who fled Congo and turned himself in to a US Emba...Published: 28 Mar 2013 at 11:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
DRC to sign a peace deal with M23 rebels
Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo's government is due to sign a peace deal on 15 March with the M23 rebels who have been waging an insurgency in the east for the past year, according to a draft ...Published: 11 Mar 2013 at 11:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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