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10 Zimbabwean nationals arrested while travelling to PE farm for work
The fate of 10 undocumented Zimbabwean migrants, who were locked up in Graaff-Reinet, is in the hands of the department of home affairs.The Zimbabweans were en-route to Port Elizabeth when the...Published: 3 hrs ago | 2265 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's Zwelinzima Vavi tests positive for Coronavirus
South African media have reported General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) Zwelinzima Vavi has revealed that he tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus.Vavi...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1397 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa not the change that Zimbabwe needs!
During the course of my life I heard three stories that I dismissed as mere jokes. Firstly a human resources lecturer once told us that he once came come across a white colour employee that did not kn...Published: 9 hrs ago | 650 | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera
Digitisation progress charms Govt
MANY communities in remote areas now have access to radio services following the successful roll-out of Government's digitisation programme that has so far seen the installation of six gap filler tran...Published: 13 hrs ago | 106 | by Staff reporter
UK coronavirus deaths jump by 563, the HIGHEST daily increase so far
Daily coronavirus-related deaths have reached an all-time high in the UK - 563 - to take the total number of fatalities to 2,352, according to new figures published by the Department of Health and Soc...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 17:10hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
SA Revenue Service's misses tax collection target
SARS has collected R1.356 trillion in tax revenue so far for the 2019/20 fiscal year compared to the 2019 national budget estimate of R1.422 trillion.The revenue agency's financial year runs f...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 16:34hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Corporate Zim unites in the fight against Covid-19
WHILE the coronavirus pandemic has exposed mankind to one of the worst disease outbreaks in modern times, it is also bringing out the best in people.With global giants such as Alibaba, Roche a...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 11:13hrs | 496 | by Robin Mungate
Nyaradzo Group sets pace in fight against Covid-19
INTEGRATED financial services concern, Nyaradzo Group, has established two clinics in Harare and Ruwa where their staff are undergoing screening and testing for the novel coronavirus, otherwise known ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:05hrs | 487 | by Agencies
Botswana's first Covid-19 victim already buried, infection toll now at 4
Delayed results led Botswana to believe the three Covid-19 coronavirus cases announced this week were the country's first, but a life had already been lost to the virus.It emerged last night t...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1388 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt should enforce lockdown to save lives
THE world over, the major news is only about one thing, coronavirus or COVID-19. Countries, cities and states are going into lockdowns to contain a blowout of this fast-spreading virus which has left ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC leadership ascent 'flawed'
The Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed in on the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leadership dispute, ruling that Nelson Chamisa is not the legitimate leader of the party and confirming an earlier r...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 19:10hrs | 7859 | by Staff reporter
WHO warns of 'dramatic evolution' of virus in Africa
The World Health Organisation's regional director for Africa on Friday warned the continent faced a "dramatic evolution" of the coronavirus pandemic. Of the 47 countries in the WHO Africa regi...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:15hrs | 1138 | by AFP
Zimbabwe firms ride on price hikes to make profits
THE private sector is taking advantage of free market principles adopted by Government to increase prices willy-nilly with several listed companies posting profits and declaring dividends despite the ...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:11hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt seeks US$100m corona war chest
THE government is scrounging around for at least US$100 million to fight the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country.The minister of Health and Child Care, Obadiah Moyo, told a local d...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:43hrs | 1302 | by Staff reporter
United we can fight coronavirus in Zimbabwe
The Ministry of Health and Child Care on Friday announced that the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory had successfully tested 188 people since the outbreak of the disease in the country and ha...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:22hrs | 69 | 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: 28 Mar 2020 at 11:20hrs | 8898 | 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: 28 Mar 2020 at 10:08hrs | 848 | by Victor Bhoroma
More Zimbabwe health workers go on strike
MEDICAL personnel at the privately run Avenues Clinic in Harare downed tools yesterday in protest over lack of personal protective equipment in the wake of the deadly coronavirus.There are sus...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:45hrs | 659 | 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: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:44hrs | 401 | 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: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:35hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa might have coronavirus
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested negative for coronavirus, the presidency said in a statement on Thursday.President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested negative for the coronavirus, h...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 17:21hrs | 4388 | 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 | 2171 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2225 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo woman tests negative
A pregnant Masvingo woman who was on Tuesday placed in self-isolation on suspicion of having Covid-19, has tested negative and is on her way to recovery at home in Mucheke. The development com...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:35hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Mutare patient tests negative
One of the two suspected cases of Covid-19 in Mutare has tested negative while results for the second patient are expected to come in tomorrow.Samples collected from the two were sent to Harar...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:14hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Doctor speaks on Zororo Makamba's death
Senior Health reporter Wilkins Hospital says it did all it could to save the life of Zororo Makamba, given the resources at its disposal. The hospital said before admission into the isolation facility...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:20hrs | 3417 | by Staff reporter
Council refutes negligence over COVID-19 fatality
The Harare City Council (HCC) has refuted allegations from the Makamba family which insinuate that Zororo Makamba, the first casualty of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Zimbabwe died due to lac...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 18:24hrs | 755 | by Daniel Itai
Mnangagwa's govt officials take measures to avoid contracting lethal disease
IN AN unprecedented development, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, and his ministers held their weekly Cabinet meeting in a tent at State House yesterday, after it emerged that the late broadcas...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:19hrs | 1443 | by Staff reporter
'Mass quarantine for COVID-19 necessary'
MPILO Central Hospital clinical director Solwayo Ngwenya has said mass quarantine is necessary to save lives in the face of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19), which has claimed thousands of lives acro...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:09hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confirms third positive corona virus case
The Health ministry has revealed that one male tested positive for the virus from some 15 specimens tested on Tuesday."As of today, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country is now...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 19:27hrs | 6486 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa was 'exposed' to coronavirus
President Cyril Ramaphosa is not likely to get coronavirus after a recent meeting with South Africa's political leadership, his office have stated on Sunday evening.How Cyril Ramaphosa *might* hav...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3264 | by Staff reporter
Makamba family fumes over Zororo's death
BELOW is the statement by the late Zororo Makamba's family after he became the first Zimbabwean to succumb to coronavirus at Wilkins Hospital in Harare on Monday. Zororo was the son of busines...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 07:50hrs | 66341 | by Daily News
Zimbabwe doctors issue strike threat
The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) has proposed that hospitals scale down to emergency mode and the cessation of all routine outpatient departments operations, as they decried the lack o...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 12:54hrs | 1904 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners leaving Zimbabwe in fear of lack of preparedness to prevent Covid-19 outbreak
ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shumba has claimed that Zimbabwe is currently experiencing mass exodus of foreigners who fear that if they get infected with the Covid 19 disease they would not get any treatme...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 07:28hrs | 3570 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe police to enforce Covid-19 induced social distancing
POLICE will be conducting patrols and spot checks to enforce the Covid-19-induced ban on large gatherings as Government deliberates on measures to encourage social distancing.To stop the sprea...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:59hrs | 1557 | by Staff reporter
eNCA peddled fake news on Zimbabwe Covid-19 cases
On Monday, March 16, 2020, South African news channel eNCA reported that Zimbabwe had reported its first case of Covid-19."A lady who travelled from South Africa to Zimbabwe has tested positiv...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:37hrs | 999 | by ZimFact
Ekusileni to be turned into Covid-19 referral centre
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has encouraged Zimbabweans to take maximum precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus by limiting travel and outdoor activities as the country braces for the introduction of ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:30hrs | 1288 | by Staff reporter
Malawian travelling from SA quarantined in Zimbabwe
A Malawian national travelling from South Africa was quarantined by health officials at Zimbabwe's Beitbridge border post after he exhibited signs of a fever and a history of coughing while transiting...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1745 | by ANA
Jobs bloodbath hits Zimbabwe firms
A staggering 210,333 jobs were made redundant in 2019 as local companies threw workers onto the streets in response to the realities of a debilitating liquidity crunch, low productivity, punitive real...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:21hrs | 3075 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's apology to Zimbabweans
The MDC Alliance in a bid to please their sponsors elsewhere have plunged the nation into the pool of confusion and suffering. The sanctions which are imposed on Zimbabwe has made the business and eco...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 19:44hrs | 3488 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Defiant churches on coronavirus irks ZimFirst leader
ZimFirst Leader Maxwell Shumba has expressed dismay over most of the modern churches' defiance to both government and health experts warning for people to stop mass gatherings.Shumba said the ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 10:00hrs | 2089 | by Stephen Jakes
Fake O level results lands woman in trouble
Bid to dubiously acquire an Advanced level place at Mazowe high backfired for a 19 year-old Mazowe woman.Petunia Faiti was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment yesterday by Concession magistrat...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 09:09hrs | 2073 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZimFirst says Zanu PF's time came with disastrous results
ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shumba has said Zanu PF's time came with disastrous results and now it is of greedy looters and murders. He said the MDC had the opportunity ( remember the cross ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1653 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC should be wary of founder mentality syndrome
DEBATE has been raging over the past few weeks over the role former Zanu-PF members, particularly the so-called G40, are playing in the MDC.As usual, views are polarised, with some saying they...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1522 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Passengers isolated at Beitbridge Border Post
When a Malawian citizen was yesterday put into quarantine at the Beitbridge District coronavirus management centre, after his temperature was unreasonably high, the other 19 people were also isolated ...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:15hrs | 15553 | by Staff reporter
2 coronavirus suspects test negative
TWO travellers who were in isolation at Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital in Harare over suspicions of having the coronavirus have tested negative, the Daily News reports.This comes as Pres...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 11:27hrs | 2566 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus scare: Govt responds to ZLHR's concerns
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has responded to concerns raised by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) over threats posed by coronavirus in Zimbabwe and assured people that it has ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 08:41hrs | 829 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe tracks suspected coronavirus cases
Health authorities in Zimbabwe have asked a family in the second biggest city of Bulawayo to self quarantine after a South African-based doctor consulted by one of the family members tested positive f...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:17hrs | 506 | by ANA
George Charamba celebrates coronavirus will stop Chamisa demos
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson has celebrated that the corona virus outbreak will prevent MDC-Alliance and he Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unio...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:06hrs | 4009 | by Staff Reporter
British tourist to Zimbabwe tested for the coronavirus in Victoria Falls
A British tourist to Zimbabwe tested for the coronavirus in Victoria Falls last week, whose results initially indicated a reaction to malaria medication, was diagnosed positive upon returning home ove...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:11hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
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