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PSC distributes 33 newly acquired buses
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) has started distributing 33 buses, which were last month commissioned by President Mnangagwa under the Civil Service Buses Transport Fund to ferry civil servants. ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 372 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors sue over Covid-19 exposure
ZIMBABWE'S 1 500 doctors working at public health institutions are exposed to the killer coronavirus after government failed to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) and have sued to force autho...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Zimbabwe - a nation in emergency
The Alliance for People's Agenda (APA) led by former Industry Minister Nkosana Moyo has described Zimbabwe as a nation in emergency following the world outbreak of Covid 19.In a statement APA ...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 09:06hrs | 368 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe army called in to enforce lockdown
THE military has been roped in to complement police in enforcing the 21-day lockdown, a strategy that is being implemented by other countries throughout the world to contain the spread of Covid-19. ...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Cops descend on lock-down violators
POLICE have, as per their recent warning, increased the number of roadblocks in the country - stopping and sending back both motorists and passengers in Zupco buses without a good reason to be on the ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 12:03hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's policy on Covid-19 nonsensical, says former minister
MDC official David Coltart has condemned government policy of arresting people who are walking aimlessly while leaving people who are defying social dista...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 10:37hrs | 1831 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Zimbabwe gazettes more essential services
The legal list of essential services was widened to allow farmers to prepare for the winter cropping season and harvest during the 21-day lockdown. Through Statutory Instrument 86 of 2020, Gov...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:15hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Zupco disinfection programme launched in Manicaland province
The Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) has rolled out a termini and buses disinfection programme in Mutare as part of efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus.Launching the programme ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 15:27hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fears COVID-19 transmission
Bulawayo City Council is worried about possible active transmission of COVID-19 after the city received 1 125 visitors from hotspot countries.Council said although the visitors were being moni...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:57hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police come down hard on lockdown violators
A TOTAL of 485 people were arrested countrywide yesterday as police cracked down on Zimbabweans who have been wantonly disregarding the 21-day lockdown that requires them to stay at home. The ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:21hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown fatigue on Day 3?
Residents yesterday continued to defy the lockdown order as police arrested 182 people throughout the country for the violations at a time when over 1 000 visitors from countries with confirmed Covid-...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:23hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zupco embarks on fumigation exercise on Harare bus termini
PUBLIC transporter, Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) has, since Monday this week, been fumigating major bus termini in Harare's CBD in attempts to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus....Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:20hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suspends issuance of travel documents, birth certificates
Cabinet on Tuesday suspended the issuance of travel documents, birth certificates and national identity cards during this period of coronavirus.It was agreed that only burial orders and death ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 12:43hrs | 2027 | by Staff reporter
Sneaking in minimum wage is scandalous
HE routinely leaves home daily before day break. His aim is to catch the cheap government-owned Zupco bus at 5:30am so that he gets at his workstation at 7.In his small worn-out satchel is a p...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 725 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe waives duty on Covid-19 material
Duty on imported drugs and other materials used in the Covid-19 response has been waived, with Government expressing satisfaction with mitigation measures put in place by the Inter-Ministerial Taskfor...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:22hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
High lockdown compliance on Day-One
THE majority of Zimbabweans yesterday complied with the Government's lockdown directive as most of them stayed at home while a few visited shopping centres to buy essential goods.President Mna...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:54hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Zupco crews want protective clothing
FORTY Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) drivers and conductors operating in Chinhoyi have decried the lack of protective clothing which they said was putting their lives and those of their pa...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:52hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Zimbabwe begins 21-day lockdown
Zimbabwe begins its 21-day lockdown today as it tries to curb the spread of Covid-19 in a country, which has limited testing capabilities. The latest update from the Ministry of Health and Child...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:33hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown is in national interest, uphold it
From a partial shutdown that was in force over the past few days, Government escalated its response to Covid-19 from midnight to a total national lockdown until April 19. On Friday, President Mnangagw...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:09hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Delta raises caution on beverages supply
ZIMBABWE'S largest beverages maker, Delta Corporation, says it has not scaled-down operations but supplies would likely go down after Government announced a total lockdown starting today in light of t...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:09hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Majority Of Residents Ignorant on Covid 19 - HRT
Covid 19 is undoubtedly a global pandemic but residents in Zimbabwe's capital confess ignorance on preventing it's spread.Owing to lack of information, they are starved in that regard....Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 08:57hrs | 253 | by Takudzwa Mutonho
21-day lockdown: Mnangagwa urges discipline
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has implored Zimbabweans to exercise discipline during the 21-day lockdown that starts tomorrow, saying staying indoors is the panacea to combat the deadly coronavirus pandemic....Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:40hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in panic buying mode
THE total lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 will start at midnight with the Government passionately calling on citizens to comply with the directive and instructions from security personnel d...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:29hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
21-day 'quarantine': The nuts & bolts
Ministerial Taskforce to start visits to provinces today.All inter–city public transportation to cease.ZUPCO to provide inner-city buses only.Private vehicles not to carry mo...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:28hrs | 181 | 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 | 75 | 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 | 8948 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF benefactor in murky Zupco bus deal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor and Sakunda Holdings boss Kuda Tagwirei, whose tentacles stretch across a vast spectrum of the economy, has been acquiring buses for Zupco's public transportatio...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:10hrs | 5575 | 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: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:39hrs | 339 | 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: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:33hrs | 165 | by ED Mnangagwa
Chamisa announces support for Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has announced that he is fully behind the decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to declare a 21-day lockdown due to the coronavirus. In a statement on Friday eveni...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 18:42hrs | 9122 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Queues hamper social distancing
THE shortage of various goods, services and cash has seen most people failing to maintain social distances as they spend long hours in queues where they risk contracting or spreading Covid-19. ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:20hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Police to enforce Covid-19 regulations
POLICE in Bulawayo have said they will arrest any persons who violate new regulations aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19. Government has come up with a number of measures, including the gazettin...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
Zupco reduces crowding in buses, increases fares
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has started implementing the "No-standing passengers" by-law in buses following the government's ban on gatherings exceeding 100 people to prevent the spr...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:45hrs | 3166 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa govt response to COVID-19 sluggish'
HUMAN rights lobby group, Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has accused government of exhibiting a sluggish response to the worldwide coronavirus disaster, claiming there was a tragic disp...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:38hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Zupco hikes fares
Zupco bus and kombi fares doubled yesterday to cover rising costs, but are still well below those charged by independent operators. The last increase was in September last year. Zupco bus fare...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
TNF partners must not agree on poverty datum line based on false assumption - ZCTU
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions Secretary General Japhet Moyo has warned the Tripatrite Negotiation Forum (TNF) members not to agree on Poverty Datum Line (PDL) based pay which is based on false ass...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 07:26hrs | 662 | by Stephen Jakes
Zupco workers worried
ZIMBABWE United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) workers has called for improvement of working conditions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared t...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:15hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Overloaded ZUPCO buses to continue operating despite crowd ban
PUBLIC transporter, Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO)'s buses will continue operating despite a government ban on any gatherings of more than 100 people.President Mnangagwa introduced ...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1339 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa breaks own COVID-19 decree
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday broke his own decree banning all public gatherings in excess of 100 people by addressing a rally attended by thousands of supporters in Nyanga, less than 24 hour...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:23hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ban on large gathering take effect today
President Mnangagwa took the war on coronavirus to Nyanga, where he said the ban on large gatherings would take effect tomorrow. "There is an outbreak of the coronavirus disease worldwide, whi...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:12hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Civil servant bus fleet doubles
Another 33 buses were yesterday handed over to the Public Service Commission (PSC) to ferry civil servants, more than doubling its fleet, at a ceremony attended by President Mnangagwa who promised to ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:22hrs | 605 | by Staff reported
Call for ZUPCO to join fight against spread of #Covid-19
Zimbabwe African People's Union-ZAPU has welcome the decision to implement mitigation measures against the #Covid-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe....Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:14hrs | 1345 | by Stephen Jakes
70% of Lupane State University lecturers, students relocate
SEVENTY percent of Lupane State University (LSU) lecturers and students have relocated from Bulawayo to the institution of higher learning's campus in Lupane, Matabeleland North province. ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1246 | by Staff reporter
Zapu raps Muchinguri over coronavirus remarks
Zapu has rapped Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri, Zimbabwe's minister of defence over her claims that the coronavirus that has seriously affected parts of the western nations as a punishment from God for thei...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 10:14hrs | 3880 | by Stephen Jakes
Kombis charge fares in US dollars
Commuter omnibus operators plying the Chitungwiza to Harare route have started quoting fares in United States dollars, purportedly to raise cash to buy fuel, which is now readily available at service ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1809 | by Staff reporter
Motorists use Mnangagwa rally as password for tollgate free entry
MPresident Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent visit to Gutu saw the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) losing thousands of dollars in a single day as hundreds of vehicles were given free passage ...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 00:09hrs | 2962 | by Staff reporter
65 more Zupco buses delivered
SIXTY-FIVE more buses have been delivered from China to bolster the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco)'s fleet in urban areas and on intercity routes as part of efforts to provide affordable tr...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:47hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife launches women driver training programme
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has launched the country's first ever driver safety training programme targeting women and youths, as part of broad-based measures to reduce road carnage. She is the patr...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:17hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO wants 100 bus drivers
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) has embarked on a nationwide recruitment of 100 bus drivers.In a statement yesterday, ZUPCO announced that it is seeking to fill vacant posts for 100 ...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 12:12hrs | 2924 | by Staff reporter
Kombis now demanding fares in US dollars
SOME Harare commuter omnibus operators are now demanding transport fares in US dollars in what could be seen as open defiance against an unpopular government decision to dump the multi-currency system...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 09:01hrs | 1330 | by newzimbabwe
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