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Mthuli Ncube set to retain post after election
Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube secured the ruling party's endorsement to stand as a lawmaker in upcoming elections, a possible precursor to his reappointment in the next administration....Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
High court overturns conviction of 'covid-19 vaccine seeking' Goromonzi residents
THE High Court has overturned the conviction of three Goromonzi residents who were fined ZWL5 000 each last year for disorderly conduct when they allegedly protested over stock outs of coronavirus vac...Published: 23 May 2022 at 14:46hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Why others will land man on Mars whilst we still 'struggle to cross the street!'
"And we (in Africa) are still struggling to cross the street!" was the spontaneous respond of "Mwalimu" (Teacher) Julius Kambarage Nyerere, then President of Tanzania, when he learnt the American had ...Published: 11 May 2022 at 08:04hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
The last great war might have begun
The tongue can be a powerful weapon.It can build and destroy. It also can excite, spite and incite.And when a sharp tongue is mixed with potent ideas, it is easy to concoct a nuclear w...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
When Zambia had a Tsvangirai moment
Phew! What an eventful week it was, from the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the fall of Edgar "Chagwa" Lungu to Hakainde Hichilema in Zambia.And we also had new Malawian President Dr Lazarus...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | 4 | by Bishop Lazi
Zanu-PF Women's League launches face masks project
The Zanu-PF Women's League yesterday launched a massive face masks sewing project in Matabeleland South during which 13 000 face masks were distributed to the 13 constituencies in the province as part...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Delta Beverages bans unvaccinated workers from attending work
Delta Beverages has informed its workers that it will only allow those workers who are vaccinated with the Coronavirus vaccine to attend the workplace. According to a memo to workers, the comp...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 17:26hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Turning down Covid vaccine is selfish, says Michael Gove
People who turn down Covid vaccination are "selfish" and put others' lives at risk, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said. He warned that those declining a jab could see themselves barred from...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Canada vs Zimbabwe: Two divergent paths of Covid-19 vaccination
When mother-of-three Amanda Wood heard that hundreds of coronavirus shots were available for teens, only one thing prevented her from racing to the vaccination site at a Toronto high school - her 13-y...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 18:20hrs | 1 | by AP
Malawi burns AstraZeneca doses donated by South Africa
Malawi has burned nearly 20,000 doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccines, defying calls not to do so from the World Health Organization and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.M...Published: 19 May 2021 at 18:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Private sector raises over $230 million to procure Covid-19 vaccines
THE private sector has raised over $230 million to procure Covid-19 vaccines to complement and expedite Government's national vaccination programme, which has an ambitious target of achieving herd imm...Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt hunts social media offenders
IN A move which shows the government's growing concern with the rising abuse of social media in the country, authorities will treat all such cases as a threat to national security.Giving a lec...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 15:19hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Govt frets over Easter holidays
AUTHORITIES and medical experts are worried about gatherings during the upcoming Easter holidays, amid fears that these could trigger a local third wave of the lethal coronavirus.The concerns ...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Vaccination will guarantee achieving vision 2030' said Mnangagwa - it's idiotic 'Kurotomoka!'
"The National covid-19 Vaccination Programme will further guarantee a Zimbabwe that continues on its course to achieve Vision 2030. We are determined to emerge out of this pandemic with greater capabi...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 08:38hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
More countries join in suspending AstraZeneca
Germany, France, Italy, Ireland and the Netherlands have joined the growing list of countries that have suspended the use of the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxfo...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, ministers shun COVID-19 jab
DOCTORS in Zimbabwe say they are worried about the slow pace of the country's Covid-19 vaccination programme for front line workers.But the statistics from the Ministry of Health are not that ...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 05:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Even Lord Malvern failed to deliver water to Bulawayo
IN the old days, there was a special group of people called the Pharisees that did not particularly impress Jesus Christ.They were known for obsessively exhorting followers to be unstinting st...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:42hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mnangagwa says Covid-19 vaccines are completely safe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has urged Zimbabweans to embrace the ongoing Covid-19 national inoculation programme, saying the vaccines are completely safe.This comes after the country c...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Johnson & Johnson applies for emergency use vaccine approval at W.H.O.
Johnson & Johnson submitted data Friday to apply for emergency use listing of its coronavirus vaccine at the World Health Organization, a move that would increase access of the single-dose shots i...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Second lawsuit filed against Mthuli Ncube
A second lawsuit has been filed against finance minister Mthuli Ncube's "unlawful" five-year tax exemption for platinum miner Great Dyke Investments.The company, which has set up a US$3 billio...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health officials to engage Vapostori over COVID-19 vaccine
HEALTH authorities in Zvishavane district in the Midlands province have said they would engage religious leaders particularly from the apostolic sects to accept the COVID-19 vaccine once government ro...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 jabs to start next week
AUTHORITIES have confirmed that the country will start vaccinating citizens against Covid-19 from next week — with healthcare workers receiving top priority in this inaugural phase.Speaking ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russian diamond giant to donate Covid-19 vaccines to Zimbabwe
Russian diamond producer Alrosa PJSC will buy and donate the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines to Angola and Zimbabwe to help those nations' inoculation programs, Chief Executive Officer Sergey Ivanov sa...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 vaccine roll-out matter not urgent'
HIGH Court judges Justice Felistas Chatukuta has struck off the roll an urgent chamber application filed by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), seeking to compel the government to provi...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russia's Sputnik V around 92% protection against Covid-19
Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine gives around 92% protection against Covid-19, late stage trial results published in The Lancet reveal.It has also been deemed to be safe - and offer comp...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 18:27hrs | | by BBC
Let us desists from peddling falsehoods
Zimbabweans need to be warned over propagating malicious falsehoods. Members of the opposition party MDC Alliance have perfected this diabolical propaganda technique in pursuit of their "Kudira Jecha"...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 20:35hrs | 2 | by Grace Chekai
Mnangagwa pleads with business
President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week extended the begging bowl to the private sector to fund the importation of coronavirus vaccines amid a rise in new infections of the virus with deaths breaching ...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to fund Covid-19 vaccines with government finances
Zimbabwe will fund the purchase of coronavirus vaccines to inoculate about two-thirds of its adult population from government finances, according to a top treasury official."Once all the scien...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 21:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vaccine at Zimbabwe State House?
Once again in a desperate move to cause anarchy and pandemonium in Zimbabwe an audio which featured Mr Simba Chikanza and an i identified male made rounds. The audio was celebrating the deaths of Zimb...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
23 die in Norway after receiving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, says officials
The New York Post ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gold deliveries slump to lowest since 2014
Gold deliveries slumped to their lowest since 2014 falling 31% in 2020 as the sub sector marked a tumultuous year where the country failed to take advantage of a record rally on the price of the yello...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rand suffers virus crisis
South Africa's rand is feeling the effect of the country's worsening coronavirus crisis.The currency has weakened for five straight days - the longest streak in five months - as the country co...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:42hrs | 8 | by Bloomberg
Mnangagwa orders police to 'invoke corona lockdown laws'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered police to tighten lockdown restrictions during the festive season, as authorities strive to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country.At the same time...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean scientist in Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough
A US-BASED Zimbabwe-born scientist Dr Tatenda Shopera has made history by being part of a team that developed the world's first Covid-19 vaccine. Dr Shopera is a senior scientist (bioprocess r...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga hunts for Chinese Covid-19 vaccine
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who is seeking medical attention in China, is expected to meet Chinese authorities and pharmaceutical companies during his stay there in a bid to secure a Sino Cov...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 08:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Thank God for ingenious coronavirus vaccine - we must now deal with political challenge
It was just over a year ago, November 2019, that the world learned of the coronavirus outbreak in China. By March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak a world pandemic. ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 17:57hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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