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Mnangagwa urges Zimbabweans to act as if 'you are infected'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pleaded with Zimbabweans saying they must act like they have already been infected by coronavirus (Covid-19) in order to stop the spread of the deadly disease....Published: 9 hrs ago | 393 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe setting up 67 makeshift isolation centres
THE Government is working on establishing 67 makeshift isolation centres, producing and importing medicines, acquiring protective clothing and producing masks and hand sanitisers for distribution amon...Published: 15 hrs ago | 652 | by Staff reporter
'Sanitise hands, disinfect environment'
A Bulawayo-based chemicals manufacturing company, Chemical Technology Africa, says it has the capacity to produce the required sanitisers to protect people against Covid-19 pandemic. The firm, which i...Published: 16 hrs ago | 228 | by Staff reporter
Gweru councillors in stands, tender storm
Gweru councillors allegedly allocated themselves residential and commercial stands and influenced the awarding of lucrative contracts prejudicing the local authority of much money, according to a repo...Published: 16 hrs ago | 307 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to be in hard times after corona virus
The coronavirus outbreak, which originated in China, has infected more than a million people and it's still counting. Its spread has left businesses around the world counting costs and rea...Published: 16 hrs ago | 623 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
ZimFirst taking Zimbabwe to the future
Zimbabwe has been groaning under the pains of corruption cronyism and relentless looting by the ZANU PF and its vampires. As Zimbabweans we hoped for a land of milk and honey managed by ourselves for ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 193 | by Dr Maxwell Shumba ZimFirst President
Zimbabwe parallel market rates nosedive
THE value of the United States dollar against the Zimbabwe dollar on the parallel market has nosedived due to a drop in demand, economists have said.The depreciation comes hardly a week after ...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 18:58hrs | 7314 | by Staff reporter
Government blasted for disbanding GMAZ price monitoring program
A certain section of Zimbabweans has lamented the decision by the government to disband the industry self-regulation and price monitoring program that was setup by the Grain Millers Association of Zim...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 17:13hrs | 552 | by Mandla Ndlovu
President Mnangagwa, why is Frank Buyanga not arrested by ZR Police?
Dear Mr President,I hope I find you well Mr. President. I am putting on ice serious differences I have with you for the sake of the young life: the son to Ms Chantelle Muteswa and Mr. Frank Bu...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 12:34hrs | 3710 | by Nomazulu Thata
Delta Beverages to produce beer during lockdown
BEER manufacturer, Delta Beverages Company has been classified as an essential services provider and has been exempted from the national 21-day lockdown.The integrated beverage company has a d...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 09:10hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls landlords evict tenants
SOME property owners in Victoria Falls are reportedly evicting their tenants to decongest their houses for fear of spreading COVID-19.Panic has gripped the resort town after information circul...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:26hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
'Urgent need to capacitate Ekusileni, Thorngrove hospitals'
THE Government has said there is an urgent need to capacitate Ekusileni Medical Centre and Thorngrove Infectious Disease Hospital as isolation centres for Covid-19 patients in Bulawayo. The bu...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:13hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Critical industries, services exempt from lockdown
AS the national lockdown begins today to avert the spread of Covid-19, Government has said that critical industries and essential services will remain operational to ensure uninterrupted supply of bas...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:12hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Police urge lockdown compliance
POLICE yesterday encouraged Zimbabweans to comply with the requirements of the national 21-day lockdown that begins today saying failure to do so will result in them being arrested and prosecuted. Pre...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:11hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Coal mines exempted from lockdown
COAL mining companies are exempted from the 21-day Covid-19 national lock-down which starts today, since their operations relate to generation of electricity. In a statement, Mines and Mining ...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:01hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to monitor prices, availability of basic commodities
Government and the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe will monitor prices and availability of basic commodities during the 21-day lockdown period that starts today to protect ordinary people from unjust bus...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 07:52hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Bulawayo and Harare on Lockdown Day 1
Residents of Bulawayo and Harare complied with the mandatory 21 days Lockdown decreed by the President on Friday. Pictures from Harare CBD show that all shops are closed and there is min...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 07:38hrs | 14024 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lockdown stalls Zimbabwe's 10-year census
A partial lockdown in an attempt to avoid the worst of the Covid-19 virus has stalled the preliminary stages of Zimbabwe's preparations for the 2022 census.However, it is business as usual els...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 19:17hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a homegrown Covid-19 response
The eruption of the coronavirus (Covid-19) is a timely reminder of the structural faultiness and fragility of health care and social services delivery systems across the world.While Europe rem...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:38hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Re-equipping hospitals a top priority, says Nigel Chanakira
Prominent banker Nigel Chanakira recently featured on the growing platform In Conversation with Trevor to share the story about his rise in the banking sector from working for the Reserve Bank of Zimb...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:37hrs | 1440 | by Staff reporter
Denial, stigma threaten fight against Covid-19
Stigma, peddling of fake news and myths threaten to be one of the biggest stumbling blocks to the effective handling of the coronavirus pandemic with many people in Zimbabwe still to take the outbreak...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:37hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
20 years in jail for spreading fake coronavirus news in Zimbabwe
The government has gazetted tough new laws that could see people spending up to 20 years in prison for spreading fake news on the novel coronavirus.According to Statutory Instrument 83 of 2020...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 12:46hrs | 1933 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over Mnangagwa's lockdown
The government yesterday moved to exempt certain sectors from the lockdown that begins tomorrow after industry warned that forcing all companies to shut down will ground the fragile economy.Pr...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:19hrs | 8329 | by Staff reporter
Government-led lockdown not enough for Zimbabwe’s fight against Coronavirus
It took a while for the Zimbabwean government to meaningfully respond to the Covid19 pandemic, better late than never.Now that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has decreed that there shall be a 21...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 10:36hrs | 762 | by Edzai Zvobwo
NGOs shut down
CIVIL society organisations, the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (Nango) and Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) have shut their offices down as they intensify efforts t...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:58hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Telecoms players call on Fourth Industrial Revolution
PLAYERS in the telecommunications sector have appealed to the Government to prioritise and channel more resources towards embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) so as to accelerate the growt...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:42hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 Taskforce targets rural folk
THE Ad-Hoc Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on the Covid-19 outbreak is set to engage village heads in the country through mobile phones to spread educational messages about the disease, a member of the ta...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
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 | 274 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's problems keep piling - from starvation to coronavirus
THE COVID-19 outbreak is expected to worsen Zimbabwe's problems as the southern African country grapples with a tanking economy, the worst food shortages in decades and a collapsing health system, obs...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:25hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers scramble for operating space
STANDING at a dimly lit street corner opposite a once-popular nightclub in Bulawayo, five skimpily dressed sex workers flag down passing vehicles and individuals on foot soliciting for clients....Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 13:49hrs | 2215 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe International Book Fair 2020 calls for papers
The dates for the Zimbabwe International Book Fair have been set for 27 July to 1 August 2020. The Indaba Conference will therefore take place on 27 and 28 July 2020. The ZIBF 2020 Theme is - "B...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 10:12hrs | 338 | by Memory Chirere
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 | 839 | by Victor Bhoroma
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 | 5514 | 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 | 330 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's 40km, 1.8m-high Zimbabwe border fence goes ahead
WORK has started alongside the Beitbridge border post with construction teams building the 1.8m-high fence which will span 20km on each side of the border post between SA from Zimbabwe.Constru...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:34hrs | 506 | 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 | 164 | by ED Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe health workers demand $10 000 a month
Frontline health workers are appealing for a $10 000 risk allowance per month, as they battle Covid-19, which has affected five people in Zimbabwe so far. The proposal is for the allowance to ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:31hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to announce shutdown...citizens to stop paying rent
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to address the nation on Friday night to announce a nationwide lockdown to deal with the deadly coronavirus.A GMAZ leaked internal document circulatin...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 17:25hrs | 12020 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South Africa's lockdown may push Zimbabwe to the edge
As South Africa's 21-day national lockdown comes into effect, the ramifications of this decision will be felt strongly across the Southern African region, most acutely by its northern neighbour, Zimba...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 16:09hrs | 5314 | by Webster Zambara
Zimbabweans living in South Africa urged to cooperate with authorities during lockdown
Zimbabweans living in South Africa have been urged to cooperate with the neighbouring country's authorities during the 21-day lockdown, which began on Friday.As part of measures to contain the...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 14:44hrs | 2249 | by Staff reporter
Travelling Zimbabweans in Corona horror
As the country struggles to deal with the deadly coronavirus at home, the government has now also been forced to rescue 107 Zimbabweans who are being detained by Tanzanian authorities in Dar es S...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 08:21hrs | 4160 | by Staff reporter
Telcoms revenue jumps 181%
The telecommunications industry's annual revenue for year 2019 surged 181 percent to $4,5 billion compared to $1,6 billion recorded in the prior driven by inflation induced price hikes. Last y...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:33hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
SA lockdown slows Zimbabwe firms
THE 21-day lockdown in South Africa due to the outbreak of Covid-19 is likely to constrain local industry operations as the country depends on imports from the neighbouring country, the Confederation ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:31hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 death scare in Makokoba
THERE was panic in Bulawayo's Makokoba suburb yesterday after funeral parlours allegedly refused to collect the body of a man suspected to have died of Covid-19 at his home. False claims that ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe catches coronavirus cold
Zimbabwe's economy has started catching a cold over the coronavirus, as major industries and some of the country's recreational facilities have started closing down, and taking responsive measures to ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 3930 | by Staff reporter
Sinazo releases new music video
UNITED KINGDOM-based Zimbabwean Afro Pop music outfit, Sinazo, has released a new music video for their song titled Amina in which they feature the internationally acclaimed Bulawayo arts group Inkulu...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Residents express concern over water rationing
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over the city council's move to continue with water-rationing following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), whose prevention demands high level of hygiene...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls hotels shut down
TOURISM operators and hoteliers in Victoria Falls have resolved to suspend operations to prevent spread of the deadly Covid-19 (coronavirus), which has seen the country recording three positive cases....Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1828 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to feels impact of SA lockdown
With over half a thousand confirmed cases of Covid-19, South Africa has moved its response a notch up. The country has effected a 21-day lockdown starting from March 26. This is aimed at reducing case...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:43hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Selling our country 'all the way', shame on you
Opposition aligned vendetta 'pregnant propagandists' have found new life and energies in the satanic Coronavirus outbreak. The internet, print and audio media is awash with exaggerated and out...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 18:31hrs | 924 | by Thomas Murisa
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