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What can Zimbabwe and Africa learn from China's 1949 revolution?
The Chinese Revolution of 1949, made the West to regard China as a yellow peril or disease which had to be quarantined for 20 years and how in turn China built up its political and economic strength i...Published: 30 May 2023 at 22:44hrs | | by Erick Matotoba
China new variant of COVID 19 could infect 65 million per week.
Zhong Nanshan, a top Chinese epidemiologist, said Monday that two new vaccines for the XBB omicron subvariants (including XBB. 1.9.1, XBB. 1.5, and XBB. 1.16) had received initial approval, accord...Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:27hrs | 1 | by Erick Matotoba
Theileriosis kills hundreds of cattle in Matabeleland South
A widow and farmer Mrs Thulani Mpofu is left with only an empty kraal and cattle bells after Theileriosis, which has claimed hundreds of cattle in Insiza District, Matabeleland South Province, and the...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Govt declares quarantine... sends chemicals to contain disease
A widow and farmer Mrs Thulani Mpofu is left with only an empty kraal and cattle bells after Theileriosis, which has claimed hundreds of cattle in Insiza District, Matabeleland South Province, and the...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 00:01hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
Public procurement loopholes enable looting of Covid-19 goods
THE absence of statutes aimed at managing the procurement of goods and services and their issuance in times of emergency in Zimbabwe led to the country not getting value for the funds it invested towa...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 20:02hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Early Christmas for Nkayi family which lost 21 cows...as they get 16 more
The Nkayi family which lost 21 cattle after mistaking a deadly pesticide for one of the popular worm remedies for livestock has received an early Christmas present after veteran farmers and well wishe...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 10:07hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Vet department kills six cattle moved without permit
Matabeleland South provincial veterinary director Dr Enart Mdlongwa last week ordered the killing of six cows that were moved without a permit from Figtree to Gwanda, in contravention to the law....Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Putin now clearly unhinged and can't be allowed to hold entire world at ransom!
Vlad the Impaler! That was the first thing that came to mind immediately after waking up this morning!I did not, right away, understand why - but, I soon realized the unmistaken striki...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 09:19hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
COVID-19 delays Kariba Dam rehab project
COVID-19 has delayed progress on the Kariba Dam rehabilitation project as returning expatriates and other local workers have to be quarantined each time they were diagnosed positive.In a state...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
What I learnt from Africa Cup of Nations
NUMBER 1. Those who don't kill the match usually get punished. Being the first one to score doesn't guarantee that you will win the match. If you don't score mo...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 20:19hrs | 9 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
100 Bulawayo lockdown violators arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday arrested over 100 people for violating COVID-19 regulations,Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga on Tuesday urged officers commanding provinces to be tough w...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs raise Covid-19 alarm
CHIEFS have raised alarm over Zimbabweans sneaking into communities from neighbouring countries where they are based amid strong suspicions that some of them are border jumpers who are evading Covid-1...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Another Covid-19 bummer for tourism
The future of the tourism industry has become increasingly uncertain in the wake of massive booking cancellations and travel restrictions prompted by the emergence of a new coronavirus strain, Omicron...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Quarantine details revealed, fourth wave confirmed
As it was confirmed that Zimbabwe is now in the midst of the fourth Covid-19 wave fuelled by the Omicron variant, details were given yesterday of how the new compulsory 10-day quarantine for all retur...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 guidelines for returning residents and visitors coming into Zimbabwe from abroad
Following the enactment of Statutory Instrument 267 of 2021: Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (N0.2) (Amendment) Order. the Ministry of Health and Chil...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 20:45hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
'Returning citizens were providing fake Covid-19 certificates,' claims Mangwana
RECENTLY announced quarantine measures in the wake of a new Covid-19 variant by President Mnangagwa are meant to protect the lives of Zimbabweans and ensure that the country does not witness grim deat...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gazette clarifies quarantine measures
The new 10-day quarantine requirements for returning residents and visitors, and the nine-hour extended curfew were gazetted yesterday, along with the legal backing for the present policies that bar a...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa imposes new 9PM to 6AM curfew
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has imposed new daily curfew rules from 9 pm to 6 am to limit movement and reduce transmission of the new Covid-19 variant.Shops will open for business from 7 am a...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unveils extra measures to deal with new Covid-19 variant
Lockdown measures have been tightened to deal with the threat of a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections driven by the new Omicron variant and complacency, with returning residents and visitors now to un...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
World races to contain new South African variant
Countries around the world are racing to introduce travel bans and restrictions on Southern African countries in an effort to contain a new variant of Covid-19 called Omicron. The moves come after the...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa considers reopening borders
THE Government is considering re-opening land borders to the general public in time for the festive holidays as the country has officially gone past the Covid-19 third wave and continues to see a decl...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe considers reopening borders
THE Government is considering re-opening land borders to the general public in time for the festive holidays as the country has officially gone past the C...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Warriors' UK brigade for Ghana match
UNITED Kingdom-based Warriors' players will only play the first-leg of the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier in Ghana and miss the return leg should Fifa's engagement on release of stars with the English ...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe democracy under siege'
GOVERNMENT has been urged to promote democratic governance processes by among others, lifting a suspension on elections as the country joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International D...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Deportees continue escaping from quarantine centres
PARLIAMENTARIANS from Matabeleland South Province have raised a concern over deportees that are escaping from quarantine and isolation facilities.In July and August 233 deportees escaped from ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 17:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
7 more UK deportees jets in
SEVEN more Zimbabwean deportees arrived on a chartered plane from the UK at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Thursday morning.However, two other who were supposed to ...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 15:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors face foreign players conundrum
THE Warriors technical team is having challenges in getting England-based players for the World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Ethiopia early next month and manager Wellington Mpandare says t...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK deports 50 more Zimbabweans
A SECOND charter flight is scheduled to leave the Britain next Wednesday with 50 more Zimbabweans set for deportation to Harare.They are currently being detained at Brooke House Immigration Re...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnant nurses succumb to COVID-19
THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) president Enoch Dongo has appealed for pregnant nurses to be exempted from working as COVID-19 frontline workers following increased deaths of expecting nurses a...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Raw sewage flows into 50 Old Magwegwe houses
More than 50 households in Old Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo are sitting on a health time-bomb as raw sewage from burst pipes continues to flow into their homes thereby exposing them to diseases such as...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in Covid-19 scare in China
TWo members of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's delegation tested positive for Covid-19 in China, forcing hundreds of people to be removed from the luxury hotel where they are staying.Chi...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 induced border delays irk cargo drivers
HAULAGE truck drivers are facing delay challenges along entry and exit points owing to a series of restrictive measures imposed by the government to curtail the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19)....Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
110 pregnant women catch Covid-19
MORE than 100 pregnant women have been quarantined in Matabeleland North after they tested positive for Covid-19. Matabeleland North Provincial Medical Director Dr Munekai Padingani confirmed that 110...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fears, drama as 14 Zimbabweans return home
AT least 36 Zimbabweans, who stayed behind in the United Kingdom, raised fears of persecution by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, citing human rights violations in Zimbabwe.Only 14 o...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
eThekwini mayor refuses to apologise for supporting Jacob Zuma
ETHEKWINI Municipality mayor Mxolisi Kaunda has stuck to his guns and defended his support for former president Jacob Zuma during the unrest last week.Kaunda was berated by the DA in a special...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe hospitals run out of staff
THE City of Kwekwe has reportedly been hit by a shortage of nursing staff following a surge in COVID-19 cases at the city's clinics and hospitals that has forced most health workers into isolation....Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo COVID-19 centres overwhelmed'
GOVERNMENT has expressed concern over an increase in the number of patients at COVID-19 facilities in Bulawayo, which has resulted in shortages of beds and oxygen at most city health centres.B...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
100 MSU students test positive for COVID-19
AT least 100 students at the Midlands State University (MSU)'s Zvishavane campus have reportedly tested positive to COVID-19, a situation that has caused panic at the higher learning institution....Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: No compensation for unvaccinated health workers
Unvaccinated health workers who contract Covid-19 in the line of duty after July 14 will no longer receive special compensation which the Government has been paying those affected, while the 80 percen...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt sets Covid-19 vaccination deadline for frontline workers
GOVERNMENT has set July 14 as the deadline for the vaccination of frontline workers with those who would have shunned the exercise losing out on Covid-19 insurance payouts.Vaccinated frontline...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
South Africa back on level-4 lockdown
President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed South Africa back on a strict level-4 lockdown, with restrictions — including a ban on all alcohol sales - in place for the next 14 days.The restrictions...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Health authorities tighten border control
Health control measures have been tightened at ports of entry to minimise chances of a person infected with Covid-19 entering Zimbabwe without being tested or quarantined. Tourists and busines...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZRP cracks whip on lockdown violators, intercity buses impounded
Authorities yesterday intensified the enforcement of Covid-19 control measures with police impounding buses that were operating illegally, while the Judicial Service Commission announced the closure o...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Schools opening deferred as COVID-19 cases surge
CABINET yesterday deferred the opening of schools for the second term by two weeks after the country recorded a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections in recent weeks.The infection rate surged ...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bus from SA intercepted, 49 quarantined
POLICE and health officials at Beitbridge Border Post on Sunday intercepted an inbound bus and quarantined all 49 passengers on board and the crew as a precautionary measure after a woman believed to ...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
49 quarantined after travelling with Indian returnee with fake Covid-19 certificate
A total of 49 returnees from South Africa have been put into quarantine in Beitbridge following the interception of one of the passengers who had come from India and was travelling with a fake Covid-1...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 17:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga defends 'reckless' ministers
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has defended the continued defiance of COVID-19 regulations by ministers at a time when the government has put in place a strict COVID-19 measur...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New dry port identified in Marange
GOVERNMENT has identified a site to construct a new dry port to cater for commercial cargo between Zimbabwe and Mozambique via Forbes Border Port near Mutare.The new site has been identified i...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge, Plumtree record 10 COVID-19 cases weekly
COVID-19 quarantine centres in Beitbridge and Plumtree are reportedly recording 10 cases of the virus per week out of an average 5 000 people who pass through the entry points.This was disclos...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt should bear full responsibility for Indian variant in country, as its negligence and indifference has placed our l
So, the government of Zimbabwe, through its minister of health (who is also vice president) Constantino Chiwenga, in all its "profound wisdom" has finally decided to take some concrete action against ...Published: 21 May 2021 at 12:55hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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