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The land isn't ours
A few years ago while visiting the city of Jos, which is located in north-east Nigeria, a person pointed to a vast neatly kept area behind a fence. "This ranch belongs to the Queen of England," he rem...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:10hrs | 1640 | by Hadebe Hadebe
9 000 Zimbabweans return home from 48 countries
OVER 9 000 Zimbabweans have returned home from 48 countries following the outbreak of Covid-19. The figure includes 241 who arrived at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from the Unit...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:34hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Do not amend but implement the constitution: ZLHR tells government
IN the seventh anniversary of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has expressed extreme saddness over government’s failure to fully stop the wilful violation and t...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 465 | by Stephen Jakes
FULL TEXT: Cyril Ramaphosa's speech on lockdown measures
My Fellow South Africans,This week, our country reached a sad moment in the progression of the coronavirus pandemic, as we recorded our 219th death from the disease.Every life lost is ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 21:46hrs | 4178 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
In Era of COVID-19, Russia's Strategic Politics of Coronavirus Aid Takes the Stage in Africa
With coronavirus rapidly spreading among the population of 148 million, Russia took the third position in the world. According to the official data provided on May 11, Russia had an aggregate total of...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:02hrs | 476 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
'Zimbabwe's financial system is risky: to money laundering' - worse, rotten to core to institutionalised corruption
"Zimbabwe is among 12 countries put under the spotlight by the European Union because it has deficiencies under its Anti-Money Laundering/ Combating the F...Published: 12 May 2020 at 18:16hrs | 2056 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabweans drown lockdown sorrows in humour
ZIMBABWEANS are reputed for being resilient and innovative, always devising ways of surviving in tough situations. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic claiming lives at home, in the west, especially in Ital...Published: 01 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Mapisa to miss mom's funeral
WARRIORS goalkeeper Martin "Neuer" Mapisa won't be able to pay his last respects to his mother who passed away in Harare yesterday. Mapisa's mother had been struggling with cancer for years. B...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:42hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: We all need to take seriously
As I stood by the grocery queue which was winding endlessly, I realised that people were not maintaining the 1.5 metre distance that has been advised. People seemed to prefer to talk loudly and ...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 09:37hrs | 257 | by Prosperity Mzila
Beitbridge border fence row escalates in South Africa
South Africa's main opposition on Friday criticised that country's Public Works and Infrastructure minister for the massive expenditure amounting to R37 million for the construction of a 40km Beibridg...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:32hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Don't Africans get tired of being poor?
And so it begins - Africa's gladiator fight with the most virulent of viruses to affect mankind in recent memory.And for the umpteenth time we are being reminded that this would be another Dav...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:03hrs | 162 | by Bishop Lazarus
Calls grow to reopen parts of Zimbabwe's crisis-ridden economy
A tall, medium build security guard stands behind a large steel gate at Boka Tobacco Auction Floors on the outskirts of Harare, his face partially covered by a white surgical mask and his hands encase...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 19:46hrs | 2024 | by Al Jazeera
'We're sitting on COVID-19 time bomb'
OVER 30 000 plus frontline health workers in the country are vulnerable to coronavirus after government reportedly ignored a court order to provide them with personal protective equipment (PPE), with ...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 08:01hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Socio-economic implications of the spread of COVID-19 in Africa
During the early stages of the outbreak of the deadly new corona virus (COVID-19), the widespread belief among ordinary Africans was that COVID-19 was a Chinese and Western disease, and had the mistak...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 101 | by Shem CHAIBVA
Covid-19 exposes, heightens inequalities
Not so long ago, just before lockdown, a man reported to human resources at his workplace that he was not coming to work because he was experiencing flu and malaria-like symptoms. Because he had not b...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 326 | by Gloria Ndoro Mkombachoto
Zimbabwe lockdown likely to be extended
PUBLIC officials and health experts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to extend the lockdown after a surge in new coronavirus cases in the country, but urged him to let the economy operate at...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1897 | by Staff reporter
Globalisation in peril post-COVID-19
THE world changed politically after every great war. It became closer and some form of international political and economic co-operation was developed.However, the COVID-19 pandemic is hasteni...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 08:06hrs | 239 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe: Is there a plan after the lockdown
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, countries have put their citizens under various forms of lockdowns that have technically shut down vast sections of economies with only essential business...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 825 | by Joseph Ndondo
Why Zimbabwe didn't get IMF Covid-19 debt relief
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced half a billion United States dollar debt service relief fund for the world's poorest and vulnerable economies to help them fight and contain the spr...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:34hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
'82% of companies can't pay more than a month's salary'
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) says 82% of local companies can only pay salaries for a month under the lockdown, urging government to lift the restrictions to allow companies to re...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:20hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 and the bad 'all-weather' friends
THIS lockdown must be logging down Sibusiso Moyo, the Foreign Affairs minister, too bad. When you are used to being out too much, lockdowns are, no doubt, a bad thing to happen to you.You, the...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:33hrs | 421 | by Tawanda Majoni
US COVID-19 death figures of more than 20,000 overtake Italy
The United States on Saturday passed Italy for the most confirmed covid-19 deaths in the world, with more than 20,000 fatalities, a figure experts have called 'an underestimation.'More than 19...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 20:39hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
US burying COVID-19 victims in mass graves?
New York state now has more coronavirus cases than any other country outside the US, according to latest figures.The state's confirmed caseload of Covid-19 jumped by 10,000 on Thursday to 159,...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1372 | by BBC
Chamisa raises alarm
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has raised alarm over the failure by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to carry out mass public tests for the deadly coronavirus during the current 21-day na...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 07:58hrs | 6986 | by newzimbabwe
Ramaphosa to increase lockdown by 2 weeks?
South Africa's national coronavirus lockdown is into its second week, but uncertainty remains on its impact and whether it will be extended.People in the know say that President Cyril Ra...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 13:23hrs | 5693 | by Staff reporter
Panic grips Zimbabwe on third COVID-19 death
Panic has gripped Zimbabwe after the coronavirus death toll rose to three from two in less than a week amid concern over the country's preparedness to deal with the pandemic.Government late la...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:32hrs | 1168 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Mthuli should be restrained
THE COVID-19 pandemic is causing more than a medical problem across the world. Economies across the globe have caught the cold, some more than others and soon, a co-ordinated multilateral solution may...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 08:09hrs | 4841 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
WHO warns against easing virus measures too early
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has no blanket recommendation for countries and regions for easing measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but urged them not to lift them too earl...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:57hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 Zim Lockdown: Gendered impacts, implications and effects on women and girls as primary caregivers
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global challenge that affects our lives and our work. Zimbabwe is under a total lockdown for a period of 21 days from Monday 30th March 2020 as a precautionary and m...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 15:21hrs | 615 | by Alfred Towo
Panic as South Africa plots to test Coronavirus treatment on patients
South Africans took to Twitter to express their shock and panic that Coronavirus patients in their country will be used as guinea pigs in pursuit of finding a cure for the deadly epidemic under a Soli...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 18:21hrs | 3937 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chinhoyi Hospital nurses desert hospital due to suspected Covid-19 case
Socio economic implications of the spread of Covid-19 in Africa By Shem ChaibvaDuring the early stages of the outbreak of the deadly new corona virus (COVID-19), the widespread belief ...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 13:22hrs | 1697 | by Shem Chaibva
Local artistes in dire straits
As Zimbabwe enters into the second week of the 21-day Covid-19 lockdown, most artistes say they can longer endure the remaining days as they are failing to make ends meet.A myriad of artistes,...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:52hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
The year Spanish Influenza attacked Rhodesia
The Spanish Flu epidemic struck Rhodesia in early October, 1918, being introduced into the country by passengers arriving from South Africa by train. It spread quickly in all the urban centres before ...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:17hrs | 911 | by Jonathan Waters
Zimbabwe doctors raise alarm over COVID-19 tests
LOCAL medical doctors have expressed concern over the low numbers of people being tested for the deadly coronavirus in the country as the United Nations (UN) yesterday warned that Africa could lose mi...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Beware the Ides of March coronavirus is here
MANY pandemics and epidemics have occurred throughout the history of mankind, from biblical times to date. We have lived to tell the tale in the Aids pandemic and our cousins in the Congo and in West ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:50hrs | 280 | by Godfrey Mungwadzi Specialist physician
Global COVID-19 cases top 1 million
The coronavirus pandemic has passed its landmark moment, as over one million people worldwide have tested positive for the disease, according to figures from multiple sources.The total number ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 21:03hrs | 1343 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 5G technology linked to coronavirus pandemic?
Claims that 5G technology could be linked to the spread of the coronavirus have been spreading online for weeks.China was reportedly the first country to have more than 100 000 5G towers, with...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:36hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
The cost of coronavirus in Africa: What measures can leaders take?
With the novel coronavirus COVID-19 having reached the African continent, countries are getting ready to manage the spread of the virus and ensure that their fragile health systems can cope. Images fr...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:33hrs | 327 | by Dorothy Tembo
US virus deaths pass 4 000
The total US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 4 000 early Wednesday, more than double the number from three days earlier, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.The nu...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 958 | 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 | 935 | 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 | 121 | 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 | 305 | by Staff reporter
When democrats discover despotism as a cure
MOST often, in times of crisis, it seems no one remembers to secure the asylum, from which looneys - fools, nutters, ignoramuses and the downright stupid - always escape.If only they spent the...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:27hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Of life in the COVID-19 era
A little over a week ago England wicketkeeper Jos Butler nearly broke the internet when a video of the 29-year-old and wife Louise doing pilates, surfaced.The Englishman was in full Test gear ...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:24hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Health workers are the frontline soldiers against COVID-19. Let's protect them
The COVID-19 or the new Corona Virus is different. In this virus we have an enemy which is invisible and sometimes deadly, and the task is harder.About a century ago the Spanish flu pandemic k...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 19:29hrs | 682 | by Siddharth Chatterjee and Mutahi Kagwe
German extends lockdown period as Covid-19 infections soar
Chancellor Angela Merkel said it’s premature to consider easing Germany’s lockdown measures as coronavirus infections can take as long as 14 days to incubate.Merkel urged Germans to contin...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 15:18hrs | 1565 | by Staf reporter
+800 new coronavirus deaths in Spain, pushing toll to 5 690
The death toll from coronavirus in Spain surged over 5 600 on Saturday after a record 832 people died in 24 hours, and the number of infections soared over 72 000, the government said.Spain ha...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 14:37hrs | 613 | by AFP
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 | 923 | by Victor Bhoroma
UK coronavirus deaths spikes to 759
A total of 759 people have now died of the coronavirus in the UK, while 14,579 have tested positive.The number of coronavirus deaths in the UK has risen from 578 to 759, according to the Depar...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 17:26hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
Retailers warn against COVID-19 panic-buying
ZIMBABWE retailers have called for calm, dissuading consumers from engaging in panic-buying of goods in supermarkets after the country recorded its first COVID-19 case last Friday.While the ou...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
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