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BCC 'tie-up order' targets stray dogs
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) intends to introduce a "tie-up order" where stray dogs will be shot as part of efforts by the local authority to control the growing population of dogs roaming the streets....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Murder charges for killer dog owners
A COMMUNITY in Southview Park, Harare, is living in mortal fear of vicious dogs belonging to a family that recently moved into the neighbourhood. Some, if not most, properties in the suburb are not ga...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in intensive polio vaccine programme
ZIMBABWE yesterday embarked on an intensive polio vaccine campaign to curb spread of the virus which has already affected neighbouring Malawi and Mozambique.Polio is a debilitating and life-th...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana lifts all Covid-19 restrictions, including for travellers
Botswana on Wednesday repealed all remaining Covid-19 restrictions including the mandatory wearing of masks and proof of vaccination or PCR tests at its borders.The southern African country, w...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 19:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to fight measles, monkey pox
GOVERNMENT says it is ready to fight the measles outbreak which has claimed at least 157 lives countrywide, as well as monkey pox which has affected different countries in the world.The countr...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on alert for measles outbreak
Cabinet received an update on the Country‘s Response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and a report on the procurement and roll-out of vaccines, as presented by the Chairman of the National Covid-19 Inter-M...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe court rules in favour of non-vaccinated people
THE Bulawayo High Court has ruled that it is illegal for the police to stop COVID-19 unvaccinated people from accessing services at public building.Bulawayo lawyer Job Sibanda had challenged p...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'New Covid-19 variant could get into Zimbabwe'
Botswana has detected a new Covid-19 variant which a local health expert says is likely to find its way into Zimbabwe within a week, analysts have said.A new sub lineage of the Omicron, has be...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Covid-19 variant detected in Botswana
BOTSWANA has detected a new omicron sub variant, Omicron B.A.4 and B.A.5.Authorities in the neighbouring country said four people have tested positive to the new variant and have mild symptoms...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 14:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hits 5 million first Covid-19 jabs
ZIMBABWE passed the five million mark for first doses of Covid-19 vaccination last week with the record breaking blitz now in progress seeing more than 1,39 million doses administered in the last two ...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 testing scrapped for fully vaccinated arrivals
Covid-19 testing for fully vaccinated travellers arriving in Zimbabwe is no longer required, which should speed up business travel and help tourism, although the unvaccinated still have to present a r...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Novak Djokovic snubs US ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
Novak Djokovic will not be allowed to compete at the Indian Wells and Miami ATP Masters 1000 tournaments this month after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definitively ruled that he cann...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Propaganda is a complex art and science not brazen disgraceful lies as witnessed in Zimbabwe state-controlled media
When I first thought of writing this article, my original idea was to accuse Zimbabwe state-controlled media of spewing shameless propaganda - which not only sought to sow seeds of hatred and division...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 16:57hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Lawyer denied entry to CID HQ over vaccination card
BULAWAYO lawyer Job Sibanda has taken Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to court after he was blocked from entering the Criminal Investigations Depar...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt, civil servants on collision course over mandatory vaccination
THE government is on a collision course with human rights groups and its workers after saying its unvaccinated workers would not receive salaries.Last week, Public Service Commission (PSC) sec...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bans unnecessary international travel by ministers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has ordered Cabinet ministers and senior civil servants to immediately stop unnecessary international travel and double their efforts towards serving the people.The Preside...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana imposes stiff penalties for the unvaccinated
Returning Botswana citizens unwilling to be vaccinated for Covid-19 face a fine of P5 000 (R6 500), a year in prison, or both, as the government worries about vaccines that will expire in April this y...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unvaccinated civil servants barred from work without salary
All unvaccinated civil servants without any underlying medical conditions have been barred from work without salary subject to disciplinary hearings, while those qualifying for exemption are required ...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 19:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana bars visitors without booster shots
Botswana has introduced new COVID-19 guidelines barring entry to visitors that have not taken booster shots. The new measures take effect from today."Being fully vaccinated means having taken ...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
UAE lifts Zimbabwe travel restrictions
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s national crisis and emergency management authority has lifted restriction on entry for passengers arriving from 12 countries, including Zimbabwe beginning today....Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Djokovic to be deported from Australia, court rules
A court has affirmed the decision by the Australian authorities to cancel Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time. The Serbian star will now be deported, meaning he is unable to defend his Grand Slam ...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 09:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens forced vaccinations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threatened forced Covid-19 vaccinations, saying the country now had enough doses for everyone.Mnangagwa said this while addressing his party politburo in...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blow for Biden as US Supreme Court blocks vaccine mandate for businesses
The US Supreme Court delivered a blow to President Joe Biden on Thursday, blocking his Covid vaccination-or-testing mandate for employees of large businesses.At the same time, the nation's hig...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by AFP
China's 10m jabs gift major boost for Covid-19 fight
China donated another 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, bringing its gifts to 12 million doses, and ensuring that with its own purchases Zimbabwe now has access to adequate stocks to give the unv...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC bars unvaccinated workers
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said council employees who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 will not be allowed into the local authority's premises by the end of this month as part of mea...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Djokovic controversy exposes crumbling pro-mandatory COVID-19 vaccine house of cards
As tennis world number one Novak Djokovic sparks controversy over his granting of a medical exemption from mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirement to enter Australia for the a major grand slam tour...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 13:01hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa says 2022 a year of growth
ZIMBABWE's economic trajectory will this year transition from recovery to growth on the back of a hugely prosperous 2021 in which the Government funded a number of national development projects despit...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
BCC bemoans shortage of ICU facilities
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expressed fears that a possible spike in new COVID-19 cases following an outbreak of the Omicron variant could trigger a shortage of hospital beds as the city's health ...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Govt told to rethink Zupco ban
HUMAN rights activists have described the move to bar unvaccinated people from using public transport as discriminatory and exposing victims to psychological harassment.Government last week wa...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 travel restrictions frustrate cross border traders
THE renewed travel restrictions on the back of the emergence of the latest Omicron Covid-19 variant is a huge blow to cross border traders who are staring at loss of business during the festive season...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:01hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
11 candidates shortlisted for ZHRC post
ELEVEN candidates, among them, Employers Association for the Tourism and Safari Operators (EATSO) national president Mr Clement Mukwasi have been shortlisted to attend public interviews to fill two va...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
MSU bars unvaccinated students from campus
Midlands State University (MSU) has notified students reporting to campus for face-to-face lectures to have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to ...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:44hrs | 6 | by Chamunorwa Matanhike
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 | 5 | 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 | 7 | by Staff reporter
Parly shortlists 12 ZHRC candidates
Parliament is next week expected to hold interviews to fill two vacancies that have arisen in the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission.At least 12 candidates have been shortlisted for the intervie...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:26hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Do our leaders and scientists even understand how COVID-19 vaccines work?
I am not trying to sound cocky - but, this is the question that has bothered me ever since the development and introduction of vaccines meant to fight and curb the COVID-19 pandemic.This quest...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 19:04hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe braces for new Covid-19 variant
The GOVERNMENT has set in motion an intensive Covid-19 mass vaccination blitz to thwart the looming threat of the recently discovered omicron variant which threatens to plunge the country into a fresh...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
99% Govt workers vaccinated?
CLOSE to 99 percent of Government workers in Zimbabwe have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of next month's deadline by which all civil servants must be immunised or face disciplinary acti...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'High temperatures won't stop 4th wave'
HEALTH experts have warned of a deadlier fourth wave of COVID-19 in the forthcoming festive months of December and January, saying the high temperatures being experienced in the country were unlikely ...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Mandatory vaccination remains illegal'
LEGAL experts yesterday said the move by government to extend the deadline for civil servants to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face expulsion was unconstitutional.This follows promulgation...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police boss orders compulsory vaccination
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday ordered that all members of the force should be fully vaccinated to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.The police chief said this whi...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt changes tack on vaccination
GOVERNMENT yesterday reversed its earlier position to fire all unvaccinated civil servants yesterday, saying the order will only become effective at the end of the year.This was revealed by Pu...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff writer
Govt starts civil servants vaccination verification
GOVERNMENT has started the process of verifying the numbers civil servants that have been vaccinated so that appropriate decisions can be made.Cabinet has said unvaccinated civil servants will...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff writer
Treat each unvaccinated case on its merits, says PTUZ
THE Progressive Teachers Union (PTUZ) yesterday vowed that its members who are yet to be vaccinated will continue reporting for duty in defiance of a government directive that unvaccinated civil serva...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unvaccinated civil servants 'fired'
CIVIL servants who defied government's order to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should not report for duty starting Monday, their employer said yesterday.The civil servants will also be denied ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants' vaccination deadline ends
THE deadline by which civil servants should have been vaccinated against Covid-19 lapsed yesterday, with those refusing to be inoculated facing disciplinary action and termination of contracts....Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
D-Day for unjabbed civil servants
Civil servants who have not been vaccinated for unjustifiable reasons, today face an uncertain future with government insisting they should not report for duty because they may infect those who have b...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Herd immunity Dec target unlikely to be attained
ZIMBABWE's ambitious target of attaining 60% Covid-19 herd immunity by December is in doubt, with only 15.9% of the country now fully vaccinated , three months before the government's set deadline to ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teacher drags Chiwenga to court
A KWEKWE-based primary school teacher, Mercy Mjikwa, has dragged the Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga to court over new Covid-19 rules targeting unvaccinated citizens.In an urgent chamber ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 forced vaccination unconstitutional
RECENTLY, there have been circulating news that civil servants and employees in the private sector were being forced to take the COVID-19 vaccine or lose their jobs if they refuse to comply. In some i...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Esau Mandipa
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