Journalists get nod to use expired press cards
JOURNALISTS on duty are allowed to operate during the 21-day lockdown using their 2019 Press cards until the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) issues them with new ones, a top police officer has said. ...
View ArticleZimbabwe 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...
View ArticleZupco crews want protective clothing
FORTY Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) drivers and conductors operating in Chinhoyi have decried the lack of protective clothing which they said was putting their lives and those of their pa...
View ArticleLockdown not punishment, says Mnangagwa
THE 21-day lockdown is not a punishment but an opportunity to save lives, President Mnangagwa has said. Speaking at the State of the Nation Address on Covid-19 President Mnangagwa said citizen...
View ArticleZanu-PF youth league applauds Mnangagwa
The Zanu-PF youth league has applauded President Mnangagwa for announcing bold and decisive mitigatory and preventive measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The ruling p...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Mnangagwa's taskforce hails Zimbabweans
Vice President Kembo Mohadi this morning chaired the meeting of the inter-ministerial taskforce on the Covid-19 pandemic with Zimbabweans largely responding positively to the calls to stay at home. ...
View ArticleZimbabwe to resize Exclusive Prospecting Orders
THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development is working on reducing the size of land under Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) in Matabeleland South province following an outcry from miners who are fa...
View ArticleMpilo turns away patients
MPILO Central hospital was yesterday turning away patients as the out patients department is closed and the casualty unit is only attending to emergency cases. When a news crew arrived at the ...
View ArticleHigh lockdown compliance on Day-One
THE majority of Zimbabweans yesterday complied with the Government's lockdown directive as most of them stayed at home while a few visited shopping centres to buy essential goods.President Mna...
View Article'Nust well-equipped for Covid-19 tests'
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust)'s Applied Genetic Testing Centre has the capacity to test for coronavirus, the germ that causes Covid-19. In an interview yesterday, th...
View ArticleMillers suspend operations
THE Small-to-Medium Scale Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (SMMAZ) says its members have suspended operations due to shortage of maize to produce roller meal. Speaking by telephone yesterday, ...
View ArticleGweru 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...
View Article'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...
View ArticleZBC CEO sucked into fraud and dishonesty saga
An Online news portal Zim Morning Post has reported that Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Acting CEO Wisdom Hombarume has been accused of dishonesty and financial indiscipline.Acc...
View ArticleMthuli Ncube redirects 2020 budget allocations to fight Covid-19
GOVERNMENT has availed $500 million and approved recruitment of 4 200 health workers as part of a wider Covid-19 (coronavirus) mitigation measures, that include redirecting the 2020 budget expenditure...
View ArticleEx-soccer player 'steals, kills' woman
A FORMER footballer from Bulawayo allegedly killed a shopkeeper in the city as he fled from her shop after stealing peanut butter. Leniency Mpofu (30) who once turned out for a club that has s...
View ArticleBe wary of fake masks: doctors
As the country steps up its fight against the deadly coronavirus, a leading physician has warned Zimbabweans to beware of fake face masks and testing kits. Vivek Solanki, the founder of Trauma...
View ArticleChamisa calls for social safety nets
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has called on the government to provide safety nets and provisions for the vulnerable as the country face twin evils of poverty and Covid-19. He also said the country shou...
View ArticleCorona, Sodoma and Gomorra
It is with a heavy heart to write to you in this trying time, it is my sincere hope that this message carry hope to all. The world has been brought to a standstill, with the virus sending all scurryin...
View ArticleZimbabwe, like China, has fake covid-19 news it's 20 years in jail for truth
Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess because decades of bad governance. One of the most common manifestation of bad governance is bad policies. This monolithic de facto one-party, Z...
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