©️ BROADCASTER Zororo Makamba — who became the first publicly known person in the country this week to succumb to coronavirus — was buried at the family’s farm yesterday, just outside Harare, the Daily News reports. The talented television personality — who was the youngest son of telecommunications tycoon and former broadcaster James Makamba —…
©️ DARK clouds are hanging over Zimbabwe following stunning revelations by the family of the late Zororo Makamba, the first Covid-19 victim, that the country’s health sector is ill-prepared to deal with the pandemic. Zororo, who died on Monday, was the son of businessman James Makamba. After his death, his brother Tawanda revealed in heart-wrenching…
©️ ZIMBABWE yesterday recorded its third case of the deadly coronavirus after one of the people who came into contact with the late Zororo Makamba, who died of the disease on Monday, tested positive for the virus. The Health and Child Care ministry yesterday said that one person out of the 15 individuals who presented…
©️ ZIMBABWE yesterday received its first batch of Covid-19 protective supplies to assist the nation fight against the killer virus that has claimed thousands of lives globally. This comes after a cargo flight containing more than six million medical items arrived in Ethiopia’s capital on Sunday for distribution to all African countries, courtesy of Chinese…
BLESSING KASIYAMHURU – FELLOW Zimbabweans, it is time that we continuously pray with a sense of humility before God seeking his mercy as Coronavirus (Covid-19) is now in our midst and we have nowhere to seek refuge from it. Who else can impact the world like that if not the Creator? Countless times throughout the…
Vasco Chaya and Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITERS WORKERS have demanded that government imposes a two-week lockdown on the country as part of efforts to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) and threatened to take the route of stayaways if the government ignores their demands. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), the country’s largest…
DAIRIBORD Holdings (Dairibord) says it has put in place risk mitigation measures to ensure consistent supply of products in response to the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) outbreak. The milk producer said its processing technology is such that all products are exposed to sterilisation temperatures that render the intrinsic product safe from disease causing organisms such as…
THE National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) has called upon the arts sector to cancel activities over the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. Nacz executive director Nicholas Moyo said the current coronavirus crisis is hitting hard all industries and the creative sector is no exception and the arts sector will in the next few weeks and…
TALENTED young filmmaker Ntombikamama Moyo, pictured, feels her newly-acquired passion to educate and entertain audiences through film has so far been a success. A graduate from the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Moyo revealed that she enjoys filmmaking despite never anticipating herself doing that in her entire life. “I mainly used to write…
THE much-anticipated premiere for the award- winning anti-poaching movie Gonarezhou The Movie has been put on hold due to the prevailing covid-19 pandemic which has hit the country. The premiere had been set for the country’s major cities Harare, Bulawayo and Masvingo starting April 30 in Harare, May 1 in Bulawayo and May 2 in…
