April 2020

 KADOMA businessman Jimayi Muduvuri on Thursday donated groceries to people with disabilities at the Zanu PF headquarters in Harare to help them mitigate hunger during the current coronavirus lockdown. Through Muduvuri Rehabilitation and Empowerment Foundation (MREF), the businessman donated food hampers that contained mealie-meal, cooking oil, sugar, salt and soap worth thousands of dollars. Speaking…

A Non-profit philanthropic organisation called The Adam Molai Foundation is running programmes to ease poverty amongst underprivileged and has since come to the rescue of nearly a 100 families in Marondera amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With the effects of the pandemic being felt worldwide, the foundation has committed to continue supporting the communities in need…

POLICE officers have been barred from buying maize-meal from shops while in uniform. In a memorandum, police said it had observed “with great concern” that members of the force were moving around central business districts and other locations carrying maize-meal while in uniform — a “serious contempt and disregard of police standard of discipline”. “It…

THE Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (Wcoz) has called on the government to classify community and social workers as essential services providers during the national lockdown period, saying their role is critical in offering psycho-social support to citizens during difficult times. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently extended the national lockdown by 14 days, arguing…

STANDARD Chartered Bank Zimbabwe has donated 14 000 masks to the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society for use in its efforts to fight the pandemic. The bank is responding to the need for Personal Protective Equipment for health workers dealing with Covid-19 cases across the country. The bank’s chief executive, Ralph Watungwa, said the donation is…

VENDORS and traders in Bulawayo have called upon the government to strictly enforce coronavirus (Covid-19) measures to limit the spread of the deadly virus. Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) executive director Michael Ndiweni said during interactions with its members, many of them cited overcrowding in areas that were open during the lockdown. Vendors from…

Zimbabwe recently received a consignment of personal protective equipment (PPE) from two Chinese firms for the fight against Covid-19. The batch of PPEs including surgical face masks, protective suits and goggle were donated by Telecommunications giant Huawei and PD Times Technology. Receiving the donation, the First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, who is the Angel of Hope…