Maxwell Sibanda – ZIMBABWEANS from all walks of life are of the opinion the current 21-day lockdown which is nearing its third week should be extended so as to allow more testing by health officials. In extending the lockdown, they have also called on government to introduce safety nets that will see that no citizen…
Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR ZIMBABWEAN punters and fans of the English Premier League (EPL) will be glad to hear the news that all the 20 clubs agreed with plans to resume the 2019-20 season by the weekend of June 13-14. At the moment, the EPL which is the world’s most followed football league has been…
LONG-SUFFERING Zimbabweans, supermarkets and pharmacies are more and more feeling the deepening negative effects of the country’s economic chaos and the coronavirus pandemic, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This comes as the national lockdowns in Zimbabwe and South Africa have contributed to major supply chain headaches locally, with some pharmaceutical products and basic goods…
THE government has begun testing about 1 000 people a day, as it ramps up its efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the country, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This comes as the number of people who have tested positive for the lethal disease in the country is on the increase. The…
ZIMBABWE will continue to suffer real bread and butter barriers to fully experience independence if she fails to urgently address the economic challenges that are currently being faced by its citizens, the civil society organisations (CSOs) have said. This comes as the country celebrated 40 years of independence yesterday. “The African Charter on Human and…
IN A development that has hampered efforts by the ministry of Health to prepare national health institutions for the fight against Covid-19, government has revealed that it has a serious shortage of hospital equipment technicians, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes after the World Health Organisation (WHO) set six conditions for any government…
FOR Zimbabwe, if life begins at 40, it is beginning on a sour and sad note. The streets of Harare, the capital city, are deserted, and time, in its relentless march, seems to have been frozen by the deadly coronavirus pandemic that forced President Emmerson Mnangagwa to enforce a 21-day lockdown. Thus the country’s 40th…
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has turned to crowd funding from the private sector to raise the US$25 million needed for maize imports. The initiative is targeted at Zimbabweans in the Diaspora and non-governmental organisations operating in the country. “Zimbabwe receives about US$90 million in remittances per month. The private sector needs about…
EVER since the coronavirus (Covid-19) became a global pandemic, sports stars around the world have been at the forefront of making various donations in combating the disease. Global sporting stars like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robert Lewandowski, Drew Brees, Roger Federer and Shahid Afridi have all donated numerous millions of United States dollars…
Guo Shaochun – IN the battle against pandemic, information sharing is as vital as effective drugs. From the very onset of Covid-19, China has made unreserved, transparent, and timely communication a crucial component of its fighting strategy. While it was hard enough just to mount a sufficient response to such an unknown pandemic, China has…
