Sindiso Mhlope and Tendai Kamhungira STAFF WRITERS ©️ AUTHORITIES have made a new pledge to test at least 2 000 people a day for coronavirus from now onwards, after receiving more personal protective equipment (PPEs) for healthcare workers, the Daily News reports. This comes after the government missed its initial target by a mile, to…
©️ FARMERS started selling their tobacco crop yesterday after the coronavirus outbreak delayed the opening of auctions, which provide vital foreign currency inflows, by more than a month. Tobacco is the second biggest earner of foreign exchange after gold, and last year generated US$747 million in exports mainly to China and Europe, according to Reserve…
©️ THE World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an urgent appeal for US$19,5 million to enhance its operations, including food assistance community resilience programmes, to the effects of Covid-19, the Daily News can report. This comes as the WFP recently launched another appeal for US$130 million to sustain its food assistance and community resilience programmes…
©️ THE current lockdown has stalled the importation of grain, a development which is now affecting vulnerable families in rural areas, Labour and Social Welfare deputy minister Lovemore Matuke has said. This comes as a joint report by relief agencies and the government said about a third of Zimbabweans living in rural areas need food…
©️ THE Covid-19 pandemic has affected normal operations in public health institutions as most hospitals are mostly attending to emergency cases, doctors have said. In an interview, Progressive Doctors Association of Zimbabwe (PDAZ) secretary-general Sitshengisani Vuma told the Daily News that the number of patients visiting public hospitals has gone down as hospitals are prioritising…
LEADING financial services institution, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe, has put its shoulder on the wheel in the fight against Covid-19 by pledging an assortment of the much-needed equipment worth US$200 000. The Standard Bank Group subsidiary is geared to donate a total of 5 ventilators; 32 500 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) in the form of suits,…
HIGH Court judge Jacob Manzunzu is tomorrow expected to deliver ruling in an application filed by a Chitungwiza man, who is accused of generating a fake press statement in the name of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, announcing a 13-day extension of the current national coronavirus lockdown. Manzunzu reserved ruling yesterday after hearing submissions from Lovemore Zvokusekwa’s…
MASVINGO City Council yesterday demolished all old informal market places used by vendors as the country continues fight against Covid-19, the Daily News can report. Acting town clerk Edward Mukaratirwa said they are undertaking the action after a directive from the Local Government ministry which stated that they should take advantage of the national lockdown…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has cut down on the number of refuse collection days in low density areas and in the Central Business District (CBD) due to low revenue inflows. BCC has been collecting refuse in all residential areas once a week and every day in the CBD. But due to reduced cash inflows…
IN A joint statement released on Monday, more than 20 associations said they are concerned about the delays in the payments of the cushioning grants that were supposed to help vendors and informal traders. “… We call on government through its relevant ministries to immediately release the cushioning fund as the situation is dire for…
