TRANSPARENCY International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has taken the government to task, demanding the release of the distribution matrix of Covid-19 donations that have been received by the country since the outbreak of the pandemic. This comes as doctors have taken government to court over its failure to provide them as frontline health practitioners of the Covid-19…
A HIGHFIELD woman appeared in court after she was busted immediately after she allegedly committed an abortion. The court heard that when police officers arrived at the scene, Memory Manhongo, 25, had just wrapped the foetus in a cloth and sat helplessly on her bed in a one-room apartment she rented in Highfield, Harare. She…
©️ DETHRONED popular Ntabazinduna traditional leader Chief Felix Ndiweni has lashed out at the government over what he termed “lack of its preparedness” in the face of the deadly coronavirus. The outspoken Ndiweni, who recently returned from the United Kingdom following the death of his mother, said government had failed to put civil contingence plans…
FOR the past two weeks, Zimbabwe has been observing a nation-wide lockdown meant to contain the spread of the killer coronavirus (Covid-19). At least three Zimbabweans have died so far of the novel virus from 14 confirmed cases recorded locally. During the lockdown, only security services and those people deemed to be offering essential services…
Continued from Saturday’s issue ©️ ZANIA STAMASAKI- Studies are emerging into animal hosts — so far the virus has been detected in a few ferrets, cats, tigers and dogs. No animal deaths have yet been reported, and we don’t know if animals can transmit back to humans. The age differential in fatalities for Covid-19 suggests,…
DESPERATELY-NEEDED aid for millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa is under threat as the deadly coronavirus pandemic sweeps a continent already facing a volley of crises. In some cases social distancing measures and border closures are preventing workers from distributing aid. In others, funding is under threat as agencies scramble to pool resources to fight…
©️ SONGSTRESS Selmor Mtukudzi is looking up to the heavens during this period of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and urges her followers not to lose hope. Selmor is one of the singers whose performing schedule was heavily affected by the on-going health crisis which led to the 21-day lockdown and banning on public gatherings. This development…
ONE of the capital’s theatre hubs, Jasen Mphepo Little Theatre, says the lockdown should unlock the creative minds in people as they move in to increase their online presence so as to reach wider audiences. With the current 21-day national lockdown, theatre houses have had to cancel some of their events in the interest of…
Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR matongoreren@dailynews.co.zw ©️ EVER since he burst onto the scene as a teenager, Peter Ndlovu has always been an enigma but the current coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak has seen him open up his life to outsiders. Like many people living in South Africa, Ndlovu is trying to adjust to life while living under…
©️ DOCTORS have warned that positive cases of the deadly coronavirus in the country are set to rise sharply in the final days of the current lockdown, as the disease will have blossomed locally by then, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government has admitted it has not done enough so far to…
