SOME African countries could see a peak in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks, and testing should be urgently increased in the region, World Health Organisation (WHO) officials said yesterday. “During the last four days we can see that the numbers have already doubled,” Michel Yao, pictured, the WHO Africa programme manager for emergency response,…
THE Southern Africa Solidaridad Network (the Network), an international organisation on community development, has called for targeted coronavirus (Covid-19) communications and interventions, saying that current campaigns on hygiene and social distancing have not been effective, particularly in artisanal mining communities. This comes as the country has recorded three deaths out of the 11 confirmed cases…
THIRTEEN police officers have landed in trouble for allegedly extorting US$10 from a kombi driver while on patrol on the first day of the national shutdown. Mathias Siziba, Everisto Choto, Sithabile Mthombeni, Reason Mabhena, Annastacia Nkomo, Witness Ndlovu, Admire Chimunda, Isiah Siziba, Felix Ndawana, Blessing Maranke, Nation Gilson, Shepherd Ndlovu and Reuben Mungundu allegedly demanded…
ZIMBABWE Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC) has urged the government to repent from bad governance and channel its energy on harmonious nation-building ahead of the country’s 40th independence commemorations. In a statement, ZCBC said the nation failed to develop a political culture of tolerance as there are many issues that need to be addressed like corruption,…
THE water supply situation in Bulawayo has deteriorated, with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) increasing water shedding hours to 108 per week as it awaits the government’s response to declare the situation a state of national emergency. BCC increased the water shedding days from 96 hours effective from Wednesday as the city reels from the…
A GARDENER who broke into his boss’ bedroom in the early hours of Tuesday morning and robbed him of US$1 100 while wearing a balaclava was jailed 23 months yesterday. Amon Murehwa pleaded guilty to the robbery when he appeared before Harare magistrate Sheunesu Matova. He was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment before six were…
GUO SHAOCHUN – THE unproven theory that Covid-19 originated in a market in China has found quite a number of unsuspecting believers these days. Some, particularly politicians and unethical media professionals, even call it the Chinese virus. Virus origin-tracing, while important to us all, is more of a matter of science and scientists are the…
Founder and former director of Tengenenge Arts Centre Tom Blomefield is no more. He died at the age of 95 in Holland on Wednesday . Born in Johannesburg in 1926 he came to Zimbabwe in 1946 as a tobacco farmer and chrome miner. In 1966, Blomefield opened up his farm as a community of working…
FORMER Zimbabwe and Dynamos striker Edward Sadomba hopes to use the vast knowledge he has accumulated during a glittering career spurning almost two decades to help fight poverty in Zimbabwe. The World Food Programme (WFP) is currently looking for US$130 million in order to help over five million Zimbabweans in need of aid this year…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITERS ©️ THE government has launched an urgent local and global appeal for financial and material aid to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, amid the rising death toll from the pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Harare City Council revealed yesterday that its…
