©️ HEALTH experts yesterday told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that Zimbabwe needed to test people aggressively if the country was to succeed in containing the deadly coronavirus, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s death toll from the pandemic is rising, amid acute shortages of testing and isolation centres. It also comes as the…
©️ WHILE the Easter Holiday is usually associated with travelling and huge church processions and gatherings across the country, this year’s celebrations, starting today with the Good Friday, are set to be muted with people stuck indoors due to the threat of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic, which first broke out in…
©️ BUSINESSMAN Jimayi Muduvuri, pictured, has offered his two buildings in Kadoma and Chegutu for use as isolation centres as the nation grapples with the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes after the government said it is going to decentralise isolation and testing centres to all provinces. Muduvuri, who is also the patron of Zimbabwe Amalgamated…
WORKERS in the food processing industry have written to the Labour ministry expressing concern over lack of personal protective clothing among other challenges, saying that this exposes them to the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). The Food Federation and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (FFAWUZ), which is an affiliate of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU),…
CHINA yesterday donated computers to the government of Zimbabwe for video-conferencing in a bid to fight the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Chinese embassy in Harare has confirmed. Zimbabwe is currently on a 21-day lockdown but there are some important meetings which should be done, especially by top government officials. “Ambassador Guo (Shaochun) had a…
BancABC Zimbabwe has responded to the 21-day coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown by launching a virtual branch which allows customers to conduct all banking transactions through video and telephone. The launch of the virtual branch, which is pivoted on video banking capabilities, allows customers to interface with a teller face to face and perform their banking transactions…
ZIMNAT has appointed Elizabeth Rabvukwa as the new managing director for Zimnat Financial Services with executive oversight over Zimnat Asset Management. Rabvukwa will assume roles from outgoing chief executive officer of Zimnat Financial Services Munyaradzi Javangwe and executive director Oliver Lutz. The appointment comes at a time when the financial services group is positioning itself…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an urgent appeal for US$130 million to sustain its food assistance and community resilience programmes through August, in efforts to prevent millions of Zimbabweans from plunging deeper into hunger. This comes as the United Nations (UN) has warned that about 8 million Zimbabweans are facing starvation due to…
THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) has said their members will not hesitate to withdraw their services if government continues to expose them to the deadly coronavirus as they work without personal protective equipment (PPE). This comes after the nurses called off their strike after the government promised to avail the PPE for use in handling…
FOUR Mbare men were each slapped with a three-month prison term yesterday for defying President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call to stay at home during the 21-day lockdown. Edmore Muwadzi, 38, Tendai Mabota, 32, Amos Rutsvara, 23, and Shingirirai Kuimba, 33, pleaded guilty to contravening SI 183 of 2020 but told the court that they were seeking…
