A TOTAL of 178 cases of human rights violations have been recorded in parts of Zimbabwe since the country went under lockdown, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has reported. The cases were compiled since the lockdown commenced on March 30 to April 5 with 56 victims of assault, four journalists attacked and 118 trivial…
THE second largest city’s biggest representative organisation for vendors and informal traders has taken a dig at the 21-day lockdown, describing it as a facade and doing little to curb the spread of the coronavirus. This comes as many stakeholders have raised alarm over the continued failure to observe social distancing by citizens due to…
ZIMBABWE Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has recommended a downward review of individual income tax to help deal with effects of Covid-19 that has crippled people’s livelihoods and the economy. This comes amid the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning that Covid-19 will adversely impact on Zimbabwe’s struggling economy, calling on government to craft good…
ZIMBABWE’s largest financial services group by asset base CBZ Holdings has appointed a new board to steer its transformation and growth. The board includes Marc Holtzman (chairperson), Blessing Mudavanhu (executive director), Tawanda Gumbo (group chief finance officer), and independent non-executive directors, Rebecca Gaskin Gain, Edward Mashingaidze, Louis Gerken and Edward Galante Holtzman said the new…
ST Anne’s Hospital in Harare has been temporarily transformed into a coronavirus response centre as part of measures to contain the spread of the deadly pandemic. This followed a joint venture agreement between hospital owners, the Catholic Church’s Sisters of the Little Company of Mary (LCM), and Solidarity Trust of Zimbabwe (SOTIZM). In a statement,…
BLUE chip company, Delta Corporation, yesterday donated $5 million to the government as the beverages firm joined other private companies who are fighting the novel coronavirus in the wake of a 21-day lockdown currently underway in the country. The company presented their cheque to President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House where Croco Motors also donated…
RIDE-HAILING company, VAYA, is providing transport to commuters offering critical services during the 21-day national lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). The outbreak of Covid-19 has forced many countries, including Zimbabwe, to impose 21 to 30-day lockdown periods. The lockdowns are meant to protect citizens from the deadly and infectious…
TRUST Africa has set-up the Covid-19 Africa Solidarity Fund to help raise resources to support emergency responses and community efforts to combat the deadly virus and Zimbabwe is one of the African countries set to benefit. The organisation was founded with a commitment to strengthening African agency in addressing the continent’s most pressing challenges. According…
THERE are growing concerns that the ongoing 21-day national lockdown that was imposed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to combat the spread of coronavirus is running out of steam, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded its 10th case of people who have tested positive for the lethal disease, amid startling revelations by…
A BATTLE to control MDC headquarters Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, formely Harvest House, has erupted between factions of the party headed by dethroned president Nelson Chamisa and reinstated secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, the Daily News can report. This followed last week’s Supreme Court ruling which removed Chamisa as party president for unconstitutionally assuming the leadership…
