RAYMOND SIXPENCE – WHILE Zimbabwean farm workers continue to face unprecedented challenges during this coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, they are still working each day to make sure everyone has access to food. Throughout the lockdown, farm workers have been making sacrifices to ensure that food is readily available to consumers throughout this crisis; we applaud their…
CHIVI South Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu yesterday donated sanitary ware and maize-meal to women in Epworth in his bid to ease the plight of the underprivileged who have been hit hard by hunger during the ongoing national lockdown. Zivhu said his initiative seeks to ensure that the less privileged, most of whom live from…
THE government has identified new quarantine centres targeting people coming from outside the country in the wake of the novel Covid-19 pandemic, which has so far killed four people in Zimbabwe. According to Information ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana, centres had been identified in Chiredzi District and Mashonaland West to cater for a number of…
HUMAN rights groups have slammed the government for failing to speed up provision of safety nets to vulnerable citizens during the lockdown, saying this has hampered progress in containing the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes after the government promised impoverished Zimbabweans that have been surviving from hand-to-mouth that they would be given $200 monthly…
Price hikes that have been witnessed in the country during the ongoing Covid-19-induced lockdown are threatening the viability of mobile network operators (MNOs) barely a month after the telecommunications sector got a tariff adjustment.In early March, the sector was awarded a 56.64% tariff adjustment by regulator the Postal and Telecommunications Regulator of Zimbabwe (Potraz) after…
POPULAR Bustop TV comedians, Gonyeti, Magi and DRC are starring in a 13-episode sitcom titled Lockdown Series which revolves around the coronavirus (Covid-19). Speaking to the Daily News, creative director Luckie Aaroni said the idea around the series is to educate and raise awareness on Covid-19. He said they are exploring how people are relating…
Nigel Matongorere SPORTS EDITOR matongoreren@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE international Marvelous Nakamba and his Aston Villa team mates have agreed to take a pay cut due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The English Premier League (EPL) is currently on lockdown since March 13 after the novel virus swept around the globe. So far, over 200 000 people have…
SUNGURA musician Alick Macheso was on Friday in unfamiliar territory performing a 15-minute solo act during a lockdown live show on Facebook. His chanter Jonasi Kasamba warmed the stage before communicating their anti-coronavirus (Covid-19) message with Macheso ordering him to cover his mouth and nose with a mask and observe social distancing. Throughout his set…
Onward Gangata STAFF WRITER VENDORS in Gweru and Kwekwe have been given ultimatums by their respective local authorities to remove their wares from market places or risk losing their belongings as the municipalities are readying to implement a Cabinet directive to demolish illegal vending structures. This comes after Cabinet resolved early this month that local…
IT’S looking increasingly unlikely that the government will meet its ambitious target of testing 33 000 people countrywide for the deadly coronavirus by the end of this month. This has prompted health experts to warn in interviews with the Daily News at the weekend that such a failure could have disastrous consequences for the country,…
