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Nurses riled over shortage of PPEs  

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Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ©️  THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) has advised its members not to treat patients suspected of having the lethal coronavirus, until authorities provide them with adequate personal protective equipment (PPEs), the Daily News can report. Zina president Enock Dongo said yesterday that most hospitals and clinics did not have enough…

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Gemma gives insight into 500-day African journey  

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Blessing Masakadza LIFESTYLE WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw ©️ HIGH-RIDING Zimbabwean indie/folk singer Gemma Griffiths has given an insight into her 500-day journey across Africa, which lasted 18 months, in a just-released video titled Ndinewe. Gemma, whose collaboration with Zimdancehall star Winky D, MuGarden, broke the country’s record for the fastest Youtube views in Zimbabwean history, drove over…

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Rights violations up during lockdown

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Sindiso Mhlophe and Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITERS HUMAN rights watchdog, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, has called on the government to facilitate the establishment of an independent complaints mechanism in efforts to curb human rights violations allegedly perpetrated by members of security forces. This comes as the forum claimed to have recorded an increase…

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Stanbic commits US$200 000 to Covid-19

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ONE of the country’s leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe, has put its shoulder on the wheel in the fight against Covid-19 by pledging an assortment of the much-needed equipment worth US$200 000. The Standard Bank Group subsidiary donated five ventilators; 32 500 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) in the form of suits, masks, face…

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Extended lockdown hits the poor harder. . . govt urged to mitigate, give out food

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Maxwell Sibanda ASSISTANT EDITOR ©️  THE government should urgently cushion vulnerable communities during the coronavirus (Covid-19) extended period by providing food parcels and sufficient clean water, human rights experts have said. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday announced that the Covid-19-induced lockdown had been extended by a further two weeks. He eased the…

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Artisanal miners exposed to Covid-19

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THE government should urgently channel resources gathered from mining royalties to capacitate artisanal and small scale miners with the necessary personal protective clothing to help in the fight against the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19), the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) has said. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded four deaths out of its 34 confirmed cases…

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ZBC-TV to screen 20 Lockdown Live episodes

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©️ THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) TV has entered into a partnership with NashTV in which they will screen 20 musical episodes during this coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown. The musical programme being screened in the evenings,  has already screened two episodes of Lockdown Live and NashTV is supplying all the content and has coordinated shooting of…

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Wear masks or face jail: Police. . . as number of those arrested for breaching lockdown laws nears 20 000  

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Mugove Tafirenyika and Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITERS ©️  POLICE have confirmed that starting from today they will be “enforcing the law”, including arresting those found in public places without wearing face masks — in a move which could prove highly contentious as Zimbabwe steps up its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. This comes as the…

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Govt told to do more for public   

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©️ THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) yesterday challenged the government to also defer the payment of property rates, water and electricity charges in the country to further cushion long-suffering citizens during the current coronavirus lockdown, the Daily News reports. This comes after the promulgation of a new law last week — Statutory Instrument (SI)…

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Lockdown extension — vendors cry foul

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©️ VENDORS Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VICET) director Samuel Wadzai yesterday slammed the government for failing to come up with a relief strategy for the informal sector when it relaxed lockdown measures. “It is really saddening that we were left out despite the fact that we contribute more to the economy now than…

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