July 2020

POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) yesterday launched a community information centre (CIC) in Matabeleland North Province in efforts to improve access to information and Internet connectivity in the community. Speaking during the launch of the CIC, Potraz director-general Gift Machengete said the objective of the newly-established CIC, called the Chinotimba CIC was…

Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw JUNIOR doctors in public hospitals have issued a two-week strike notice demanding a review of their salaries and for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes at a time when salary negotiations between senior doctors, who also issued a two-week strike notice a…

THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has donated an assortment of hand-washing equipment and sanitisers to 1 238 people resident at 35 old people’s homes around the country. ZRCS’s donation was made possible through funding from the Coca-Cola Foundation. “We specifically targeted the older people because the global experiences so far show a higher mortality…

TRANSFORM Zimbabwe (TZ) president, who is also the July 31 protest convener — Jacob Ngarivhume — was yesterday denied bail, with the court agreeing with police fears that the demonstration may degenerate into violence. Harare regional magistrate Trynois Utahwashe adjudged that despite Ngarivhume being a leader of an obscure political party, TZ, and of little…

  ZIMBABWE is set to access US$16,4 million from the additional US$74,7 million the European Union (EU) has availed in humanitarian aid to southern African countries to support vulnerable people affected by recurrent droughts and the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. From the additional funding, Botswana would get US$2,2 million, Malawi US$8,2 million, Mozambique US$16,8 million, Zambia…