THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a raft of measures it says governments must follow before and after they reopen schools for face-to-face learning, the Daily News reports. Among the measures is the ‘‘stay at home if unwell policy’’ which seeks to discourage ill students from attending classes until they are certified fit by…
ZIMBABWE yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Ozone Day, with Environment minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu, 5 saying the government is committed to aligning legislation with international laws to protect the depleting ozone layer. The ozone layer is a thin part of the earth’s atmosphere that absorbs almost all of the sun’s harmful…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a stern warning to party members who are brawling ahead of the ruling party’s District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zanu PF has started the process of setting up DCCs in the remaining eight provinces amid reports that there were problems in Midlands and…
IN her world, ‘I can’ certainly sounds better than ‘I can’t’. In fact, Barbara Gonzalez has no talent for bowing to the inevitable, neither does the word impossible exist in her vocabulary. It was late in the day, exactly a year ago, as she prepared to go home after a normal working day in…
NOTWITHSTANDING the internal damage that the MDC’s infighting is causing, the party’s senseless wars are escalating — amid growing fears that the once formidable movement could soon implode altogether. So bad is the MDC’s mindless bloodletting pitting two rabidly antagonistic groups led by Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa, that dejected senior party officials told the…
SOUTH Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) said yesterday that it was hopeful that it could help end Zimbabwe’s decades-long political and economic crises, the Daily News reports. In addition, the ANC heaped praise on Zanu PF for allowing it to meet with the opposition and civil society groups in future — a decision which…
SUSPENDED Zesa Holdings(Zesa) executive chairperson Sydney Gata, has bounced back at the power utility after a directive from President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Daily News reports. This comes after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) cleared Gata of four out of six abuse of office allegations he was facing when he was suspended with his entire board…
THE United Nations (UN) and other health development partners, including the World Bank and World Health Organisation (WHO), have expressed hope over Vice President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga’s new health restructuring strategy, saying this could lead to the recovery of the sector. This comes as the country’s health sector has been bedevilled by…
POVERTY has reached unprecedented levels in Zimbabwe, with more than 76 percent of children in rural areas living in abject poverty, a Unicef study has said. This comes as the World Food Programme (WFP) Zimbabwe recently appealed for US$250 million to boost food assistance in the country, warning that 8,6 million people would be facing…
THE late Harare businessman, biker and socialite Shingi Mukandi’s killer, Alfred Machipisa, has been sent to prison to serve a three-year jail term for culpable homicide. Machipisa lost an appeal at the High Court after it upheld the decision of the lower court. He absconded court and had to be issued with a warrant of…
