Africa’s overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when COVID-19 hit the continent in February. The new coronavirus was already wreaking havoc in wealthy Asian and European nations, and a United Nations agency said in April that, even with social-distancing measures, the virus could kill 300,000…
Amnesty International says it has been forced to halt its India operations due to “reprisals” from the government. The watchdog has also accused the government of indulging in a “witch-hunt of human rights organisations”. Amnesty says its bank accounts have been frozen and it’s been forced to lay off staff in the country, and suspend…
A test that can diagnose Covid-19 in minutes will dramatically expand the capacity to detect cases in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The $5 (£3.80) test could transform tracking of Covid-19 in less wealthy countries, which have shortages of healthcare workers and laboratories. A deal with manufacturers will provide…
ZIMBABWE’S Warriors will now take on the Flames of Malawi in a friendly international in Blantyre next month, the Football Association Malawi (Fam) has announced. “The Flames will play friendly matches against Zambia and Zimbabwe during the Fifa International window next month. “The Flames will travel to Lusaka for the match against Zambia on October…
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC)’s hopes of convincing batsman Eddie Byrom, to play for the country of his birth instead of England appear to slipping away following his recent comments. The Somerset batsman revealed his ambition to play for England after making an eye-catching century against Essex in the Bob Willis Trophy final last week. Byrom, 23,…
TRIATHLON Zimbabwe (TZ) is delighted after they were granted permission to host a second event since the March 31 Covid-19 national lockdown. The 2020-21 TZ season was curtailed when the government invoked a nationwide lockdown in March and banned all sporting events from taking place as a precautionary measure. However, TZ were granted permission to…
SOCIALITE and philanthropist Felistas Edwards, popularly known as Mai Titi, has defended the act of helping or giving on camera, saying it promotes accountability, the Daily News reports. This comes after Mai Titi, who is also an accomplished actress and musician, was accused on social media of “helping” marginalised people to get media mileage. “When we document…
POPULAR real-time flight-tracking website Flightradar24 was hit by a cyber-attack that knocked out access to its services for hours. The attack is the third the company has suffered in two days, it said. Early attempts to restore the site failed, with “significant instability due to the sustained attacks”, it said. It did not say…
HARARE – Award winning gospel musician Togarepi Chivaviro is happy with the progress his son Tinashe has made in the music industry. This comes after Tinashe recently launched his second single Zvataitirwa Nenyasha. “I’m so happy about the young man. He is finding himself now. As for recording, I’m doing less and less as…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo based preacher Mduduzi Dube has extended his spiritual manhood locking to promiscuous pastors, prophets and apostles. Dube, also known as the Black Elisha, shot to fame early this year for locking adulterous men using spiritual padlocks. His actions were met with mixed feelings with many condemning them as ungodly and un-Christian. However,…
