AUTHORITIES could be forced to re-introduce a tough national lockdown to prevent a second wave of the lethal coronavirus in the country, the Daily News reports. This comes as health experts — alarmed by the rising numbers of new coronavirus infections in the country — have implored authorities to do more to prevent a second…
THE government has gazetted an extradition treaty it signed with Russia last year to allow the two countries to bring back criminals to face justice in their respective jurisdictions, the Daily News reports. According to the Government Gazette published at the weekend, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo gave notice of the treaty. “Each party undertakes…
THREE Harare men, who allegedly went on a crime spree attacking security guards with catapults, vandalising mobile network operators’ base stations and stealing diesel and generator batteries across Harare since January, have been arrested. Fungai Chihuri, Edmore Mereki and Tafadzwa Mugwara are facing 12 counts of theft for allegedly stealing diesel and batteries from base…
THE Zimbabwe Presidential and National Scholarship Office has disowned an advertisement for educational scholarships circulating on social media. Last week, a fake advert was circulated on social media inviting prospective applicants to apply for the presidential scholarship scheme. It had a cellphone number through which applications were required to send mobile money as processing fees….
ALUMINIUM Metal Industries (Almin), the country’s leading player in the field of manufacturing and marketing of aluminium profiles, has been praised by the Industry and Commerce ministry for raising Zimbabwe’s flag in the Sadc region. Speaking at the opening of Almin’s new branch in Graniteside, Harare, an Industry and Commerce ministry official, Netai Loice Magade,…
THE US faces a huge task in reversing a culture of “crazy conspiracy theories” that have exacerbated divides in the country, Barack Obama says. In a BBC interview, the former president says the US is more sharply split than even four years ago, when Donald Trump won the presidency. And Mr Obama suggests Joe…
CHILDREN searching for content relating to depression and self-harm can be exposed to more of it by the recommendation engines built in to social networks. Sophie Parkinson was just 13 when she took her own life. She had depression and suicidal thoughts. Her mother, Ruth Moss, believes Sophie eventually took her own life because of…
PRESIDENT -elect Joe Biden on Monday will focus on reviving a pandemic-battered U.S. economy as he prepares to take office, as outgoing President Donald Trump promised more lawsuits of the type that so far have failed to alter his election defeat. With the number of coronavirus cases surging across the country, Biden will receive…
A LABORATORY scientist has been nabbed on allegations of selling Covid-19 test kits believed to have been stolen from Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals. Kurai Charo, 30, has been hauled before the courts on allegations of theft. He was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga. He was…
PRIME Minister Boris Johnson said he was perfectly well after coming into contact with someone with COVID-19 and will drive the government forward via Zoom while he self-isolates for two weeks in Downing Street. Johnson’s latest brush with COVID comes after a tumultuous week in which his most senior adviser, arch Brexiteer Dominic Cummings, was…
