THE Zimbabwe senior men’s football team go into this evening’s crucial Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier in Francistown as favourites as the home team comprising mainly locally-based players has missed game time for a very long period. A few days backs the Warriors found themselves in a similar situation after their legion of foreign-based…
AS the Easter holidays draw closer, the country should expects an increase in both human and vehicular traffic. The increase in movement, coupled with the traditional church festivities, pose a perilous risk for further transmission of Covid-19 in the country. Health authorities’ decision to strengthen surveillance, case management, and risk communication and community engagement in…
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says the broadband gap between the urban and rural areas is more evident and is an obstacle towards the implementation of programmes such as e-learning at national level. In a 2020 annual sector performance report, Potraz director general Gift Machengete said the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed…
ZIMBABWE is sliding down the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) index due to missed targets on access to clean water, sanitation, affordable clean energy, sustainable cities and communities and zero hunger, the latest SDG report shows. The United Nations’ (UN) 17 SDGs aim to achieve decent lives for all on a healthy planet by 2030….
DELTA Beverages has appointed Matlhogonolo Valela, to replace Pearson Gowero, who is stepping down on retirement, as chief executive and director of the company at the end of June this year. Gowero exits the beverage maker on a high note, following the purchase of a stake of Mutare Bottling Company to expand Delta’s footprint and…
BUSINESSMAN Felix Munyaradzi, who is facing obstruction of justice allegations, has been denied bail by a Harare magistrate. Munyaradzi is accused of interfering with a witness, police commissioner Erasmus Makodza, in another case by sending emissaries to convince him to have an out-of-court settlement. Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti- Guuriro yesterday ruled that the State’s fears…
… as opinion makers lead by example on vaccines THERE is growing convergence among key opinion makers on the necessity, safety and efficacy of available coronavirus vaccines, with the opposition joining President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday in taking the jabs. Among those who took Covid-19 shots yesterday was opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora — who took the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the government could easily circumvent economic sanctions imposed on Harare by the West if the country makes use of its highly-skilled human capital to foster economic development. This comes as the country is reeling under embargoes imposed by the United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union on…
The buyer of Twitter’s first ever tweet by its founder Jack Dorsey for $2.9m (£2.1m) sees it as a wise investment. “It’s a piece of human history in the form of a digital asset. Who knows what will be the price of the first tweet of human history 50 years from now,” Malaysia-based Sina Estavi…
The chairman of South Africa’s Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 (MAC), Professor Salim Abdool Karim, stepped down on Thursday, the health ministry said, following a meeting of the body to mark the first anniversary of its formation. Professor Marian Jacobs, previously co-chair of the advisory body, will take up the role temporarily, the ministry said….
