August 2021

AUTHORITIES announced the return of face-to-face schooling yesterday, with learners writing major examinations this year to start their lessons on Monday. The rest of the learners will start having their face-to-face classes on September 6. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the government’s assessment team was satisfied that schools could…

SENATORS say the government should capacitate the country’s health system as most hospitals and clinics are facing shortages of drugs and equipment to use. Zanu PF senator, Alice Chimbudzi, told the Senate on Tuesday that the government must allocate more money to the Health ministry in order to improve the situation in health institutions. “Disturbed…

ZAMBIA’S newly-elected president, Hakainde Hichilema, was sworn into office yesterday after pulling off a stunning victory over his predecessor Edgar Lungu — raising fresh hopes that this heralded a new dawn for the country. Speaking during his swearing-in ceremony in Lusaka, Hichilema pledged to respect the sovereignty of neighbouring countries, which he said should be…

ZIMBABWE yesterday received another one million doses of the SinoVac vaccines from China as the country pursues its target to inoculate 10 million citizens in order to reach herd immunity against the Covid-19 pandemic by year-end.  The doses arrived at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport aboard an Ethiopian Airways plane.  National chief Covid-19 coordinator…

ZIMBABWE’S most-decorated footballer, George Shaya, died in Harare early yesterday morning after battling illness for many years. Despite his unmatched contribution to the beautiful game in the country, having been crowned Soccer Star of the Year a record five times, the Mastermind — as Shaya was popularly known by his legion of fans — passed…