THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (Mcaz) has created a platform which can be used by the public and health practitioners to report side effects of Covid-19 vaccines and other medicines. Zimbabwe launched its national Covid-19 inoculation programme in February after receiving SinoPharm and SinoVac doses from the Chinese government. When the pandemic broke out…
THE government says it is doing its level best to improve conditions in most rural schools through acquiring information technology gadgets (ICT) to bridge the digital gap with urban institutions. This comes as Covid-19 has brought to the fore the need for E-learning after Zimbabwean schools spent the better part of last year closed due…
A RENOWNED academic and political analyst has advised punch drunk MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to urgently rebrand and re-think his strategies if he is to salvage his waning local and international standing. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, Professor of World Politics at the University of London’s School of Oriental…
AUTHORITIES are stepping up the ante against graft, after unveiling new measures that will see all public officials — including Cabinet ministers, legislators and senior civil servants — taking an integrity pledge as part of the country’s efforts to fight corruption. The integrity pledge was adopted last week during a high profile national anti-corruption strategy…
POLICE have busted a drug cartel involving foreigners and locals with five people including two Brazil nationals having already been arrested. This comes as cocaine, crystal methamphetamine (mutoriro), Broncleer, and marijuana abuse has become prevalent among young people both in high-density and affluent suburbs. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the war on drug cartels…
THE family of late Transport minister, Joel Biggie Matiza has set sights on completing projects that were started by their patriarch in his home constituency of Murewa South. Matiza succumbed to Covid-19-related complications on January 22 this year and was buried at the National Heroes Acre at the height of the second wave of the pandemic. …
ZANU PF has moved to contain its recently reinstated but highly divisive district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) by enrolling their members at its school of ideology, in a bid to foster party unity ahead of the 2023 polls. This comes as the former liberation movement is once again riven with sharp divisions that are similar to…
AT LEAST 104 learners and staff at Sacred Heart School in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province, have tested positive for Covid-19 as the pandemic appears to be spreading among learning institutions. Since schools reopened mid last month, the country has recorded 50 confirmed new Covid-19 cases involving learners, educators and non-teaching staff at Prince Edward School…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THE government targets to produce 17 million pairs of shoes annually by 2030 under the Zimbabwe Leather Sector Strategy 2021-2030 that was launched here by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday. The strategy comes during a time when the leather sector has experienced a drastic drop in its produce from 17 million…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) could have lost over $1 billion in potential revenue in the last four months following the government’s delay in approving its supplementary budget. In September last year, the BCC proposed a $2,85 billion supplementary budget to hedge against inflation-induced rising costs of goods and services. The supplementary budget, expected to come…
