TEACHERS have appealed to the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) to postpone examination registration to avoid the spread of the deadly coronavirus when headmasters travel to provincial and district centres to submit the required papers. Deadlines for payment of examination fees are March 30, 2020 for the June examinations and April 9, 2020 for the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, last night announced that the country would go on a 21-day total shutdown as part of measures to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) which has so far killed one Zimbabwean, the Daily News reports. Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa immediately welcomed the lockdown, saying it was “necessary, wise and…
HARARE municipal police were given temporary arresting powers through the SI 77 of 2020 as the fight against Covid-19 intensifies in the country with local authorities shutting down vending markets as a way to decongest and curb the spread of the deadly virus. Statutory Instrument (SI) 77 of 2020 authorises any local authority to…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday gazetted conditions of a presidential pardon that is meant to benefit thousands of prisoners across the country as government moves to decongest prisons. This comes after Cabinet recently approved a proposal to have a general amnesty to decongest the country’s prisons, which currently house 22 000 prisoners against a carrying capacity…
CIVIL society organisations, the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (Nango) and Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) have shut their offices down as they intensify efforts to help contain the spread of coronavirus in the country. This comes as some financial institutions have shut some of their branches across the country, while others have…
©️ IN A surprise announcement last night, the government said the public is now free to use foreign currency openly to pay for goods and services in the country as part of combating the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), the Daily News reports. At the same time, authorities also suspended Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s recently introduced…
AS THE country struggles to deal with the deadly coronavirus at home, the government has now also been forced to rescue 107 Zimbabweans who are being detained by Tanzanian authorities in Dar es Salaam over the pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as medical doctors and nurses have gone on strike over the lack…
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with the global community battling the virus, EcoSure has announced plans to immediately support the country’s national health delivery system by equipping frontline medical staff with protective personal equipment (PPE). Adding to that, Ecosure has also pledged to providing them with life and health insurance and offering them safe transport to…
VENDORS have called on the government to set up social security nets that will ensure that they are able to meet their daily needs as local authorities are pushing for the closure of informal markets in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus. This comes as local authorities in partnership with the government…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) yesterday said it was probing circumstances which led to the death of prominent broadcaster Zororo Makamba who succumbed to coronavirus at Wilkins Hospital this week. This comes as the young broadcaster’s death — whose heart-wrenching testimony by his family was exclusively carried by the Daily News — has jerked the government to…
