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Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw VARIOUS stakeholders have called on the government to design a comprehensive strategy which will see Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operating as the government moves to tighten the national lockdown, owing to the increasing coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. This comes as the country’s confirmed cases have reached 1 064, with…

THE Zimbabwe dollar continues to tumble, falling from $65,87 to the US dollar to $68,89 to the US dollar on the third week of the foreign currency auction introduced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. As for yesterday, bids amounted to US$18,7 million, while US$15,9 million was made available. The lowest bid was $40 Zimbabwe…

FORMER Zanu PF Hurungwe West MP and businessman Keith Guzah has died. He died at his Harare home after a short illness. Guzah is a past president of the Affirmative Action Group (AAG), an indigenous business lobby group. He was also the deputy director of the National Business Council of Zimbabwe at the time of…

Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw   BUSINESSMAN and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa has urged people to wear masks in the fight to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus. This comes at a time the World Health Organisation (WHO) has indicated that wearing masks in public places could provide “a barrier for potentially infectious droplets” “By…

Onward Gangata in GWERU   THERE was drama yesterday afternoon at one coronavirus (Covid-19) isolation centre in Gweru after patients demonstrated over deplorable living conditions at the centre, the Daily News reports. Business came to a standstill at Mkoba Clinic, which is being used as one of the isolation centres in the Midlands Province, as…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw   DEPUTY Health minister John Mangwiro has revealed that government is set to intensify its coronavirus (Covid-19) testing within communities as the country’s confirmed cases have surpassed the 1 000 mark. This comes as a shipment of 30 000 critically needed Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing kits used for…