©️ SOUTH Africa (SA)says it will deploy soldiers and also step up surveillance measures — including setting up alarms along the Beitbridge border to ensure that Zimbabweans do not cross into its territory during the fight against the deadly coronavirus, the Daily News can report. This comes as the SA has, just like most African…
©️ WOMEN’s organisations — Musasa Project and the Anti-Domestic Violence Council of Zimbabwe (ADVCZ) have called on the government to declare gender response services as essential as cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) continue increasing during the country’s lockdown period. This comes as women’s organisations have recorded over 764 cases of GBV since the beginning of…
MASVINGO City Council has relaxed water rationing in the city to ensure residents and businesses have access to the precious liquid during the ongoing 21-day national lockdown aimed at fighting the spread of coronavirus. Residents used to receive water two days a week for two hours only, resulting in them spending hours in borehole queues…
ZIMBABWE and the rest of the world are currently battling the coronavirus pandemic and EcoCash has moved to remove all processing fees for cash transfers designated as Covid-19 relief, to enable the government, non-governmental organisations (NGO)s and any other relief organisations to freely give support to vulnerable groups and communities at no extra cost for…
TRANSPARENCY International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has taken the government to task, demanding the release of the distribution matrix of Covid-19 donations that have been received by the country since the outbreak of the pandemic. This comes as doctors have taken government to court over its failure to provide them as frontline health practitioners of the Covid-19…
A HIGHFIELD woman appeared in court after she was busted immediately after she allegedly committed an abortion. The court heard that when police officers arrived at the scene, Memory Manhongo, 25, had just wrapped the foetus in a cloth and sat helplessly on her bed in a one-room apartment she rented in Highfield, Harare. She…
©️ DETHRONED popular Ntabazinduna traditional leader Chief Felix Ndiweni has lashed out at the government over what he termed “lack of its preparedness” in the face of the deadly coronavirus. The outspoken Ndiweni, who recently returned from the United Kingdom following the death of his mother, said government had failed to put civil contingence plans…
©️ DOCTORS have warned that positive cases of the deadly coronavirus in the country are set to rise sharply in the final days of the current lockdown, as the disease will have blossomed locally by then, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government has admitted it has not done enough so far to…
©️ THE Chinese government says that it does not condone acts of discrimination and xenophobia against foreign nationals living in the East Asian country. This comes as there have been reports of unfair treatment of Africans in parts of China, following recent new measures adopted by Beijing to avoid a new spurt of coronavirus cases…
©️ POLICE yesterday warned illegal foreign currency dealers who are breaking the lockdown rules. This comes as illegal foreign currency dealers have gone into hiding and they are operating in underground habitats. In a statement, the police said there was an increase of illegal money changers despite the lockdown. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police has noted…
