THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has called on the government and the security forces to promote and protect human rights during the 21-day lockdown, which was imposed in a bid to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown, which began on Monday. Security…
THE Contact Centre Association of Zimbabwe (CCAZ) yesterday said adopting virtual call centres could save Zimbabwe’s call centre industry, which among other businesses, has been negatively impacted by the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as government announced a 21-day lockdown in a bid to curb the spread of the virus, which has resulted in…
CIVIL Society organisations, Shamwari Yemwanasikana and Trocaire Zimbabwe have called on the government to include a strategy on the security and safety of young girls from Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the country’s coronavirus (Covid-19) response initiatives. This comes as the government introduced measures, including a 21-day lockdown, to curb the spread of the deadly virus…
THE Combined Harare Residents Association (Chra) has taken the government and Harare City Council to court in an urgent application compelling the authorities to avail potable water in the face of Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown. In an urgent Chamber Application, Chra is seeking a relief order for the government and City of Harare to…
Vasco Chaya and Jeffrey Muvundusi STAFF WRITERS ©️ THE commendable discipline that Zimbabweans exhibited during the first two days of the coronavirus-induced national lockdown is slipping, the Daily News reports. This comes as police revealed yesterday that they had arrested 182 people for violating the tough laws that were introduced by authorities earlier this week…
©️ A NORTON family lost money and other valuables worth US$56 000 after armed robbers pounced on their home on March 29, police said. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) reported that the criminals are still at large. “On March 29 around 1830 hours, the complainants (five) were watching television…., one of the accused persons knocked…
©️ THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) yesterday released the first group of 1 680 prisoners who benefited under the presidential amnesty. Out of the targeted 5 000 inmates, 3 320 failed the amnesty test as they were convicted of serious offences and have not yet served at least half their sentences, as per…
©️ THERE was a mixture of anger and dejection within the leadership ranks of the MDC yesterday, after the Supreme Court upheld a 2019 High Court ruling which confirmed Thokozani Khupe as the legitimate interim leader of the party, the Daily News reports. In arriving at this decision, the Supreme Court immediately stripped Nelson Chamisa…
WORKERS have expressed dismay over the lack of seriousness on part of the government after it exempted more companies to operate during the 21-day lockdown meant to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). The government imposed the lockdown from March 30 to April 19, but the largest workers’ body — the Zimbabwe Congress…
THE CHINESE government has assisted 145 000 people in the country with food aid as efforts to minimise the effects of drought, the World Food Programme (WFP) Zimbabwe confirmed. The Chinese aid comes at a time when most of the attention is being given to the coronavirus (Covid-19) which has killed thousands of people across…
