SCORES of Zimbabweans who were detained in Tanzania over coronavirus (Covid-19) arrived in the country on Saturday after government intervention, the Daily News can report. The 107 Zimbabweans who had travelled to the East African country early last week aboard Air Zimbabwe, met horror upon landing at the airport when they were ordered to go…
STAFF WRITERS ©️ THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Harare municipal police officers engaged in running battles with vendors and scores of people who sought to defy the government’s call to stay at home as the country entered its second day of a 21-day lockdown aimed at curtailing the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19)….
A SHOWDOWN is looming between the government and its workers after the Labour ministry gazetted Statutory Instrument 81 of 2020, which pegged the minimum wage at an equivalent amount of US$100. Workers have been demanding a minimum wage equivalent to US$200 through the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). Peter Mutasa, the ZCTU president, said they…
THE Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association (Zela) has bemoaned lack of personal protective clothing and information on the deadly coronavirus among small-scale and artisanal miners, saying it exposes them to the risk of contracting and spreading the disease to others. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a 21-day lockdown in efforts to curb the spread…
©️ THE government will shortly embark on an aggressive national testing for the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19), as authorities step up the fight against the global pandemic, the Daily News can reveal. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded its eighth case of people who have tested positive for the virus — as the country enters its…
©️ THE government has cleared its US$33 million debt owed to South Africa’s Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, raising the country’s opportunities to negotiate for additional supplies, an official has said. This comes as the Zesa Holdings (Zesa) was struggling to settle arrears it owes power producers in South Africa and Mozambique. Outgoing Eskom spokesperson Dikatso…
©️ Government is in a dilemma whether to delay the registration of school examinations saying the delaying of registration will mean that the November examination will be written in November 2021. The deadline for payment of examination fees for June was yesterday March 30 and April 9, 2020 for the November examinations. Speaking…
©️ THE government is set to produce a live geo-tracking system to track the movements and contacts of individuals who will test positive to the deadly coronavirus pandemic. This comes as Zimbabwe has started recording internal transfers of the virus. Speaking during a post Cabinet media briefing held in Harare yesterday, Health and Child Care…
©️ HOPES are high that the coronavirus pandemic will not hit the country too badly after Zimbabweans heeded the government’s call to stay at home yesterday, the first day of a 21-day national lockdown, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government also announced yesterday that it would channel revenue from the unpopular two…
©️ AS THE country steps up its fight against the deadly coronavirus, a leading physician has warned Zimbabweans to beware of fake face masks and testing kits. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday the founder of Trauma Centre in Harare, Vivek Solanki, also discouraged people against wearing masks unnecessarily — particularly as Zimbabwe was likely…
