©️ FINANCIAL services outfit, FBC Holdings Limited, at the weekend said it was temporarily shutting down five of its branches in Harare and Victoria Falls in an effort to control the spread of the Coronavirus. The epidemic, which started in China three months ago, has killed thousands of people across the world including a prominent…
©️ ECOSURE has announced plans to immediately support the country’s national health delivery system by equipping frontline medical staff with protective equipment as the country battles to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The innovative insurance solutions provider has also pledged to give medical workers life and health insurance in addition to safe transport to and from…
©️ THE government has exempted coal miners, critical in the generation of electricity, from the national lockdown that begins today. In a statement yesterday, Mines minister Winston Chitando said coal mining companies were exempt from the lockdown. “Notwithstanding the exemption, the companies are obliged to observe the key principles of the above order in fighting…
©️ A DAMNING forensic audit report by PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services has revealed that the rot at Zesa Holdings was caused by interference from former Energy ministers which disrupted the smooth running of the country’s power utility, the Daily News on Sunday can report. The report revealed that former ministers Elton Mangoma, Dzikamai Mavhaire and Samuel…
©️ THERE are fears that the 21-day national lockdown announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday night to fight the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country could hit poor Zimbabweans very hard. Experts and ordinary people who spoke to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday said as necessary as the lockdown is —…
©️ THE government is scrounging around for at least US$100 million to fight the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country, the Daily News on Sunday can reveal. This comes as the number of people who have been infected by the virus in Zimbabwe continues to rise, after the country recorded new cases —…
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have taken government to task on its state of preparedness, the number of health personnel who have been trained and measures that are being taken to track down people who arrived from high-risk nations and are possibly infected by coronavirus (Covid-19). In a letter to the minister of Health…
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…
Tendai Kamhungira and Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITERS THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Thursday night raided beer halls in Harare’s suburbs in enforcement of a government directive banning public gatherings of more than 50 people to mitigate the spread of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi, pictured, confirmed the development to the…
THE Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has appointed Munamato Mutevedzi as the new chief magistrate. Mutevedzi’s appointment is effective from March 27. He has been acting in the position for a year, doubling up as deputy secretary in charge of legal services in the JSC. JSC spokesperson Brian Nkiwane confirmed the appointment, but could not shed…
