©️ AS THE deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) sweeps across the globe with confirmed cases in Zimbabwe, Western countries like the United States are preparing to evacuate their citizens who are stuck in the country, the Daily News can report. This comes as the Zimbabwe government has taken a raft of measures in order to combat the…
IN AN unprecedented development, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, and his ministers held their weekly Cabinet meeting in a tent at State House yesterday, after it emerged that the late broadcaster Zororo Makamba visited the president’s Harare city centre offices last week, the Daily News reports. This came as petrified staff at the Ministry of Finance’s…
©️ BROADCASTER Zororo Makamba — who became the first publicly known person in the country this week to succumb to coronavirus — was buried at the family’s farm yesterday, just outside Harare, the Daily News reports. The talented television personality — who was the youngest son of telecommunications tycoon and former broadcaster James Makamba —…
©️ DARK clouds are hanging over Zimbabwe following stunning revelations by the family of the late Zororo Makamba, the first Covid-19 victim, that the country’s health sector is ill-prepared to deal with the pandemic. Zororo, who died on Monday, was the son of businessman James Makamba. After his death, his brother Tawanda revealed in heart-wrenching…
©️ ZIMBABWE yesterday recorded its third case of the deadly coronavirus after one of the people who came into contact with the late Zororo Makamba, who died of the disease on Monday, tested positive for the virus. The Health and Child Care ministry yesterday said that one person out of the 15 individuals who presented…
©️ ZIMBABWE yesterday received its first batch of Covid-19 protective supplies to assist the nation fight against the killer virus that has claimed thousands of lives globally. This comes after a cargo flight containing more than six million medical items arrived in Ethiopia’s capital on Sunday for distribution to all African countries, courtesy of Chinese…
Sindiso Mhlophe and Fungi Kwaramba ZIMBABWE yesterday recorded its first known death from the lethal coronavirus — amid a continuing lack of public vigilance regarding the disease, and fresh doubts about the country’s capacity to deal with the global pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as it was confirmed yesterday that prominent broadcaster Zororo Makamba, 30,…
BELOW is a full statement made to the Daily News by the late Zororo Makamba’s family after he became the first Zimbabwean to succumb to coronavirus at Wilkins Hospital in Harare yesterday. Zororo was the son of business mogul and Zanu PF politician James Makamba. Family spokesperson Tawanda Makamba, elder brother to Zororo, spoke to…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last night closed the country’s borders to human traffic and banned all recreational activities as his government intensifies the fight against the spread of coronavirus. This comes after media personality and son of prominent businessman James Makamba, Zororo, died yesterday at Wilkins Hospital of the lethal virus. He was one of the…
DOCTORS have warned that they will not attend to coronavirus patients unless authorities supply them with protective clothing and the necessary equipment, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded its first known death from the lethal virus after talented broadcaster Zororo Makamba succumbed to the disease at Wilkins Hospital yesterday. Zororo, 30,…
