Melissa Chatikobo AT LEAST 31 healthcare workers have succumbed to Covid-19 since the beginning of the year, the Health Services Board (HSB) has said. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded over 127 000 Covid-19 cases and over 4 500 deaths since the virus hit the country’s shores in March last year. A document released by…
Melissa Chatikobo THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) says electricity challenges are set to ease by month-end as repairs on one of the generators at Hwange Power Station are set to be complete by next Thursday. This comes as the country is facing a crippling power crisis, which saw the power company recently…
A LOCAL non-governmental organisation, the Community Water Alliance (CWA), says decentralisation of the informal market selling points is important in the fight…
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) commissioner-general Moses Chihobvu has urged his officers to shun corrupt activities and live within their means. Speaking during a promotion ceremony for over 2 000 officers yesterday, Chihobvu said prison officials are not only putting their individual reputations at risk by engaging in graft but that of the entire…
SIGNIFICANT challenges stand in the way of the MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa as it tries to stitch together a new opposition coalition ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 national elections. This comes as it has emerged that some of the parties that the faction is courting for the mooted new alliance — including Nkosana…
THE government remains optimistic that it will achieve its ambitious target of reaching herd immunity against Covid-19 by year-end despite a low vaccine uptake by Zimbabweans. This comes as health experts have warned that the country is in danger of missing the 10 million mark which authorities believe will see the country achieve herd immunity….
A SECURITY guard who allegedly shot a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) conductor in Dzivaresekwa, Harare, has been slapped with more charges of theft and deliberate discharge of a firearm in a public place. Campion Marowa, who appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi yesterday, will be back in court next Monday for his statement confirmation….
ZIMBABWE is grappling with a critical shortage of educators with some learning institutions having to be manned by a single teacher, a government official has said. Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo, pictured, told Parliament on Wednesday that the government was dealing with the matter, while responding to Zanu PF MP for Rushinga,…
THE trial of Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is accused of bribing former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) boss Stanley Kazhanje to award his company a tender for the Gwanda Solar Project, continued yesterday with the first State witness taking to the stand. Chivayo and his company Intratek have since denied the allegations of bribing Kazhanje,…
MASVINGO Provincial Affairs minister Ezra Chadzamira, pictured, is feeling the heat, as Zanu PF’s ugly factional wars in the region get more…
