THE government should urgently channel resources gathered from mining royalties to capacitate artisanal and small scale miners with the necessary personal protective clothing to help in the fight against the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19), the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) has said. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded four deaths out of its 34 confirmed cases…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITERS ©️ POLICE have confirmed that starting from today they will be “enforcing the law”, including arresting those found in public places without wearing face masks — in a move which could prove highly contentious as Zimbabwe steps up its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. This comes as the…
©️ THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) yesterday challenged the government to also defer the payment of property rates, water and electricity charges in the country to further cushion long-suffering citizens during the current coronavirus lockdown, the Daily News reports. This comes after the promulgation of a new law last week — Statutory Instrument (SI)…
©️ VENDORS Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VICET) director Samuel Wadzai yesterday slammed the government for failing to come up with a relief strategy for the informal sector when it relaxed lockdown measures. “It is really saddening that we were left out despite the fact that we contribute more to the economy now than…
©️ THORNGROVE Infectious Diseases Hospital, the city’s main isolation centre, still has no Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and a ventilator, critical in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19), Mayor Solomon Mguni has said. In a weekly update outlining the activities the City of Bulawayo is undertaking to tackle Covid-19, Mguni said Bulawayo continued to face a…
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi says Botswana is ambushing the government by deporting Zimbabweans without giving prior notice, a development posing a challenge regarding quarantining them, the Daily News reports. Speaking after touring isolation and quarantine centres in Plumtree at the weekend, Mohadi, who is the national chairperson of the ministerial taskforce on coronavirus (Covid-19), expressed concern…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa extended the national coronavirus lockdown by another two weeks on Friday. The Daily News on Sunday journalists Vasco Chaya and Annie Mpalume went into the streets of Harare to find out what people are saying about the extension of the lockdown, a measure taken to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus…
PREGNANT women are now struggling to access health facilities as public transport has become scarce during the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown, forcing many of them to walk long distances to access prenatal care. In urban areas and because of the current lockdown, pregnant women have missed their check-ups and prenatal care while those who had booked…
DOCTORS have urged the government to work on improving the turnaround time of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test results for coronavirus (Covid-19) which they say is way too long. PCR tests are being done to check for the presence of Covid-19 in human beings. So far in Zimbabwe results have been taking between two and…
AMID a proliferation of money laundering and illicit foreign currency dealings on the black market, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Friday directed banks to freeze over 100 accounts linked to mobile money transfer platforms that are suspected to be at the heart of the illegal practices. This comes as the apex bank, through…
