Fungi Kwaramba and Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITERS ©️ FEARFUL Zimbabweans who are reeling from the country’s worsening coronavirus menace now also have to contend with a major strike by medical doctors and nurses — all this coming at a time Zimbabwe’s healthcare system has collapsed, the Daily News reports. The strike also comes as the…
©️ PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a partial shutdown of the government effective from tomorrow, as authorities continue to take drastic action to mitigate the spread of the lethal coronavirus, the Daily News reports. This comes after the death of prominent broadcaster Zororo Makamba on Monday — who was one of three known Zimbabweans who…
Caroline Chiimba, Jeffrey Muvundusi and Bernard Chiketo STAFF WRITERS LOCAL authorities are pushing for the closure of informal markets to curb the spread of coronavirus which has claimed one from the three confirmed cases recorded so far in Zimbabwe. This comes as the killer virus has ravaged the world, forcing governments to enforce lockdowns as…
Caroline Chiimba and Bernard Chiketo COMPANIES continue to close, while banks are opting for temporary closure of some branches as part of measures to mitigate against the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) which is ravaging the world. In public notices to clients, financial institutions including CBZ, First Capital Bank, Stanbic and Old Mutual outlined bold steps…
©️ 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…
