Sindiso Mhlope

THE Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association (Zela) has bemoaned lack of personal protective clothing and information on the deadly coronavirus among small-scale and artisanal miners, saying it exposes them to the risk of contracting and…

©️ THE government is set to produce a live geo-tracking system to track the movements and contacts of individuals who will test positive to the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

©️ PROMINENT businessman and politician James Makamba yesterday opened up for the first time about his son Zororo’s death, saying it has left a void which cannot be filled.

THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has called for calm and unity of purpose amid growing concerns and anxiety over the deadly coronavirus in the country.

THE 11-member inter-ministerial taskforce recently set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to help in the fight against the spread of the deadly coronavirus, has partnered with local universities as part of efforts to produce 30 tonnes of…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday gazetted conditions of a presidential pardon that is meant to benefit thousands of prisoners across the country as government moves to decongest prisons.

CIVIL society organisations, the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (Nango) and Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) have shut their offices down as they intensify efforts to help contain the spread of coronavirus…

VENDORS have called on the government to set up social security nets that will ensure that they are able to meet their daily needs as local authorities are pushing for the closure of informal markets in a bid to curb the spread of the…

THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has warned defiant churches that are ignoring the government’s directive to stop holding mass gatherings in light of the coronavirus pandemic, saying that they should take the call seriously to save…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday set up an 11-member inter-ministerial taskforce to deal with the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19).

©️ 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.

©️ 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.

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…

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.

THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, which first broke out in China's Wuhan Province in December and has since spread to over 150 countries, has had devastating effects across the globe.

CHINESE private companies in Zimbabwe have allocated US$500 000 for the refurbishment of the Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital, which houses an isolation facility for the handling of coronavirus (Covid-19) disease in Harare.

POLICE national spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed that three more suspected armed robbers were shot dead during a shoot-out with detectives on Thursday, bringing the total number of fatalities to five.

CIVIL society organisations Tag a Life International (Tali) and Every Child in School have called on the government to include home-based colleges on the list of schools set to benefit from subsidised examination fees.

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday came under fire for holding a mass gathering in Nyakomba Village in Nyanga, where he was commissioning a US$15 million pump house venture between Zimbabwe and Japan, barely 24 hours after banning…

THE United Kingdom (UK) will not bail out Zimbabwe until President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government embarks on comprehensive political and economic reforms, the Daily News reports.

TWO travellers who were in isolation at Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital in Harare over suspicions of having the coronavirus have tested negative, the Daily News reports.

DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri torched a storm at the weekend after she described the coronavirus pandemic as a punishment for western countries for imposing sanctions against members of the ruling Zanu PF party over human rights…

RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, pictured, says the country is yet to experience any negative consequences on the economy due to the effects of the deadly coronavirus.

PERMANENT secretary for the Health and Child Care ministry Agnes Mahomva has refuted claims that the government is hiding information on the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19).

THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) has said the recently gazetted Constitutional Amendment Bill should be rejected as it promotes secrecy, thereby increasing lack of transparency and accountability in the government’s use of…