Man’s pants burnt as power bank explodes in his pocket
Twenty-nine-year-old Lwando Mashiamahle was waiting for his girlfriend who was queueing to buy a plane ticket at OR Tambo International Airport when the power bank in his pocket overheated and…
Carrying the load: The weight of women’s work in the DRC
With her arms raised above her head, she grips the rope and leans forward to keep the basket full of heavy stones tethered behind her back. Beside her, the other…
Congolese president says army spy chief died by hanging
KINSHASA — Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said the death of the country’s top army spy last month was apparently due to hanging, but he did not spell out whether the…
China quarantine hotel collapse kills 10
Ten people have died and 23 remain trapped under the rubble of a collapsed hotel building that was used to quarantine people under observation for the coronavirus in the Chinese…
Italy quarantines almost 16m over coronavirus fears
Rome (Italy) — Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has ordered the lockdown of the country’s northern region of Lombardy and 14 provinces in an attempt to halt the spread of…
Another suspected Zim case of Coronavirus quarantined in Harare
Government has isolated another suspected case of Coronavirus who presented herself first at a general practitioner before being referred to Wilkins Infectious Disease Hospital.
Govt moves to clean anomalies on farms
INDIGENOUS farmers whose farms were appropriated by Government under the Fast-Track Land Reform Programme can now apply to repossess their land under new regulations gazetted on Friday.
Zim, UK step up re-engagement
Zimbabwe and Britain have begun laying the ground for formal political dialogue to normalise relations, it has been learnt.
Despite domesticating the European Union stance on Zimbabwe on February 20 this year — following its departure from the bloc on January 30 — Britain has reportedly been making high-level overtures designed to replicate the Zim-EU dialogue platform at a “more individual country” level.
We can fight coronavirus
The Novel Coronavirus is no longer a mirage or a far-fetched disease happening elsewhere. It has now become a reality at our doorstep following the two people who tested positive in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces a few days ago.
‘No Zim national infected with COVID-19 in China’
GOVERNMENT says it has not received reports of any Zimbabweans infected by the coronavirus among the 300 nationals studying and working in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of the virus.
In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade urged calm on the part of all concerned, particularly as there are indications that the situation may have begun to turn for the better.











