adminJack Ma despatches ventilators, PPEs
Chinese billionaire Mr Jack Ma has despatched a second consignment of medical supplies to help Africa fight the novel coronavirus.
St Anne’s Hospital seals coronavirus response centre deal
St Anne’s Hospital in Harare, will be a Covid-19 response centre for at least three months following an agreement on Saturday between the Catholic Sisters of the Little Company of Mary (LCM), the owners of the hospital and the trustees of Solidarity Trust Zimbabwe.
Justice: Overhauling colonial laws for the common good
Elliot Ziwira Senior Writer Independence in April 1980 brought more than legality to the people of Zimbabwe, but social justice; and parliamentarism where the voice of one is the voice…
British PM in intensive care
LONDON. — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was last night moved to the intensive care after his Covid-19 symptoms “worsened”, Downing Street has said.
Editorial Comment: Yes, we can achieve wheat surplus
An ambitious, but potentially achievable target of a wheat harvest of 415 000 tonnes was set last week, giving Zimbabwe for the first time ever self-sufficiency with perhaps a small…
Govt committed to finish stadia renovations on time
DESPITE progress being affected by the national lockdown, Government has assured the nation it’s expecting to meet the June deadline for football stadia renovations.
Cops accused of soliciting Covid-19 bribes
Victor Maphosa Herald Correspondent There have been unconfirmed reports of police officers soliciting bribes at check points while controlling movement during the Covid-19 lockdown. In a tweet, Permanent Secretary for the…
Police deploy to green markets
Victor Maphosa Herald Correspondent Police are deploying to the re-opened farmers and produce markets to ensure orderly marketing and enforce rules on social distancing after 2 191 people were arrested…
What goes on inside Zimbabwe’s only approved Covid-19 testing laboratory
Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter Zimbabwe’s only approved Covid-19 testing laboratory, the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory (NMRL), can test more than 400 samples a day and has scope to do…
Harare starts fixing boreholes
Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter Harare City Council has started repairing pumps and other equipment at its malfunctioning public boreholes in compliance with a High Court ruling ordering it to…