National Ports Authority imminent

Zimbabwe will expedite the establishment of the National Ports Authority to take over the management of its ports of entry and exit, a Cabinet minister has said.

Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said this was long overdue.

Zim records fifth Covid-19 death after 58 days

Patrick Chitumba/Munyaradzi Musiiwa, Midlands Bureau A woman who tested positive to Covid-19 died on Friday in Gweru, bringing the number of deaths due to the disease in the country to…

Same frog now in lipstick

IN more ways than one, courting love is similar to stalking prey.

Although motivated by different designs, courting and stalking essentially entail stealthily winning an advantage in order to either capture a love interest or prey.

‘Do away with life membership’: Highlanders fans call for remodelling of club structures

Mehluli Sibanda, Senior Sports Reporter HIGHLANDERS have been urged to remodel their membership so as to harness more revenue at a time the club is struggling even more financially. The…

Masiyiwa in massive Covid-19 resource mobilisation

The recently-appointed African Union Special Envoy in charge of Coordinating the Continent’s Private Sector Initiative to Procure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other essential supplies during the Covid-19 pandemic, Mr Strive Masiyiwa, says Zimbabwe has not been left behind in the campaign to mitigate the effects of coronavirus.

No room for conflict in this age

We publish extracts from an article by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the 75th Anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War.

Bulawayo water killer disease identified

Vusumuzi Dube, Senior Municipal Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council has identified the disease which has killed nine people in Luveve as a gastrointestinal disease but warned that it was incapacitated…

‘We are not a Zanu-PF project’ — MDC-T

Vusumuzi Dube, Senior Reporter OPPOSITION MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe has hit back at its detractors who are alleging that the formation was a Zanu-PF project noting that those…

Africa: Unsung hero in fight against Covid-19

TWO months ago, when the peak of the pandemic passed in China and moved to the United States of America and Western Europe, epidemiologists tried to predict where Covid-19 would hit next.

Many thought Africa would become the next high-risk area, but when Covid-19 eventually arrived on the continent, most of the dire predictions were way off.

Letting the guard down in a deadly duel

Wearing a face mask or face coverings in most, if not all, high-density suburbs is considered unfashionable.

Instead, on rare occasions that the masks are used — often incorrectly — they are regarded as a passport to gain entry into supermarkets and to access the services of retailers that insist on recommended health guidelines.

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