‘Wash face masks before dumping them’
Individuals disposing of either face masks or gloves used for Covid-19 prevention are now expected to wash and shred the materials before dumping them as non-recyclable litter, as they are now classified as “hazardous waste”.
Medical institutions will also dispose any waste generated during the screening, treatment or handling of Covid-19 cases on-site.
Fuel crisis. . . enter the new kings
DESPITE being dressed to kill in the latest addition to my modest wardrobe, thanks to a caring sister overseas, I was chased like a mad dog from a city filling station.
‘Why I care about Rhodes’
The toppling of Edward Colston’s statue certainly made for a dramatic scene.
The frantic energy of large crowds cheering while the statue plunged into the river in Bristol signalled the release of pent-up tension accumulated during a pandemic and widespread anti-racism protests.
Food-for-work initiative keeps Vic Falls clean
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter WELL-WISHERS in Victoria Falls have come up with a food-for-work initiative where people affected by Covid-19 volunteer to clean around the town before getting a…
ZC appreciative of India’s tour postponement reasons
Mehluli Sibanda, Senior Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) director of cricket, Hamilton Masakadza has said they fully understand India’s decision to put on hold their scheduled visit to the country…
Coping with depression
WHEN you are depressed, you cannot just will yourself to “snap out of it”.
But there are steps that you can take to recover from it.
Boka to open auction floors in Mvurwi
Boka Tobacco Floors will open another auction floor in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central, as efforts to decentralise marketing of the cash crop gather momentum.
Already, Boka, which owns the largest auction floor in the country, runs buying facilities in Rusape and Karoi.
Zimpapers Covid-19 campaign to benefit the vulnerable
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday News Reporter THE Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited Group Covid-19 campaign, which was launched at the end of last month, will target the vulnerable, with contributions accepted in…
A tale of forgotten Gems
AFTER an impressive debut at last year’s Vitality Netball World Cup in Liverpool, England, Zimbabwe’s Gems would ordinarily still be enjoying their celebrity status.
At their maiden dance at the global netball show-piece in July last year, the Gems managed an impressive eighth-place finish and had many people eating out of the palm of their hands.
Binga irrigation scheme to plant first crop
Vusumuzi Dube in Binga, Senior Reporter THE Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation scheme in Binga will next month have its first crop planted, 16 years since the inception of the scheme in…










