adminInspiring role of nurses, midwives on Covid-19 frontline
To be a nurse and a midwife means to be of service no matter the circumstances. Nurses and midwives in Zimbabwe are not just health workers, they are mothers, sisters and leaders in their communities.
Measures underway to improve power supplies
Power supplies are expected to improve in the next few days, as a number of measures are being implemented to restore normal generation at Hwange Thermal Power Station.
Zim’s Cape Town consulate reopens
The Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town will reopen for more services on Monday after having suspended other operations at the beginning of the lockdown in South Africa.
Top truckers’ champion
Growing up in St Mary’s Chitungwiza, Tsitsi Khosa developed a passion for fixing cars.
Fake lifestyles, competition fuel stress-related deaths
Between December 2019 and March 2020, over 50 Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom (UK) died of stress-related illnesses, and this has become a cause for concern.
Addressing gaps in orientation
A considerable number of students have faced difficulties in adjusting to university life even after going through orientation programmes offered at their respective institutions of higher learning.
Fuel prices reviewed
Fuel prices have been adjusted slightly upwards to $97,93c for petrol and $83,36 for diesel, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) announced last night, while US dollar maximum prices have been reduced to US1,18 for petrol and US$1,04 for diesel.
Mysterious jumbo deaths back under international spotlight
First it was Botswana that reported the mysterious death of hundreds of elephants at the country’s famed Okavango Delta in May this year. Zimbabwe, too, has now reported the mysterious death of at least 22 elephants (as at September 2, 2020) whose carcasses were discovered recently in the Pandamasue forest tucked between Hwange and Victoria Falls town. Sifelani Tsiko (ST), our Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor speaks to Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) spokesperson Tinashe Farawo (TF) to get an insight into the crisis which has come under international spotlight.
Researchers identify proteins that prevent COVID-19 transmission through the placenta
Researchers from Boston Medical Center’s Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases have identified properties in placenta tissue that may play an important role in preventing the transmission of COVID-19 from a mother with the virus to her fetus.
Unsuspecting homeseeker loses US$32 000 in stand scam
Two Chitungwiza men yesterday appeared in court on allegations of defrauding an unsuspecting home-seeker of US$32 000 by using fake identity cards to sell a Mandara stand they do not own.