Chigubhu gear accelerates fight against Covid-19
Tendai Gukutikwa Manicaland Bureau CHRISTENED the “chigubhu gear”, tip-taps have become a major tool in the fight against coronavirus, particularly at shopping centres in Makoni District where there is no…
Where to get your Covid-19 jab in Harare
Muchaneta Chimuka- Senior Reporter Do you want to get your first Covid-19 vaccination jab? Are you a resident of Harare and over the age of 18? Do you have a chronic…
AstraZeneca vaccine comes under further pressure in EU, UK
The embattled AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine came under further pressure on Wednesday, as the European Union’s medicines regulator found a possible link between the shot and rare cases of blood clots,…
COVID-19: Africa’s case-fatality ratio 2.7 percent …114,000 deaths recorded out of 4.3M confirmed cases, says Africa CDC
Addis Getachew Africa’s COVID-19 case-fatality ratio is 2.7 percent, more than the global average of 2.2 percent, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said…
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- April 9, 2021
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Zim needs US$2,5bn to dump forex auction
Zimbabwe will continue with the auction system as a primary platform for exchange rate discovery and trading of foreign currency for as long as it does not have sufficient reserves — at least USU2,5 billion — to cover six months of imports, a senior official has revealed.
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- April 9, 2021
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We are suffocating, decry exporters
Manufacturers want authorities to revert to a lower export earnings surrender threshold, arguing the prevailing liquidation level has suffocated exports and removed all incentives to export.
Hive of activity at vaccination centres
The national vaccination roll-out is gathering pace as the decentralised centres introduced by Government last week have started registering more activity and Zimbabwe now regularly vaccinating with the first dose over 13 000 people a day.
Days numbered for rogue cops protecting drug peddlers
SOME rogue police officers take bribes to protect peddlers of illegal drugs but police now want to take action and have asked the public to pass on to Police General Headquarters (PGHQ) any information helpful in apprehending the culprits.
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- April 9, 2021
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Boustead Beef demands $3,5bn from CSC
Boustead Beef, the British company that entered into an agreement with Government to revive Cold Storage Company (CSC), submitted over $3,5 billion in claims to the company at the first creditors meeting last week.
We’ll not accede to land transferability: Minister
Government will not accede to transferability of land because its ownership and farming are two distinctive items that should be separated, a Cabinet Minister has said.