adminZim to get 5m doses from AU facility
Zimbabwe should soon start receiving initial shipments of its 5 million share of the 400 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine secured for Africa by the African Union (AU), the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef).
4 armed robbers from SA injured in police shootout
FOUR habitual armed robbers operating from South Africa and strongly suspected of being behind a spate of robberies in Zimbabwe targeting cash were on Wednesday night seriously injured following a shootout with a police crack team after being cornered in Harare’s Highfield suburb.
State universities impress Auditor-General
Auditor-General Mrs Mildred Chiri has commended State universities for appropriately utilising funds disbursed to them for Covid-19 research, saying most of them have accounted for the money used for the production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs).
ZDF intensifies community support
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) continues with its special community programmes across the country, the traditional early August prelude to Defence Forces Day, and its members were in Mashonaland East, Mashonaland Central and Mashonaland West provinces yesterday.
‘VP Msika was a fearless leader’
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has described the late national hero and former Vice President Joseph Wilfred Msika as an illustrious and fearless founding nationalist who stood firm and strong in the defence of Zimbabwe until his last breath.
‘Some schools ready to open’
THE Government is working with relevant stakeholders to ensure a safe re-opening of schools and some school heads have since indicated they are ready to open since measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of learners.
Additional directors for parastatals
THE additional names of board members for the Tobacco Research Board (TRB), Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB), Silo Food Industries and Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA), were announced yesterday.
Ramaphosa reshuffles Cabinet
President Cyril Ramaphosa last night announced a Cabinet reshuffle after much pressure to reassess his executive members after a number of scandals.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Roads programme critical for businesses
When we celebrate the $17,5 billion our farmers have already received for the grain they have delivered, with quite a few more billion still to come, we need to remember the people who made this possible.
Forex earnings defy Covid-19
ZIMBABWE’s foreign currency earnings defied the disruptive negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic to register a 29 percent growth to US$4 billion in the first six months of this year, compared to US$3,12 billion achieved in the same period last year, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) said yesterday.