adminCovid infections plateau, deaths peaking
Last week saw the rapid fall in daily Covid-19 infection rates since these peaked in the middle of December suddenly cease and convert into a plateau, not getting much worse, but no longer dropping, while death rates may have peaked towards the end of the week, although after the worst week so far in the present wave.
Tributes pour in for veteran US actress Betty White
Los Angeles. — Comedic actress Betty White, who capped a career of more than 80 years by becoming America’s geriatric sweetheart after Emmy-winning roles on television sitcoms The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, died on Friday, less than three weeks shy of her 100th birthday.
Covid-19: Tourism’s joys, sorrows of 2021
THE curtain has come down on 2021, but the scars may take long to heal for the tourism and hospitality, industry which continued to be battered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Diouf rallies Senegal ahead of AFCON
JOHANNESBURG. — Former Senegal star El Hadji Diouf has told the current national squad they will win the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time if they believe in themselves.
Refugee camp loses US$60 000
TWO armed robbers attacked six private security guards who were securing monthly allowances at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge, before they got away with over US$60 000 last week.
From Gwabalanda to Silicon Valley
RAISED by a single mother who worked as a maid, a young man from Gwabalanda suburb in Bulawayo found himself landing at one of the world’s top tech companies, Twitter.
Mutoya speaks on AUSC Region Five Games
AFRICAN Union Sports Council Region Five chief executive Stanley Mutoya has said the regional Youth Games held every two years should not be viewed as an event but part of development. The past two years have not been easy for the regional body due to the Covid-19 pandemic but they have managed to come up with a number of initiatives to keep sport alive.
Black market fuelling inflation —RBZ
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has blamed widening exchange rate premiums on the alternative market for stoking inflation which has in turn fuelled increases in prices of goods and services since July this year.
New security service firm plots disruption
Never Sleep Security (Pvt) Ltd, a new kid on the block in the security sector, says it is geared to disrupt, in a positive way, an industry that has been dominated by a few players and service providers that are falling short of clients expectations.
Auction system allots US$1,9bn to industry
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it allotted as much as $1,9 billion through the auction for the year to December 2021. A consolidated statement released by the central bank last Thursday showed the auction system had contributed US$1, 9 billion toward foreign exchange payments for the period January 2021 to December 2021.