Varsity students to wait longer

STUDENTS at institutions of higher learning in Zimbabwe will have to wait longer before they set foot on campus, a Cabinet Minister has said.

Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Amon Murwira told our sister paper, Sunday News yesterday that the June 1 date was only set to allow universities and colleges to start preparations for reopening.

Rebel with a cause

HE has forgiven Kenny Mubaiwa for labelling him a rebel and has made up with Norman Mapeza, but Gift Bello remains one of the most underrated defenders in the domestic Premiership.

Former Dynamos chairperson Mubaiwa branded Bello a rebel after the pint-sized defender dumped DeMbare for cash-rich FC Platinum at the beginning of the 2014 season.

6 months’ ARVs supply for patients

Plans are underway to give people living with HIV and Aids a six months’ supply of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) protect them from contracting the coronavirus Covid-19 through regular visits to health centres to stock up.

HIT spurs new tech renaissance

THE Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) and a local start-up — Matsimba — recently announced some ground-breaking technology — a mobile phone application that allows users to report suspected Covid-19 cases and deaths.

‘Turn Covid-19 into opportunity’

The region has to turn the Covid-19 pandemic into an opportunity for bolstering industrialisation and intra-regional trade.

This emerged from a virtual meeting held by the SADC Council of Ministers on Friday.

Musimwa to head key ZIFA committee

HARARE lawyer Kelvin Musimwa has been tasked with heading ZIFA’s constitutional review committee, which is expected to modernise the football association’s statutes.

Air Zim sidelined on lucrative deal

Air Zimbabwe feels ‘side-lined’ from a deal, which had promised to give it a lifeline, after Chinese aviation authorities declined to grant it over-flight and landing rights into Beijing from Johannesburg.

ZIFA, Banda lock horns

ZIFA remain resolute in their bid to keep Gift Banda suspended and have now filed their heads of argument in which they are contesting the decision of their disciplinary committee to exonerate the association’s vice president from charges of usurping powers of the board.

US$18bn stimulus package commendable

Nearly all countries in the world have adopted stimulus packages aimed at minimising the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their economies.

Shared vision needed to turnaround Zim

ZIMBABWEANS are a hardworking and competitive people by nature and it is high time we unite towards a shared national goal as we have more in common than differences.

We need a common vision anchored on self-belief, unity of purpose and a desire to migrate to a new era of shared growth and prosperity and ending inequalities and poverty.

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