‘We planned for Covid-19 outbreak’ …The urban environment is too crowded … Water must never be fetched from a hole in the ground

Disease outbreaks are her forte. She joined the Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and Child Care in 2006 as a programmes manager for malaria. Her experience in dealing with outbreaks includes SARS (2003), H5N1 Avian flu (2005), H1N1 Influenza (2009) as well as Ebola (2013).

Coal gas policy on cards

The exploitation of coalbed methane (CBM) gas will be opened up to more private sector players after Government completes compiling new guidelines.

CBM is a natural gas that is often used for power generation.

Innovation hubs get $42m

GOVERNMENT has disbursed at least $42 million under the National Venture Fund (NVF) to innovation hubs in tertiary institutions.

Jack Ma’s rags-to-riches tale

Jack Ma (Ma Yun) is a Chinese entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist.

He co-founded and is now executive chair of the Alibaba Group. The group is a multinational technology conglomerate.

21-day ‘quarantine’: The nuts & bolts

Ministerial Taskforce to start visits to provinces today.

All inter–city public transportation to cease.

ZUPCO to provide inner-city buses only.

Contagion: When real life imitates art

Tinashe Kusema Film Review I have had to bow to pressure or should I say public demand to do a review of Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 thriller “Contagion”. Requests have been…

Poetic justice for the notorious robbers

LIVE by the sword, die by the sword!

This aptly captures the bloody shootout between the Zimbabwe Republic Police and a notorious gang of armed robbers, five of whom died in the fire exchange in Harare.

Building roads for national development

TRANSPORT is key to development and economic growth in a country.

It provides links within countries and connections across borders to seaports. The provision of road transport infrastructure in Zimbabwe over the past two decades has faced a number of challenges that include inadequate funding, natural disasters and poor maintenance and rehabilitation.

Spare a thought for court officials

AS the rape charges were being read out to him, Admire kept chewing and making silent prayers while facing downwards to avoid eye contact with court officials and people who were in the gallery.

Be wary of Covid-19 myths

IN an age that is largely dominated by social media, disinformation has generally fed to some myths around coronavirus — a pandemic that is currently infecting and affecting people across the globe. The influx of news has given birth to several myths regarding the virus. Zimbabweans, just like the rest of the world, are seized with debunking false information.

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