NEW: ICT professionals key to development
Online Reporter DEVELOPMENT of a large pool of Information Communication Technology (ICT) professionals is central to the country’s quest to grow the economy in the next nine years through 2030.…
NEW: Chinese vaccines effective against Indian variant
Online Reporter Preliminary studies have indicated that Chinese vaccines, which are produced using an inactive coronavirus, are effective against the Indian variant, which is considered to be highly transmissible and…
NEW: President to officiate at National Culture Week Commemoration
President Mnangagwa is set to officiate at the National Culture Commemoration scheduled for tomorrow at Chief Njelele’s homestead in Gokwe as part of the ongoing Culture Week.
NEW: Zim confirms Indian Covid-19 strain
Government has detected the Indian Covid-19 strain – the B.1.617 – associated with a “focalised outbreak in Kwekwe” linked to a traveller from India on April 29.
NEW: SRC warns against corruption in sport
The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) chairperson Gerald Mlotshwa on Wednesday put would-be perpetrators of corruption in sport on notice.
NEW: Covid-19 knocks out two netball clubs
Two teams – Flow Angels and Mutare Queens – that were part of the 20-team Rainbow Netball Amateur League (RANL) have withdrawn due to financial challenges occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, it has been learnt.
NEW: Returning citizens to foot own quarantine bill
ZIMBABWEANS who test positive for Covid-19 on return into the country will be required to fund their own quarantine at designated isolation centres, Cabinet has announced.
NEW: Paperless census on the cards
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) will deploy high-tech enumeration and data collection equipment during next year’s population census.
NEW: Country at high risk of veld fires
Most parts of the country are at high to extremely high risk of veld fires this year, and Government has since approved the Veld Fire Management Strategy that is meant to safeguard infrastructure and food security during the forthcoming dry season.
NEW: Zim on the lookout for Indian Covid-19 strain
Government is currently conducting genomic sequencing tests to determine if there was an import of the Indian Covid-19 variant, which is believed to be easily transmissible and more virulent.










