Ingwebu gets essential service status, resumes operations

Mthabisi Tshuma, Business Correspondent INGWEBU Breweries has been granted essential service status and will operate with skeletal staff during the lockdown period to ensure workers are not exposed to the deadly…

Covid-19, whole of humanity must fight back

Fungai Muderere, Senior Reporter THE UN recently unveiled a US$2 billion Covid-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan which is aimed at protecting millions of the most vulnerable people from the disease.…

President orders probe into origins of lockdown extension falsehood

Freedom Mupanedemo, Midlands Bureau PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said he has ordered an investigation into the originators of fake information purporting that the Government had extended the national lockdown. Spreading fake…

Coronavirus Watch: 5G mobile networks DO NOT spread Covid-19

Viruses cannot travel on radio waves/mobile networks. Covid-19 is spreading in many countries that do not have 5G mobile networks. Covid-19 is spread through respiratoatry droplets when an infected person…

No excuse for athletes

Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter ATHLETES have no excuses to fail fitness tests at the end of the Covid-19 lockdown, as most exercises can be done in small spaces. Government…

‘Report unscrupulous businesses’

Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GOVERNMENT has urged members of the public to report unscrupulous businesses and individuals who are diverting subsidised mealie-meal to the black market. This comes amid a…

Police slam lockdown gender violence

Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Correspondent POLICE in Bulawayo have condemned gender-based violence (GBV) cases and called for calm and harmony in households during the 21-day national lockdown meant to avert the…

Tourists nabbed for lockdown defiance in Victoria Falls

Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter ANXIETY gripped Victoria Falls on Good Friday after two foreigners believed to be a couple, were intercepted at the Victoria Falls National Park where they intended…

Hwange residents lose water battle

Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter THE High Court has dismissed an application by Hwange residents who were suing the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) and four…

Bleak future beckons for businesses after lockdown

Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent AS the 21-day lockdown continues with shops that sell non-essentials closed, there are concerns in the Gwanda business community that some of them might collapse while…