adminFirms close as staff test Covid-19 positive
Several service providers and businesses have temporarily suspended operations to allow co-workers of infected staff to be tested while premises are being disinfected in line with Ministry of Health and Child Care guidelines.
Zanu PF vows to defend peace
AMID deafening sabre-rattling from the country’s opposition parties, Western embassies and civil society organisations that want to subvert the will of the people on July 31, Zanu PF yesterday vowed to defend the prevailing peace saying Zimbabweans should form the first line of defence if anyone violates their rights.
Govt warns peddlers of Covid-19 figures
Government has warned those peddling information on Covid-19 test results without authority as this causes unnecessarily panic and inhibits efforts to contain the pandemic.
Police looking for Sikhala, Kunaka
At least 14 political activists, including MDC-Alliance deputy chair Job Sikhala and Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure, are on the police wanted list over unspecified reasons.
5-day ultimatum for Gata probe
Zesa’s board was yesterday given five days to start investigating allegations of corruption levelled against its executive chairman, Dr Sydney Gata, barely a year after his appointment to lead the turnaround at the utility.
Tests confirm higher Arcadia lithium output
Latest test results have revealed that Australia Stock Exchange listed junior miner Prospect Resources’ Arcadia lithium project in Zimbabwe has significant potential to increase petalite product recovery from 31 percent to over 60 percent.
Coach fired over racist rant
BELGIAN gaffer, Luc Eymael, who once showed interest to coach the Warriors, has been fired from his job in Tanzania after describing his club’s fans as “stupid’’ people who behaved like “monkeys.’’
Editorial Comment: Ball in farmers’ court now
The Government has done well to acquire inputs for the next summer cropping season, ahead of time and is planning on starting distribution within a few weeks, so all farmers will be able to get started the week the rains start falling.
Poptain yearns to trade studio for courtroom
“I have always wanted to be a lawyer and I have the energy and time to do it, thus I am thinking of going back to school to fulfil my dreams. I failed school but that is not the end. Education is important in our lives,” said high-riding Zimdancehall musician Poptain.
Airzim’s B767 back today
Air Zimbabwe’s Boeing 767-200ER left Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday morning local time for Johannesburg after two successful flights to Chinese cities to collect stranded South Africans and Zimbabweans.