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By Lovejoy Mutongwiza The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) says the rescheduled June examinations will be written in July despite consented calls for cancellation of the exams as the country continues to record an increase in COVID-19 cases. To date, the country has 203 reported cases with four deaths, with …

By Robert Tapfumaneyi Zimbabwe school grades sitting for final public examinations will be the only ones allowed to reopen as the country takes cautious steps towards delayed reopening of learning in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Education Ministry and relevant stakeholders are reported to have come up with …

By Tonderai Saharo The National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has temporarily suspended the distribution of blood to the country’s hospitals citing low blood bank levels owing to the unavailability of essential kits for testing and storage. In a statement, NBSZ spokesperson Esther Massundah said the national blood donor is …

People Living With Albinism have complained over how the government was neglecting them during the country’s prolonged Covid-19 induced lockdown. Zimbabwe Albino Association (ZIMAS) director, Mercy Maunganidze-Chimhanga told NewZimbabwe.com this week that the ongoing restrictive measures were proving too tough for most people living with albinism as they are locked …

By Anna Chibamu The government is battling to raise US$300 000 required to fly home thousands of locals who are stranded on foreign land due to the global Covid-19 crisis. This was announced by Foreign Affairs ministry secretary, James Manzou while giving oral evidence before the Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committee …

Stanbic Bank has kick-started its distribution of US$200 000 worth of equipment to health institutions across the country for use by frontline workers in the fight against the menacing Covid-19. The Standard Bank Group subsidiary pledged to purchase equipment to help fight Covid-19 in April and has now taken delivery …

By Tawanda Musarurwa, Diversified digital services group, Cassava Smartech, saw its volumes during the lockdown period decline by 40 percent. The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, has disrupted businesses and economies across the globe, as governments moved to impose lockdowns to try and curb its spread. Zimbabwe is currently under indefinite Level …

By Shaun Smillie, Madelene Cronjé The Covid-19 lockdown has compounded the hardships faced by many Zimbabweans in their own country as well as those in South Africa who keep trying to help their families from afar. Before the Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown in South Africa, Blessing Masuku used …

By Lemuel Chekai The nationwide lockdown enacted to combat COVID19 pandemic is still on Level 2, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has said. In a brief statement released on its on Twitter, ZRP highlighted that only essential services personnel and businesses in the formal commercial and industrial sectors are exempted …

DOCUMENT The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the justice system in limbo as traditional courts remain closed in response to the global pandemic. Traditional leaders play a key role in dispute resolution and enabling access to justice for rural communities. Traditional leaders who spoke to Habakkuk Trust recently said they have …