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The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has warned government to stop using the Covid-19 outbreak to justify its clampdown on critics and journalists. This follows the alleged abduction and torture on three MDC Alliance activists by suspected state security agents who were accusing the female politicians of staging a …

Econet Group, through its individual donors, has mobilised over $730 000 towards efforts aimed at combating the Covid-19 pandemic. This was revealed Tuesday by Econet Regional Manager for Manicaland, Daisy Dzingiso during the handover of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to Victoria Chitepo Provincial hospital (formerly Mutare Provincial Hospital). She said …

A lot of pregnant women in rural Matabeleland North province have risked maternal deaths and other labour related health mishaps amid a reported increase in cases of home deliveries during the current Covid-19 national lockdown period. Government imposed a prolonged national lockdown against the spread of coronavirus late March with …

Government says 18 returning Zimbabweans have escaped from Gweru’s Mkoba Teachers College where they were being accommodated for compulsory quarantine against coronavirus. According to information ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana, the escapees include a mum with a small baby. “18 returnees are missing at Mkoba Teachers College Quarantine Centre in …

The informal sector remains closed under lockdown after the High Court found that the Government acted reasonably and lawfully by keeping it closed while allowing the formal sector to reopen under strict conditions. The ruling follows an urgent application by the Zimbabwe Chamber for Informal Workers Association (ZCIWA), Passenger Association …

African and global philanthropists have teamed up to help African nations secure urgently needed ventilators, breathing support devices and other medical equipment, in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Strive Masiyiwa, co-founder of Higherlife Foundation, who has recently been appointed as an African Union Special Envoy to mobilise the private …

EDITORIAL Over the past month-and-a-half, the response of the business sector towards combating and containing the worst threat to global health has been exemplary. The business community has made a beeline to State House, provincial Government headquarters or the various health institutions to offer their contribution in kind or in …

Government is set to increase Covid-19 confirmatory testing platforms to mitigate stiff global competition for reagents with other countries using the same technologies for an antigen-based test, popularly known as Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 PCR testing process has of late been marred by interrupted supply of reagents, swabs …

A total of 118 people have so far escaped from Covid-19 quarantine and isolation centres countrywide in separate incidents while police have arrested 41 738 people for violating lockdown regulations and the Liquor Act. Some of the escapees have however, since been arrested. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson …

As Africa celebrated Africa Day on Monday, artistes from many countries came together on various online platforms to celebrate the big day in the history of the continent. African legends had various performances from their homes or their studios , while others went on stage for shows that were streamed …