By Paidashe Mandivengerei AWARD winning hip hop artiste, ASAPH has been selected to represent Zimbabwe for the Listener’s Choice Award at the upcoming MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) seventh edition. The iconic awards ceremony will be held virtually on the 20th of February 2021 in Kampala, Uganda and will broadcast on the MTV Base and
By Alois Vinga LISTED beverages manufacturer, Delta Corporation Limited (DCL) has recorded a 48% larger sales volume growth and acknowledged the positive impact of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe auction system on yielding a stable pricing environment. Presenting a trading update for the period for the third quarter and nine months to December 31 2020,
By Mary Taruvinga MDC Alliance vice chairperson, Job Sikhala will spend another weekend behind bars after his bail appeal hearing was moved to the 26th of this month. The case was postponed after the state received his record of proceedings late. “The record from the Magistrates’ Court was only released yesterday (Thursday) in the afternoon
By Staff Reporter TRANSPORT Minister Joel Biggie Matiza has died from Covid-19. This was confirmed this Friday by government spokesperson Nick Mangwana. Matiza is said to have been hospitalised this past week. He is also former Mashonaland East governor and was current Zanu PF provincial chairperson. Matiza becomes the fourth serving government minister to die
Xinhua THE Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ) on Friday warned over the illegal practice of one Jacqueline Carey Stone, who is allegedly treating COVID-19 patients using unregistered medicines. In a statement, the MDPCZ said the public should be wary of Stone’s practice, as she does not have a valid license to practice
By Staff Reporter FORMER Zanu PF Chitungwiza MP and businessman, Christopher Chigumba has died from Covid-19. Chigumba died Thursday night at a local hospital where he was admitted after his health situation deteriorated on Thursday morning. His son, Takudzwa confirmed the incident. According to his son, the late legislator could be buried at his rural
BBC Africa will have to wait “weeks if not months” before receiving Covid-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organization, according to various officials working towards getting doses for the continent. Close to 900 million doses have been secured so far through various initiatives, enough to inoculate about 30% of the continent’s 1.3 billion people
BBC Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the equivalent of $17m (£12m) for the construction of 38 oxygen plants across the country. The West African country is grappling with a shortage of oxygen for Covid-19 patients amidst a second wave of the pandemic. The number of Covid-19 patients in need of oxygen support is unclear,
BBC Botswana, Zambia, The Gambia and Kenya have detected a variant of the Covid-19 virus that was first identified in South Africa last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, attributed the spread to the movement of people across the continent. “It may also be that
By Staff Reporter FORMER Education Minister and ex-Mashonaland East governor Aeneas Chigwedere has died from Covid-19. The death of the renowned historian was confirmed this Friday by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Minister David Musabayana. He was born 25 November 1939. The late former minister was a historian, educationist, and traditional leader. He served
BBC The release of the next James Bond film has been delayed for a third time, because of the coronavirus pandemic. No Time To Die had already been pushed back twice, and will now debut globally on 8 October, an announcement on the film’s website said. It had originally been due to hit screens in April 2020.
By Leopold Munhende PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Thursday said issues of people building on wetlands should be “decisively” dealt with, in what could spell impending disaster for illegal settlers across the capital. Mnangagwa said this while presiding over the burial of two national heroes, Moton Malianga and Ellen Gwaradzimba at the Natioanl Heroes Acre, Harare. “Our
By Staff Reporter THE City of Mutare has started rolling out free Covid 19 testing sites in the city as Covid 19 cases continue surging in the country. Mutare becomes the second local authority in the country to roll out such a facility after Gweru. The programme, which will be the first of its kind
By Alois Vinga THE Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) has clashed with its workers over its continued payment of very low salaries when compared to other employers in the banking sector. Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com Business Thursday, Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union secretary general, Peter Mutasa said the situation at POSB had reached deplorable levels
By Staff Reporter PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged Zimbabwean farmers to make full use of the good rains currently being experienced and aim for a successful agricultural season. He was speaking at the National Heroes Acre while presiding over the burial of late Manicaland provincial affairs minister, Ellen Gwaradzimba, and Zanu PF central committee member
By Anna Chibamu AS Zimbabwe continues to experience an up-surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths past few weeks, the United States Thursday donated 20 ventilators to government. In a tweet, US ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols admitted too many people had lost lives through the global pandemic. Nichols also took time to condole with all
By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent A TRADITIONAL cleansing ceremony turned tragic recently after a self-styled healer bashed a Chinhoyi man to death using a log on the pretext he was attacking goblins. The traditional healer, Isaac Tete (26) of Anthens Compound, Chinhoyi Thursday appeared in court facing murder. The court heard that between 9
By Robert Tapfumaneyi MEN and women of cloth have expressed their desires to be fully equipped with Personal Protective Equipment for use when presiding over Covid-19 related funerals. In an interview after an online workshop attended by various pastors from different local denominations and groups, Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) secretary general Reverend Kenneth Mtata
By Robert Tapfumaneyi ZIMBABWE business executives and employers have appealed to government to review operating hours, coupled with the emergency authorisation of the Anti-Parasite Drug Ivermectin (Human Form) for the prevention and treatment of Covid-19. In a letter to acting President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga, business member organisations namely, Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI),
By Leopold Munhende ZIMBABWE and other developing countries with little or no capacity to buy Covid-19 vaccines might only return to pre-coronavirus normalcy at the end of 2024, experts from the Economists Intelligence Unit (EIU) have said. A projected timeline for return to normalcy based on vaccine rollouts indicates developing countries, mostly found in Africa,
