By Munashe Makuwe CONTROVERSIAL South Africa-based church leader, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has sensationally claimed that former deputy finance minister, Terrence Mukupe has a mental problem and should urgently seek help. Bushiri, a Malawian citizen, made the claim in a TV programme this week, where he was responding to allegations that he impregnated Mukupe’s wife, Rachel
Times Live WORK has started alongside the Beitbridge border post with construction teams building the 1.8m-high fence which will span 20km on each side of the border post between SA from Zimbabwe. Construction of the new 40km fence at the Beitbridge border post is going ahead despite the 21-day national lockdown which began on Friday.
By Matabeleland North Correspondent LOCAL Government Minister July Moyo has ordered the Victoria Falls Town Council to elect a new mayor after he declared vacant, the position following the sacking of Somvelo Dlamini as mayor and councillor by his party MDC Alliance last month. Dlamini was expelled on 24 February 2020 after he defied a
By Leopold Munhende VOICE of America (VOA) Studio 7’s Frank Chikore has created a room at his home where he now sleeps, eats and sometimes works from as a way of socially distancing himself and protecting his family since the coronavirus outbreak and a topic he has been covering extensively. Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com Thursday, Chikore
By Anna Chibamu THE US government has pledged a US$470 000 funding to help Zimbabwe fight the spread of COVID-19. The country has recorded seven cases of coronavirus among which was one death. In a statement released Friday, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) mission director, Stephanie Funk, said the fund would be administered
By Staff Reporter THE Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals has dismissed that one of its patients, Robert Gomana, who died Wednesday, was a fitness trainer of the late journalist, Zororo Makamba. There were media reports this week that Gomana was Makamba’s fitness trainer and had been admitted at the hospital as a coronavirus patient. Makamba died
By Staff Reporter IT’S business as usual at the busy Mbare Musika Market in Harare with thousands of traders, middlemen, buyers and long-distance bus travellers converging early morning every day despite a government ban of not more than 50 people gathering to curb the spread of the coronavirus. However, it continues to be a hive
By Alois Vinga ZIMBABWE’s informal sector only has 238 000 people formally employed, with the majority in the sector being own employers-cum-employees. This is contained in the 2019 Labour Force and Child Labour Survey (LFCLS) released by the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZIMSTAT) this week. “Paid employees constitute 24.5% amounting to 238 715 workers out
By Leopold Munhende ZIMBABWEAN doctors Thursday reported that patients admitted at Harare Central Hospital have been discharged after the medical staff went on strike in protest over lack of protective clothing to prevent possible contracting of coronavirus while performing their duties. Operations at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare have also scaled down and no outpatient medical
By Bulawayo Correspondent THE City of Bulawayo has, with immediate effect, banned the sell of second hand clothes in the city as part of a raft of measures put by the local authority to curb the spread of coronavirus. The city has also limited the number of mourners to gather at a cemetery to a
By Anna Chibamu THE Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) has urged the public to follow government directives to stay at home to protect themselves from the coronavirus. President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently introduced a raft of measures in attempts to slow down the spread of the deadly coronavirus which has seen the country so far record
By Staff Reporter CHIPINGE: A 15 year-old boy was electrocuted last week after he stepped on faulty Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) cables while walking from school. Police confirmed the incident. Manicaland police deputy spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Luxson Chananda said the now deceased, Rodrick William was in company of three friends when the incident took
By Staff Reporter THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has pledged to donate food hampers to assist medical staff and coronavirus patients as the country braces for more cases of the deadly coronavirus. The donation was made through the country’s health ministry. In a statement Wednesday, GMAZ chair Tafadzwa Musarara also allayed fears the
By Staff Reporter Kwekwe: Residents in the gold mining Midlands city were this week kept in suspense when a local nurse and her son were being tested for the deadly coronavirus following the mother’s recent visit to Portugal. However, they were relieved Wednesday when word trickled in that the pair had tested negative from the
By Bulawayo Correspondent THE Bulawayo City Council’s (BCC) capacity to curb the spread of the coronavirus is being affected by water shortages amid reports that only 34.21% of water remains in council’s dams. The city has so far decommissioned two of its six dams, Upper Ncema and Umzingwane. Washing of hands with running water and
By Bulawayo Correspondent EMPLOYEES at some Bulawayo City Council offices are operating without the mandatory fire alarm systems, exposing occupants, visitors and property to danger in event of fire breakouts. A recent emergency preparedness report by the city has revealed that the city’s iconic town hall, Large City Hall and the city’s revenue offices were
By Leopold Munhende DOCTORS and nurses in public hospitals have gone on strike following government’s failure to provide them with protective clothing and better working conditions in light of an increased threat of contracting coronavirus when dealing with patients. Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) president Tawanda Zvakada confirmed the development, in a letter to Health
By Alois Vinga MOBILE telecommunications giant, Econet Wireless, has been forced to close two of its customer service branches after a staff member reportedly interacted with a client that later tested positive for coronavirus. Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com Business, Econet’s media relations executive, Fungayi Mandiveyi confirmed the closure of Joina City branch in Harare and the
By Robert Tapfumaneyi ZIMBABWE’S doctors have informed government they were prepared to join the fight against the coronavirus outbreak only when the requisite protective personnel equipment is availed. The doctors have also demanded appropriate support in the form of food, communication and restrooms as they will also need to be quarantined once they get into
By Mary Taruvinga THE High Court has dismissed with costs an application by Vice President Kembo Mohadi seeking an order compelling his ex-wife Tambudzani Muleya, to pay him $438 300 for looking after her 500 herd of cattle at his Beitbridge farm. Mohadi made the claim arguing that he had been taking care of the
