By Correspondent Barely a week after President Mnangagwa announced a raft of measures to be implemented during the 21 day lockdown, the Ministry of Finance came in with another setpiece of measures to deal with the same situation. Apparently some things had not been thought through. A similar act played out earlier at the beginning…
By Correspondent The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) has taken the Harare City Council to court in an urgent application compelling the authorities to avail water to residents currently under a national lockdown. The case, which also cites the Minister of Finance, Minister of Health and the Minister of Local Government as respondents, accused the…
By Marshall Bwanya Harare Council workers, from the Amenities Department, who staged a two day sit-in demonstration over the absence of Covid-19 safety wear have been allegedly threatened with dismissal if they insist on their demands. Reports from the workers allege that following last week’s demonstration the HCC Human Resource Department gave the workers an…
By Correspondent What Zimbabwe, and the rest of the world, is experiencing at the moment is a medical and health emergency. It’s thus disturbing that the government has defaulted to its nature and come out against the Covid-19 outbreak in a heavy-handed manner that does little justice to the agenda to eradicate the virus. The…
By Wisdom Mumera After weeks of public contempt at the slow pace of response to Covid-19 President Mnangagwa finally decreed a 21day lockdown from Monday but questions have already arisen on the practicality of the plan. A High Sounding Nothing The whole scheme appears premised on the assumption that once people are locked away from…
By Correspondent Earlier this year, in February, twenty-four (24) countries in the African region confirmed to the World Health Organization (WHO) that they could test for potential COVID-19 cases. Only two weeks before that they were only two referral laboratories – one in South Africa and another in Senegal – capable of doing this. Zimbabwe…
By Correspondent The Corona outbreak has been characterised by a lot of misinformation which is not underpinned by scientific support. Below we have aggregated some information which is scientific and will help people in dealing with the virus. The Symptoms Studies of hospitalized patients have found that about 83% to 98% of patients develop a…
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By Correspondent In the aftermath of broadcaster Mr Zororo Makamba controversially passing away at Wilkins Hospital last week the Harare City Council has decided to investigate the issue. This follows complaints by his family alleging negligence and financial impropriety by some personnel at institution. Below we reproduce the Council statement: Harare City Council is instituting…
By Correspondent Chegutu Rural District Council CEO Mr Dan Zvobgo has been fired from his position following the conclusion of Council investigations into cases of fraud, embezzlement of funds and gross negligence. According to a sheet of charges seen by the publication Mr Zvobgo was charged and found guilty of giving Direct Aid, an Islamic…