[New Zimbabwe] GOVERNMENT has moved to bail out struggling power utility ZESA Holdings through settlement of a US$890,000 debt owed to South African power generator, Eskom.

[New Zimbabwe] The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) has approached the High Court seeking at order to compel the local authority to supply uninterrupted clean water to residents during the current government declared 21-day national lockd...

[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the 21-day national lockdown imposed by his government as one of its measures to combat the spread of coronavirus should not be viewed as a form of punishment on them by authorities.

[The Herald] THE Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) has taken the Government to court over failure to provide adequate potable water in the wake of the national lockdown to combat the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.

[The Herald] The Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) has warned public officials against abuse of Covid-19 donations, saying all corrupt elements will be arrested.

President Mnangagwa yesterday received $5 million from Delta Corporation and an ambulance worth US$90 000 from Croco Motors at State House to fight Covid-19, with the former committing to hand over other goods worth $1 million today.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has described views of two French scientists who last week suggested that trials for a Covid-19 vaccine could be done in Africa as “racist” and a hangover of “colonial mentality”.

Government is set to disburse funds through a grant relief programme to assist artists who were affected by the lockdown.

The ongoing lockdown provides a perfect opportunity to develop and put in place measures that will have to be taken as it is lifted, possible in phases, and while some administering or running essential services are seizing the opportunity, others se...

Zimbabwe’s 11th confirmed Covid-19 case and second death is that of Bulawayo man (79), who died on Saturday after being initially admitted to hospital for pneumonia.