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Wed, 26 May 2021 08:15:17 +0000
Agric and Livestock Survey go digital 26-05-21
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) is for the first time conducting the 2021 Agriculture and Livestock Survey(ALS) electronically using the Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI) which is expected to improve data collection monit...

Wed, 26 May 2021 08:13:14 +0000
ZIm targets 25 percent reduction in veld fire losses
The Environmental Management Agency, in conjunction with its stakeholders, has intensified veld fire management awareness campaigns to achieve the minimum target of 25 percent reduction in losses to veld fires in 2021, and ensure aspirations of the N...

Wed, 26 May 2021 07:59:52 +0000
ANC demonstrates against Zim sanctions
The South African ruling party, African National Congress (ANC), will today hold a solidarity march at the United States of America Consulate in Sandton against the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the west.

Wed, 26 May 2021 00:02:18 +0000
Covid-19 infections fewer in rural communities
Bulawayo Bureau NEW Covid-19 cases are significantly low in largely rural communities of Zimbabwe with statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care reporting very few or no cases from five provinces in recent weeks. According to the daily Co...

Wed, 26 May 2021 00:01:03 +0000
Scramble for Covid-19 vaccines in Byo
Bruce Ndlovu/Vusumuzi Dube, Bulawayo Bureau HOSPITALS and clinics in Bulawayo are now only inoculating people seeking their second dose of Covid-19 vaccines as the high uptake has seen the city run out of jabs. The city has seen an increase in the nu...

Wed, 26 May 2021 00:00:40 +0000
India’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 300,000
India’s COVID-19 death toll crossed the 300,000-mark, reaching 303,720 on Monday, confirmed the federal health ministry. The first 100,000 COVID-19 deaths took place in the country in nearly nine months, while it rose to 200,000 in almost seven mon...

Wed, 26 May 2021 00:00:21 +0000
WHO: Africa accounts for 1.5% of COVID-19 vaccines given worldwide
By Kizzi Asala and Africanews with AFP The World Health Organization (WHO) Head stated on Saturday at a meeting of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union on vaccine access to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic that so far just over 25 millio...

Wed, 26 May 2021 00:00:07 +0000
Covid-19: Sewage testing ramped up in England
Victoria Gill The government has ramped up its programme to analyse wastewater for early signs of coronavirus. The sewage-testing programme now covers two-thirds of England’s population. Scientists discovered early in the pandemic that genetic ...

Wed, 26 May 2021 00:00:04 +0000
How waste water is helping South Africa fight COVID-19-
Detecting the coronavirus in samples from treatment plants could give early warning of outbreaks and new variants. Heather Richardson Monday is sample-collection day in Cape Town, South Africa, and Aqeelah Benjamin is halfway through her shift. At th...

Tue, 25 May 2021 22:07:02 +0000
Mbuya Nehanda has risen!
Joeseph Madzimure  and Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Immortalised through bronze, for future generations to gourd from history, the magnificent yet serene statue of Mbuya Nehanda stands tall like a guardian angel caring for the sons and daughters of Zimbabwe ...

Tue, 25 May 2021 22:06:05 +0000
African story retold by Africans
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter The great continent of Africa has now awakened and will tell its own story for the benefit of both present and future generations, President Mnangagwa said as he unveiled the statue of Zimbabwe icon and legend Mbuya...

Tue, 25 May 2021 22:05:08 +0000
Banks to roll out incentives for depositors
Zvamaida Murwira  Senior Reporter  The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and the banking sector are coming up with the nuts and bolts of interest payments on demand deposits to encourage people to deposit money in banks, rather than bury it under their pill...

Tue, 25 May 2021 22:05:05 +0000
Govt repossesses 80 mining concessions
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter THE GOVERNMENT has successfully repossessed over 80 mining concessions under the “use-it or lose-it” policy and a formal announcement will be made in due course, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winsto...

Tue, 25 May 2021 22:04:57 +0000
State to respond to Chombo application
Nyore Madzianike  Senior Court Reporter  THE State was on Monday told to take seriously proceedings into the matter in which former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo is accused of corruptly parcelling out State land and duping home-seekers through h...

Tue, 25 May 2021 22:04:55 +0000
Ex-State House boss loses freedom bid
Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter FORMER principal director of State Residences, Douglas Tapfuma, has lost a High Court appeal to quash both conviction and a four-year imprisonment term imposed on him for criminal abuse of office.  Tapfuma was in...



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