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Fri, 04 Jun 2021 08:36:54 +0000
Stricter lockdown puts freeze on live shows
A number of high-profile social events were forced to postpone scheduled shows as a result of the latest lockdown restrictions.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:02:11 +0000
Nust gets funds to procure Covid-19 reagents manufacturing machine
Nqobile Tshili Bulawayo Bureau GOVERNMENT has released about US$87 000 to the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) for procurement of a Covid-19 reagents manufacturing machine. The machine will enable the university to make Polymerase...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:01:04 +0000
Zimbabweans hail Sinovac vaccine
Mirriam Madiye Features writer Zimbabweans have hailed the World Health Organisation (WHO) for listing the Sinovac vaccine for emergency use. On Tuesday, WHO validated the Sinovac-Corona Vac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving countries, funde...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:00:48 +0000
UK reports zero daily Covid deaths for first time since July
Britain on Tuesday reported zero daily deaths from Covid-19 for the first time since last July, despite a recent rise in cases linked to the Delta variant. According to the latest government figures, 127,782 people in the UK have died within 28 days ...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:00:41 +0000
African countries urged to intensify efforts to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines
The African Union (AU) on Monday emphasized the need to scale up COVID-19 vaccines manufacturing in Africa so as to achieve universal and equitable access. The latest call was made by the Peace and Security Council of the 55-member Pan-African bloc. ...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:00:38 +0000
Summit secures $2.4B for COVID shots for poor countries
Dozens of countries on Wednesday pledged nearly $2.4 billion to the COVAX vaccine-sharing plan to widen the availability of COVID-19 shots to people in poorer nations who have so far come up short. The announcements, ranging from $2,500 from island n...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:00:35 +0000
Britain seeks extra AstraZeneca shots to combat ‘beta’ COVID-19 variant
Britain is in talks with Oxford and AstraZeneca (AZN.L) for additional doses of their COVID-19 vaccine that has been modified to better target the “beta” coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa, and it will fund trials of the shots. ...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:00:31 +0000
France to offer Covid-19 vaccines to 12-18 age group from June 15, Macron says
France will start offering Covid-19 vaccines to everyone between 12 and 18 on June 15, President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday. During a visit to the village of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie in southern France, Macron also noted that 50 percent of French adult...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 22:30:59 +0000
Heritage corridor opens
Local authorities need to consider renaming local buildings, roads and special monuments to reflect the country’s independence and sovereignty to market brand Zimbabwe, President Mnangagwa said. 

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 22:29:10 +0000
Judge recuses self in Malaba case
The urgent application in the High Court by the executive director of an NGO to have Chief Justice Luke Malaba found in contempt of court and jailed is now being heard by just two judges after Justice Webster Chinamora recused himself from the origin...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 22:28:44 +0000
Uhuru appoints judges
Herald Reporter With the resolution of the long-standing dispute in Kenya between President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Kenyan Judicial Service Commission, judges for 34 vacancies in a range of courts from the Court of Appeal down were appointed yesterday...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 22:27:55 +0000
Health services delivery improving: VP
THE Government’s Covid-19 response is not compromising Zimbabwe’s quest to improve the country’s general health services, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 22:26:16 +0000
Sadc commends efforts of Polad
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has commended the good work being done by Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD). The platform enables Political stakeholders to engage for the good of the country, and can be emulated by other SADC member...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 22:25:54 +0000
6 Supreme Court judges sworn in
Six new Supreme Court judges were sworn in yesterday to bring the Supreme Court back to a full team after the promotion of five judges to the Constitutional Court.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 22:24:38 +0000
Mudenda to brief President on PAP row
The dispute last week over whether the presidency of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) pitting delegates from North and Southern Africa against those from East, West and Central Africa should help the Southern African nominee, Chief Fortune Charumbira...



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