Lockdown is necessary to save lives:ED
Munyaradzi Doma
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he ordered the 21-day national lockdown because unlike other countries, he did not want to react too late...
Discretionary bonus for NSSA pensioners
Maxwell Chingaira
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board, in consultation with Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Paul Mavima, has awarded pensioners...
Special Feature: The Spanish Flu in Rhodesia in 1918
By Jono Waters
The Spanish Flu epidemic struck Rhodesia in early October, 1918, being introduced into the country by passengers arriving from South Africa by...
Social distancing and the lack of water in Harare
Xolisani Ncube/Farai Mabeza
HARARE - The lack of water in Harare has affected government’s total lock-down as people in Glenview, Budiriro and some parts of Glen...
Minimum wage set at equivalent of US$100
HARARE - (FinX) - The Ministry of Public Service , Labour and Social Welfare has set the minimum wage for all employees at the...
AfDB launches $3b “Fight COVID-19” Social Bond
Sydney Kawadza
The African Development Bank has raised US$3b in a three-year bond to help alleviate the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
COVID-19: “Zim will struggle to manage 50 cases”
Tawanda Marwizi
The Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights has warned government not to allow the COVID-19 outbreak to get past 50 cases as the country’s...
Zimbabwe confirms 5th COVID-19 case
Munyaradzi Doma
Zimbabwe has confirmed its fifth CAVID-19 case.
In a statement, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory on...
US$ bounces back, exchange rate fixed
Xolisani Ncube
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has re-introduced the use of multi-currency system as a way of fighting the highly contagious Covid-19 pandemic.
In a...
COVID-19: Sakunda Holdings receives 100 ventilators
Tawanda Marwizi
Hospital equipment worth US$3m including 100 ventilators and protective clothing ordered by Sakunda Holdings will start arriving in Zimbabwe on Friday as the...
