By Victor Bhoroma The pace of Zimbabwe’s road infrastructure decay has reached alarming levels which call for a policy change by the government owing to successive years of neglect and under-investment. Over the past 40 years the government has failed to maintain or expand the existing road network,
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe has appealed to government to consider journalists among the first group of people to be considered for COVID-19 vaccination. MISA recommended that the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) facilitates modalities for the roll out since the media was declared
Catherine Kyobutungi, African Population and Health Research Center Tanzania’s health minister said earlier this month that the country has no plans to procure COVID-19 vaccines. Moina Spooner, an editor with The Conversation Africa, asked Catherine Kyobutungi to explain Tanzania’s COVID-19 response and why it’s problematic. Why has
The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent national lockdowns have underlined the importance of reliable data services in keeping people, communities, businesses and the nation at large connected, and in ensuring essential commercial and public services continue unhindered. Authorities have had to impose lockdowns to arrest the
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended the level four lockdown by a further two weeks with business and curfew hours adjusted. Addressing the nation at State House, President Mnangagwa said the lockdown extension will allow active cases and those incubation to rescind. "The number of active cases and
Human Rights watchdog, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has accused the government of lacking seriousness in its COVID-19 response. In its COVID-19 accountability tracker that seeks to highlight abuse of authority, rampant corruption, poor public accountability mechanisms and lack of transparency, ZPP says the Government is
MUTARE- Local Civic Society Organisations (CSOs) have called for re-negotiation of ‘de-facto’ tax incentives within the Platinum sector, chiding the new dispensation for extending a begging bowl to procure COVID-19 vaccines, while awarding tax holidays to miners. CSOs said current Tax (CIT) rates of between 14%
Property investment firm, Mashonaland Holdings Limited managed to post a revenue growth of 47.6 percent in its opening quarter to December 2020 despite headwinds in the property market which includes inflation and low demand for office space. Since the advent of COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant
Zimbabwe Monday morning received 200,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine donated by China amidst mixed feelings over the efficacy of the vaccine. The consignment is one of China's first shipments of vaccines to Africa, after deliveries to Egypt and Equatorial Guinea. Frontline workers such as health professionals
Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to Mozambique Lieutenant General (Retired) Douglas Nyikayamba was buried today at the National Heroes Acre. Ambassador Nyikayaramba, who succumbed to Covid-19 complications on Tuesday.
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