The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has implored the Government to revise the social safety net and improve public awareness on the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement following the extension of the Covid-19 lockdown by a further two weeks the debt management organisation called
Landlords and tenants from Harare have expressed mixed views over the recent announcement by government to suspend payment of rentals until the lockdown is lifted. Government on Tuesday announced that all rentals that were due for April can be paid in equal instalments, adding that there
Government says it has completed the identification of isolation centres to handle and receive critical Covid-19 cases. This was confirmed by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa “The identification of isolation centres across the country has been completed and work is at various stages to
Government has directed that with immediate effect all bodies being repatriated to Zimbabwe for burial will be treated as contagious except in cases where death is classified as murder, accident or other injuries as a way of curbing Covid-19. In a letter to South African funeral
Human Rights pressure group ZimRights has called on church leaders not to disseminate conspiracy theories about the deadly Covid-19. In a weekly report on Covid-19, ZimRights said spreading of conspiracy theories about the pandemic have a danger of people shunning hospitals. “Reports of church leaders disseminating conspiracy
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says it urgently needs US$130 million to sustain upto August, an emergency operation to prevent millions of the country’s most vulnerable people plunging deeper into hunger. In a statement WFP says over 4 million people are food insecure up
Local churches have offered their facilities to government for use in the fight against the dreadful coronavirus. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa said this during a post cabinet press briefing. This follows meetings between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and leaders from the traditional, religious and
Government has scaled up emergency preparedness and response measures to the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. This was revealed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa during the launch of the National Covid-19 Preparedness and Response Plan. “Our preparedness measures have been stepped up through heightened surveillance systems at National, Provincial and district
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Member of Parliament for Glen View south, Vincent Tsvangirai has moved away from his party position after admitting that economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the west are hurting ordinary people. The MDC has insisted on corruption and not sanctions
Human rights lobby group, ZimRights yesterday petitioned the Parliament of Zimbabwe to extend the time for members of public to make nominations for people to be considered for positions of Commissioners for the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC). In a statement, ZimRights says the notice given
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