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Bed Bugs Appear to Have a Genetic Resistance to Pesticides
A mutation that helps insects survive our chemical onslaught has been found in one of the worst places imaginable: the genome of the common bed bug.For better or worse, we had these itchy litt...Published: 12 hrs ago | 682 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabwe gets praise on death penalty stance
Zimbabwe has voted in favour of a United Nations (UN) resolution calling for the global abolition of the death penalty, further demonstrating the country's commitment to limiting the use of capital pu...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:16hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe armed robber loses appeal against death sentence
A Supreme Court bench has rejected an appeal against a death sentence filed by Doubt Mathe, who was convicted of murdering a security guard during a 2008 robbery at a cotton buying point in Gokwe....Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 10:52hrs | 1501 | by Staff reporter
Tough weeks ahead for SA's major political parties
SOUTH Africa concluded its general elections on May 29, 2024. They were held to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces. This was the seventh ...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zimbabwe cancer patient among thousands to trial personalised vaccines
Thousands of NHS cancer patients in England are expected to get access to trials of a new type of treatment using vaccines to fight their disease.Thirty hospitals so far have signed up to the ...Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 09:07hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa must introspect, map the way forward'
POLITICAL analysts and opinion leaders have expressed mixed views on Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's decision to dump his two-year-old Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), with som...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Why SADC is happy with the Mumba Report
Franz Kafka's worldFranz Kafka's art rests and runs on the bizarre and overawing grotesquery. Yet it is that de-familiarised, out-of-size world which he so ably colours which becomes the vehic...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2
Zimbabwe's historic satellite launch today
Zimbabwe will today join the league of nations that have launched satellites into space when it sends its first satellite, ZimSat-1, into orbit after developing it through the BIRDS project.Th...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Date set for Zimbabwe satellite launch
Zimbabwe's first satellite, ZimSat-1, will be launched into space on November 6 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia, United States, the National Aeronautics and Space ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa, Mnangagwa will both lose 2023 elections'
NEITHER President Emmerson Mnangagwa nor nemesis Nelson Chamisa, leader of main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), will win the 2023 presidential election, a self-proclaimed prophet has s...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Hiring lobbyists unhelpful for Zimbabwe's image rebuilding'
ZIMBABWE'S failure to attain and build a good image in the international community is worsened by hopeless tactics like the hiring of lobbyist organisations, critics have said.In 2019, Preside...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Action, not rhetoric, Sir
DEAR President Emmerson MnangagwaYour Excellency, if truth be told, Zimbabwe ought not have been in a persistent vegetative state. She was the jewel of Africa at independence in 1980. Yet, eve...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
'New Covid-19 variant could get into Zimbabwe'
Botswana has detected a new Covid-19 variant which a local health expert says is likely to find its way into Zimbabwe within a week, analysts have said.A new sub lineage of the Omicron, has be...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New Covid-19 variant detected in Botswana
BOTSWANA has detected a new omicron sub variant, Omicron B.A.4 and B.A.5.Authorities in the neighbouring country said four people have tested positive to the new variant and have mild symptoms...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 14:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'5th COVID-19 wave brewing'
LOCAL health experts have warned of a brewing fifth wave of COVID-19 following a spike in new cases in schools since the beginning of the first term nearly two weeks ago.According to latest st...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poverty is a tool to retain control
COLONIALISM is about the control by a powerful State over those perceived to be weaker societies. It takes place when one nation or group of foreign people subjugates indigenous people and their area ...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:15hrs | 5 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Djokovic controversy exposes crumbling pro-mandatory COVID-19 vaccine house of cards
As tennis world number one Novak Djokovic sparks controversy over his granting of a medical exemption from mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirement to enter Australia for the a major grand slam tour...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 13:01hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Acute COVID-19 could end in 2022, claims WHO
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has said acute COVID-19 deaths and hospitalisations could end this year, if governments remain vigilant in enforcing public health measures set to control the sprea...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo, UBH service delivery threatened
OVER 170 doctors and nurses at Mpilo Central Hospital and the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) are in isolation after testing Covid-19 positive, a development that is likely to cripple health care serv...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Covid-19 hospitalisation rises
THE number of Covid-19 hospitalised patients countrywide has started rising with statistics indicating that there were 260 in hospital on Friday up from only 17 cases a fortnight ago.Bulawayo'...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:01hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Vigilance paramount as 4th wave sweeps
ALL indications are that we are faced with a fourth and possibly deadly wave of the Covid-19 with disastrous consequences for both the national economy and human life. Official statistics point to a s...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean born scientist who helped identify Omicron slams travel bans
THE Botswana scientist who may well have discovered the omicron variant of the coronavirus says he has been on a roller-coaster of emotions, with the pride of accomplishment followed by dismay over th...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:13hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Omicron hits Zimbabwe
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga yesterday confirmed that the country had recorded its first case of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, raising fears of a hard lockdown in the c...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Covid cases spike
COVID-19 cases have started rising again with latest statistics indicating over 700 new infections on Wednesday up from only nine cases in the last 10-day reporting cycle.On Tuesday, 399 new c...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:28hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Experts warn govt over the omicron variant
LOCAL health experts yesterday warned government against giving false hope on its ability to deal with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which has since been described as "a variant of concern" by the ...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for new Covid-19 variant
The GOVERNMENT has set in motion an intensive Covid-19 mass vaccination blitz to thwart the looming threat of the recently discovered omicron variant which threatens to plunge the country into a fresh...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
World races to contain new South African variant
Countries around the world are racing to introduce travel bans and restrictions on Southern African countries in an effort to contain a new variant of Covid-19 called Omicron. The moves come after the...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on High Alert for new Covid-19 variant
LEAD scientists in the country are looking out for any traces of the Covid-19 variant which has been detected in South Africa and Botswana.The new Covid-19 variant which has become a major sou...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 20:34hrs | 26 | by Staff Reporter
Covid-19: Zimbabwe back on UK red list
Travellers arriving in England from several southern African countries will have to quarantine amid warnings over a new coronavirus variant.UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said from 12:00 GMT ...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 22:37hrs | 13 | by BBC
'World's best' uplifts Matabeleland South farmers
When farmers in Matabeleland South province received help on improving yields from a Zimbabwean plant scientist, little did they know that they were in the company of someone who would be recognised a...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 08:58hrs | 39 | by Simbarashe Sithole | Alice Mangwara in Harare
Zimbabwe must beware of COVID-19 fourth wave
WE note with concern reports that a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic driven by variants is imminent in Zimbabwe. While we are fully aware of the measures put in place to curb the spread of COVID-1...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe
'No risk yet from SA Covid variant'
The country does not face any significant risk yet from the new Covid-19 variant recently detected in South Africa, health experts have said.On Monday, South Africa's National Institute for Co...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'New SA COVID-19 variant hits Zimbabwe'?
THE new COVID-19 variant, C.1.2, first detected in South Africa and a few other countries a few months ago, has reportedly spilled into Zimbabwe amid fears it could trigger the fourth wave of the high...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus update 2021 spring: What is the Delta variant?
It is 2021 and we have not fully recovered from Covid-19 and what the pandemic did to the world. So, what's new in 2021? Although we have good news with the vaccine for the virus discovered, distribut...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Delta variant accounts for 79% of Zimbabwe Covid-19 infections
ZIMBABWEANS should ensure they always follow laid down Covid-19 prevention measures to avoid the introduction of deadlier strains of the disease in the country as the virulent Indian Delta variant now...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
People with HIV at high risk of severe Covid-19
INTERNATIONAL health organisations have called for prioritisation of people living with HIV in the Covid-19 vaccination programme following revelations by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt should bear full responsibility for Indian variant in country, as its negligence and indifference has placed our l
So, the government of Zimbabwe, through its minister of health (who is also vice president) Constantino Chiwenga, in all its "profound wisdom" has finally decided to take some concrete action against ...Published: 21 May 2021 at 12:55hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
COVID-19 implosion in Zimbabwe schools
HEALTH experts have warned of a COVID-19 implosion at boarding schools with unvaccinated pupils at a high risk of catching the deadly virus during the third wave of the pandemic. The warning c...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Africa rush to contain potential Covid-19 surge
As summer winds down in Cape Town, South Africans take advantage of the empty beaches on the white sands at Camps Bay. "I'm glad to be free again, to visit the beach and have fun," says one lady....Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 19:01hrs | 23 | by Deutsche Welle
Govt frets over Easter holidays
AUTHORITIES and medical experts are worried about gatherings during the upcoming Easter holidays, amid fears that these could trigger a local third wave of the lethal coronavirus.The concerns ...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Medical experts in dilemma over COVID-19 variants
HEALTH experts yesterday warned that the current COVID-19 vaccination programme might not effectively deal with the new mutants of the coronavirus.They said most of the vaccines currently in u...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty to decongest prisons
Cabinet received an update on the Covid-19 Outbreak, which was presented by the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs as chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Task Force on the Covid-19 Outbreak. ...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga distances govt from vaccine controversy
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has backtracked on its intention to file a lawsuit against the government after Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga distanced himself from a recent stateme...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
US coronavirus variant raises alarm
Scientists are raising concerns over a new coronavirus variant that has been identified in California. Two studies due to come out soon suggest the variant, which the virologists call B.1.427/...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says Zimbabwe could consider mandatory inoculation against COVID-19 following resistance from some sections of the population. Zimbabwe rolled out the...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
No to vaccine experiments, says lawyers
LAWYERS have rejected the use of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Zimbabweans without clinical trials to ascertain its efficacy and safety, which they said is tantamount to "experimenting".In...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trials before vaccination, demands Rights lawyers
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) wants government to conduct clinical trials of the Sinopharm vaccine and other Covid-19 drugs before administering the jabs on the population.Howev...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube rubbished on Covid 19 vaccines
Finance Minister Mthuli made some somersault on Zimpapers Television Network (ZTN) yesterday after Zimbabwean citizens rubbished the move planned by his ministry which required citizens to pay for Don...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 14:11hrs | | by Shelton Muchena
The Zimbabwe zumbani story
IT is my pleasure to tell our own Zimbabwean story about one of our local plants and its benefits.In my early years as a growing scientist, I realised that if I wanted to find out about our lo...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Michael Bhebhe
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 recovery rate improves
ZIMBABWE's Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 76 percent and hopes are high that the recovery rate will further improve. Last month the rate was as low as 54 percent when the country lost more liv...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
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