(CNN)Cicely Tyson, an award-winning icon of the stage and screen who broke barriers for Black actresses with surpassing dignity, died Thursday, her longtime manager Larry Thompson confirmed to CNN.

It cannot be disputed that Covid-19 altered the lives of millions across the globe.

Legendary jazz icon and activist Jonas Gwangwa, who died on Saturday last week, will be honoured with a special provincial state funeral.

HENRIETTA Rushwaya's accomplices, Stephen Tserai, Raphios Mufandauya and Gift Karanda, who are facing allegations of attempting to smuggle gold out of the country, were today freed on $30 000 bail each.

Government has activated the Chegutu District Civil Protection Unit to help in the current efforts to rescue at least five trapped artisanal miners at Elvington Mine.

Two man are marooned in the Mtshabezi River in Siyoka area some 100km west of Beitbridge town after their Nissan Truck was swept away early today as they attempted to cross the flooded river.

Mirriam Madiye Features Writer Zimbabwe’s Covid -19 deaths have surpassed the 1000 mark as cases continue to increase every day. According to statistics released by the Ministry of Health and Child Care, as at January 27, the country had recorded 3...

Muchaneta Chimuka AS Zimbabwe continues to record an increase in Covid-19 cases and deaths, many people, especially those in the country’s informal sector, are contemplating downgrading on funeral and medical aid cover. On Monday, the country recor...

Features Writer The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new advice of the treatment of Covid -19. In the latest development, WHO recommended that hospitalised patients should use the low-dose anticoagulants to prevent thrombosis, clots forming...

Roselyne Sachiti Features, Health and Society Editor The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new grant of US$12 million to the Africa Public Health Foundation. The grant, will a mong other things help expand the geographic coverage of testing and ...

Eileen A.J. Connelly   Anthony Fauci said the U.S. government was working with different companies on six vaccine candidates, two of which have already gotten the go-ahead for use on an emergency basis, one from Pfizer and the other from Moderna...

Eventually, the virus could become a much milder illness—but for now, vaccination and surveillance are critical to end the pandemic phase. Michael Greshko As COVID-19 continues to run its course, the likeliest long-term outcome is that the virus SA...

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa expects the flight carrying its first 1 million coronavirus vaccine doses to arrive on February 1, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Wednesday, boosting efforts to curb a second wave of COVID-19 driven by a more c...

Mukudzei Chingwere Herald Reporter President Mnangagwa has launched a personal scholarship programme to assist students from disadvantaged families to pursue tertiary education, as part of his philosophy that a nation can never develop faster than th...

Mukudzei Chingwere Herald Reporter THE country is expected to make final deliberations next week on the extension, or degree of extension, of the level four national lockdown put in place by Government early this month. Health experts are recommendin...