Some 51 African countries have acquired about 61.4 million COVID-19 vaccines so far, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday.

Afrigen Biologics expects a decision in mid-July on partners to produce Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine using the mRNA platform, the South African start-up’s managing director said.

India is beginning to reopen after a second wave of Covid-19 infections devastated the country in April and May. But now experts warn that a third wave could strike in the next few months.

The World Health Organisation has stated that just over 1% of Africa’s population has been fully vaccinated.

Vaccinations are being stepped up in identified Covid-19 hotspots, now that 500 000 more doses arrived on Saturday with another 2 million expected at the end of this week, to help break the chains of infection in the areas.

Decorated military guru and former Commander of Two Infantry Brigade and a veteran of the liberation struggle, Major-General (Retired) Clever Shadreck Chiramba has died.

The long-awaited development master plan for Tugwi-Mukosi Dam in Chivi South, Masvingo, is now complete and will soon be tabled in Cabinet, paving way for the country to extract full economic benefits from the vast water body.

CIGARETTES worth R3 450 500 that were in the process of being smuggled into South Africa were recovered by the police in Beitbridge as the fight against smuggling intensifies.

The almost 62 000 hectares of this year’s planted winter wheat crop is 53 percent more than that of last year, a step towards self-sufficiency.

“IF my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land,” reads the Bible in 2 Chronicles...

Health control measures have been tightened at ports of entry to minimise chances of a person infected with Covid-19 entering Zimbabwe without being tested or quarantined. 

ILLEGAL sand miners chased away a few months ago have returned to all sites as the councils never followed up and maintained the pressure.

Tick-borne diseases have continued to pose a serious threat to the national herd, with huge losses to farmers in the Midlands province.

The arrival of 500 000 more doses of Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday, with two million more doses expected by the end of this week and then large regular orders to follow, thus securing the supply chain, means that the required enhanced vaccination prog...

Seed Co Limited says it will continue with its growth strategy despite abandoning its consolidation plans, which were turned down by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).