Covid-19 pandemic

The recruitment of nurses began last year when the Government called for retired health professionals interested in rejoining the public health sector to register for placement.
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The last time Tsitsi saw her young children in Zimbabwe was 20 months ago - when she left Johannesburg to make her annual trip home in December 2019. With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been exceedingly difficult to make it home…
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UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering "very mild" symptoms. Mr Javid, who has received both vaccine doses, said on Saturday night a PCR test had confirmed a positive result he received by lateral…
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the weekend implied that the government will make vaccination compulsory in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, but experts have warned that the edict, if enforced, would be in violation of human rights.
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South Africa remains Zimbabwe’s largest trading partner after the neighbouring nation imported 39 percent of the US$4,39 billion total exports from Zimbabwe last year.
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The National Consumer Rights Association has called on the Government to punish errant businesses that continue increasing prices of basic commodities without justifiable economic reasons.
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The authorisation of use and importation of Ivermectin — an anti-parasitic drug — to treat Covid-19 patients by the Government is primarily for investigative purposes and is an acceptable standard practice in medicine globally, a public…
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Former Cheetahs flyhalf, Kennedy Tsimba, has been appointed head coach of the Tuks Young Guns at the University of Pretoria.
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Kamala Harris smashed through one of America's highest glass ceilings Wednesday, becoming the first woman, first Black American and first person of Asian heritage to be appointed vice president, blazing a trail in the most diverse White…
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South Africa will close its borders to general passenger traffic until 15 February to contain the spread of a new strain of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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