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A ZANU PF official based in Mashonaland Central province was on Saturday taken to Bindura Magistrates Court for allegedly calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign. Goodman Musariri, who appeared before magistrate Moreblessing Makati, was granted $300 bail and remanded to April 22. He stands accused of undermining the authority of the President. The State […]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms "worsened", Downing Street has said. A spokesman said he was moved on the advice of his medical team and was receiving "excellent care". Mr Johnson has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise "where necessary", the spokesman added. The […]

MDC-T secretary-general Mr Douglas Mwonzora yesterday claimed to have taken charge of the opposition party's affairs and locked up the party's headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House. This followed a Supreme Court ruling that declared Dr Thokozani Khupe the legitimate leader of the opposition and that the party should go back to its 2014 structures […]

Source: Zimbabwe fears returnees will rev up corona virus spread | CGTN Africa

Over 13,000 Zimbabweans returned home from South Africa over a three-day period and this has raised fears of an increase in the spread of the corona-virus in the country.

South Africa has become the epicenter of COVID -19 in Africa with nearly 1,500 cases and fiver fatalities as of Thursday.

Pretoria ordered a national three-week lock down last week to control the spread of the virus and thousands of Zimbabwean economic refugees returned with at least 13,500 passing through the Beitbridge main border post in three days.

The Zimbabwean government, faced with a collapsed health infrastructure and an acute shortage of testing kits, is afraid of a spike in infections if the returnees do not adhere to the self-quarantine regulations.

According to Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo, “We have seen a sudden large influx of returning residents through our Beitbridge border post. Initially, we were advised that there was a group of 500 nationals returned by the South African government. We recommend that they be put under self-quarantine at designated venues.”

Dr.Moyo is quoted saying the surge in returnees was putting pressure on border officials who have to carry out proper screening for the virus.

He said 13,500 people had been advised to self-quarantine but experts said it is impossible in a country where urban centers have no running water and citizens have to queue for the basics which are always in short supply.

Experts have warned that the number of returning residents was just the tip of the iceberg as thousands could have used illegal crossing points because they has no travel documents making it difficult to enforce self-quarantine measures among undocumented immigrants.

Zimbabwe began its own 21-day lockdown on March 30, and in two days 182 people had been arrested for straying out of their homes to fetch water or to buy food.

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Source: NSS, BF fail Caf test … again – NewsDay Zimbabwe

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has again condemned the National Sports Stadium and Barbourfields saying that even after preliminary improvements the two facilities still fail to meet minimum standards to host senior men’s football competitions.

By Sports Reporter

Caf inspected the two facilities last month and the report presented to Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) does not make good reading for Zimbabwe.

Both stadia are still barred from hosting senior men’s competitions, but they are approved to host youth and women’s competitions.
The inspection done in March was meant to provide Zifa and stadium authorities with guidelines on areas that require attention before the final round of inspections scheduled for June and July 2020.

Yesterday Zifa released a statement to the effect that both the government and Bulawayo City Council had been notified of the recommendations made by Caf inspectors, and the urgent need to attend to them.

“If work on recommendations is complete, Zifa will invite Caf to conduct another inspection between 15 June and 20 July to determine whether or not we can play senior men’s competitions at home,” the statement reads.

“Our local stadium inspection team, the First Instance Body (FIB) will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that refurbishments at National Sports and Barbourfields stadiums are in line with the expectations of Caf and Fifa. We sincerely appeal to all stakeholders involved to expedite the process of upgrading our facilities to the required standard so that we avert the grim possibility of playing our home matches abroad.”

Had it not been of the coronavirus-induced suspension of Caf matches Zimbabwe would have hosted Algeria in South Africa in their Africa Cup of Nations group qualifier after the stadia were banned.

Authorities have continued to work on uplifting the stadia and Zifa is hoping that the demands made by Caf could be met.

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