BBC Melbourne is shutting down shops, factories and other non-essential businesses as authorities fight a second wave of coronavirus. Other measures include a night-time curfew for the city's five million residents, after an earlier lockdown failed to contain the virus. About one million workers will soon be staying at home ...

By Anna Chibamu ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa says the workers group will not relent on pushing for better circumstances for ordinary workers for as long as they continued to live under worsening conditions as a result of poor governance by the Zanu PF led administration ...

By Mary Taruvinga OPPOSITION Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume will continue languishing in remand prison after High Court Judge Tawanda Chitapi reserved to 6 August, his judgement in a case in which the convener of the foiled July 31 protest is appealing against bail denial by the magistrate’s court. Ngarivhume ...

By Staff Reporter THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has called on government to close mines in the wake of a surge in Covid-19 cases in mining communities across the country. ZDAMWU general secretary Justice Chinhema said government must move in to enforce a temporary shutdown of ...

By Staff Reporter THE price of flour is this week likely to go up by over 30% following the skyrocketing foreign currency auction-rate which is now chasing the parallel market, NewZimbabwe.com can exclusively report. The government, through the central bank, recently introduced a weekly foreign currency auction system in which ...

Channel24 South Africa's most-watched reality television show Idols SA makes its return. It's a big year for the singing competition as it turns Sweet 16. "As we turn 16, your living room will, from this Sunday, transform into front row seats of the biggest entertainment spectacle, enough to make you ...

By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE Warriors captain Knowledge Musona appears to be in top form ahead of the start of the new Belgian Pro-League season after scoring for his club KAS Eupen in their 2-2 draw against fellow topflight side Sint Truiden on Friday night. The 30-year-old forward who was recently ...

By Robert Tapfumaneyi THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking more international donor support to prevent millions of Zimbabweans from plunging deeper into hunger. The global Covid-19 pandemic, which has not spared Zimbabwe, has aggravated an already severe hunger crisis in the country. On Thursday, the WFP appealed ...

AllAfrica.com Kigali, Rwanda: Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESP), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and Equity Bank Rwanda PLC, announced the creation of a COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience program, to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Tourism and Hospitality sector. The Komeza program, with Equity Bank Rwanda PLC as ...