Zimbabwean government announced a phased re-opening of borders however, under strict health and safety measures. Image by Tourism Update

BY BOKANI MUDIMBA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | DEC 10, 2020

Cross border traders were hoping the re-opening of borders would be the beginning of business for them, unfortunately the costly and mandatory COVID-19 certificates are out of reach for many.

Pregnant women are failing to go for checkups due to poor road networks and far spaced healthcare centres. Image by Womensenews

BY NOKUTHABA DLAMINI | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | DEC 10, 2020

Poor access to health facilities in Matabeleland North is a perennial problem, the advent of COVID-19 has significantly reduced the number of pregnant women who go to hospital, a major concern for a country with a high child mortality rate.

Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu

by Lizwe Sebatha

MATABELELAND SOUTH, April 8, 2020 (The Citizen Bulletin) — Matabeleland South COVID-19 inter-ministerial taskforce leader Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu has admitted efforts to halt the spread of coronavirus at a local level were hampered by resource constraints. 

A street vendor displays bond notes, Zimbabwe's pseudo-currency which has led to hyper-inflation. Photo by Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters

by Dumisani Nyoni

MATABELELAND SOUTH, April 7. 2020 (The Citizen Bulletin) — Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Matabeleland South are already counting their losses resulting from Zimbabwe's lockdown aimed at taming the spread of the coronavirus. 

Mnangagwa's leadership in dealing with COVID-19 is constantly being juxtaposed with his counterpart next-door, Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president

by The Citizen Bulletin Reporters

BULAWAYO, April 6. 2020 (The Citizen Bulletin)— Acting under intense pressure induced by the clearcut decisiveness of  South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa in the fight against the coronavirus, on March 27, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s president, abruptly announced that his country was, like its neighbor in the south, going on 21-day national lockdown, promising a raft of measures which he said were going to be implemented in a “few days”.