WEEKLY NEWS ROUND-UP

Monday

Farmers lose over 30 000 cattle to a combination of the recent dry spell that decimated pastures and drinking water, and various diseases such as anthrax, January Disease ( Theileriosis) and tick-borne diseases, due to lack of dipping chemicals.

Among the farmers who have lost their cattle is Vice President Kembo Mohadi who had 271 of his herd succumbing to drought in Matabeleland South.

Livestock is a major source of livelihood for villagers and the death of cattle is leaving them without the much-needed draught power, exposing them to food insecurity due to tillage challenges.

Tuesday

Senior doctors who have been providing partial services and attending to emergency cases only since December have scaled up their services to include other cases deemed as urgent. This means, the doctors will be more visible than they were in recent months in terms of service provision in public health institutions.

Wednesday

The Supreme Court rules that all debts incurred before February 22 last year must be settled in the local currency at a 1:1 rate against the US dollar in line with Statutory Instrument ( SI) 33 of 2019.

The SI abolished the multi-currency regime and reintroduced the Zimbabwe dollar.

Chief Justice Luke Malaba made the landmark ruling in an appeal case involving Zambezi Gas Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited against mining services provider

N.R. Barber (Pvt) Ltd and the Sherriff of Zimbabwe.

Zambezi Gas had appealed against a High Court judgment which instructed the gas company to pay a May 2018 debt using the interbank rate and not 1:1 rate which was effected in February 2019.

Thursday

Zimbabwean international, Tino Kadewere has agreed to join top French League 1 side Lyon.

His current club Le Havre, who play in the second tier, announced that they had agreed terms with the seven-time French champions for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around €15m including bonuses. The 24-year old, however, will stay with the club until the end of the current season on a loan deal.

Kadewere has had a brilliant outing at French Ligue 2 side Le Havre where he scored 18 goals in 20 games this season. His performance has attracted interests from several top European clubs.

Friday

The availability of subsidised maizemeal set to improve following the establishment of a taskforce to ensure transparent and equitable distribution of the product. The taskforce will make follow-ups with retailers to curb diversion of the maize-meal to the black market.

This comes amid observations that even refined maize-meal was no longer readily available.

There is panic buying, while connected individuals buy as many bags as they can and divert them to the black market each time deliveries are made.