ED ally Tagwirei donates US$5,5m to govt
BY ARNOLD FANDISO
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ally, Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s Sakunda Holdings yesterday donated US$5,5 million in cash and equipment to government to help improve people’s livelihoods during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tagwirei also donated $170 million for purchase of COVID-19 vaccines.
Presenting the donation to Mnangagwa at State House in Harare, the Sakunda proprietor said the donation would cover various sectors including tuition fees for university students.
“Sakunda Holdings acknowledges commitment by the government to positively impact the livelihoods of the people of our great nation Zimbabwe,” Tagwirei said.
“Sakunda has noticed the effects of COVID-19 on the well-being of Zimbabweans among them, the following: some parents have lost their ability to pay university tuition fees for their children; our health care system is inundated with a huge number of COVID-19 patients; increase in number of citizens
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In Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, the main funeral parlours and cemeteries are overrun and the city’s biggest hospital is in a shambles, while the Beitbridge border with South Africa is a mess.
Zimbabweans seeking to enter South Africa through that border have experienced lengthy delays.
The situation has been exacerbated by the production of fake Covid-19-negative test certificates. Earlier, delays were on the South African side of the border as Zimbabweans and regional truck drivers overwhelmed border officials.
“I’ve just crossed the border from Zimbabwe. On the Zimbabwean side, it took me four days and three nights to get through. The corruption [on that side] is messy. On the South African side, it took me less than a day to get through,” said Tarisai Kajai, a Zimbabwean who struggled to cross the border.
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Amid a deepening economic crisis, Zimbabwe’s healthcare system is in shambles as coronavirus patients mount.
Harare, Zimbabwe – Exhibiting symptoms synonymous with COVID-19, Kuda Musasiwa, a 43-year-old father of four, immediately got tested for the infectious disease. When the results of the laboratory swab test came, they showed he was free of the deadly respiratory virus that has killed close to two million people globally.
Overjoyed, Musasiwa, an entrepreneur, shared the good news with his friends on Facebook.
“Negative. Thank you God,” he wrote.
But his joyous triumph would be short-lived as his condition began to worsen.