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The 4 000 white commercial farmers who lost their farms during land reform will now be getting US$3.5 billion compensation for improvements after Government and the farmers’ representatives yesterday signed a series of agreements in a ceremony presided over by President Mnangagwa at State House.

President Mnangagwa has with immediate effect appointed members of the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), which will be chaired by Professor Ruby Magosvongwe.

President Mnangagwa has saluted Zimbabwe’s all-weather friend China for standing with the country during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Yesterday President Mnangagwa received 30 000 testing kits donated by China including 220 000 surgical masks and 40 000 medical gloves, among other personnel protective equipment (PPEs) that were donated by the International Department of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to the ruling party Zanu PF.

A night curfew from 6pm to 6am for all but essential services and a retreat to 8am to 3pm working hours for exempted businesses have been imposed from today, along with criminalisation of deliberate or reckless transmission of Covid-19.

Announcing the new measures yesterday, President Mnangagwa stressed enforcement of other present lockdown rules.