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Supermarkets turn away customers with high body temperature
SOME supermarkets in Bulawayo have started screening their customers for possible coronavirus infection with those whose temperatures are higher than 37 degrees celsius being denied entry.Reta...Published: 2 mins ago | 4 | by newzimbabwe
Army deployed to drive delinquents off Zimbabwe streets
GOVERNMENT Saturday deployed the army to help police enforce its 21-day national lockdown which was being violated by sections of the population in parts of Harare's high-density suburbs.The l...Published: 6 mins ago | 7 | by newzimbabwe
'Welshman Ncube deliberately setting up Chamisa for failure so that you take over from him in 2024'
MDC top politicians, Welshman Ncube and Douglas Mwonzora have had ugly exchanges on twitter with the latter accusing the party vice president of plotting a coup against disputed party leader Nelson Ch...Published: 8 mins ago | 7 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe white farmers reject Mnangagwa's offer
A FORTNIGHT ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government a said it was offering about 800 commercial farms as compensation to farmers who had lost their land during the violent land seizures that be...Published: 24 hrs ago | 2775 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's re-engagement drive too slow, says IMF
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not impressed with President Emmerson Mnangagwa re-engagement drive describing it as being "much slower than expected".The details are contained in the...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 458 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe not out of the COVID-19 woods yet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans not to be deceived by just nine cases of coronavirus recorded in Zimbabwe so far, adding that the country was not out of the woods yet.In...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:09hrs | 344 | by newzimbabwe
'Chamisa more worried about COVID-19 menace than politics'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's attention is still focused on saving human life in the wake of COVID-19 and any attempt to derail his ambitions to achieve that goal will not succeed.These...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:15hrs | 444 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa says court ruling will never break MDC
DISPUTED MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed no court outcome will break the spirits of the main opposition party.This follows a Tuesday Supreme Court ruling his ascension to the helm of the M...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:30hrs | 3868 | by newzimbabwe
Mudzuri takes aim at Chamisa
TORMENTED top MDC official and ex-party vice president Elias Mudzuri has launched an indirect attack on disputed party leader Nelson Chamisa he accuses of personal egos and ambitions in his bid to sta...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:26hrs | 5198 | by newzimbabwe
Komichi rejected by own Midlands allies
AMBITIOUS top MDC politician, Morgen Komichi has been rejected by his own allies in Midlands Province where he is a party senator.By virtue of having been party deputy chair post MDC-2014 cong...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1541 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa reported to the Judicial Service Commission
PROPERTY mogul Frank Buyanga and ex-lover Chantelle Muteswa's child custody wrangle has taken a new twist after the businessman wrote to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) complaining about how Pre...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:35hrs | 3898 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe sanctions impact worse during Covid-19 crisis
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo says the impact of western imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe was worse during the current COVID-19 crisis.In a statement Tuesday, Moyo said sanctions have li...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:29hrs | 452 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa ouster angry reactions
MDC Alliance and other politicians were Tuesday left fuming over a Supreme Court judgement passed by Chief Justice Luke Malaba declaring as illegitimate, party president Nelson Chamisa's leadership an...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:38hrs | 3672 | by newzimbabwe.com
Mthuli Ncube redirects 2% levy towards COVID-19 fighting
GOVERNMENT has suspended duty on imported material meant to fight the spread of coronavirus while also redirecting its 2 percent tax levied on electronic transactions towards national programmes meant...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:49hrs | 135 | by newzimbabwe
Perrance Shiri given 2 week ultimatum to handover seized farm
A MARONDERA businessman and farmer, Godfrey Gonese whose farm was seized by government in 2014 and given to an Italian citizen, Francesco Marconati, has demanded Lands Minister Perrance Shiri to retur...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 09:11hrs | 3424 | by newzimbabwe
Resident blocks Tagwirei from turning hospital into elite COVID-19 centre
A Harare resident on Saturday filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking an order to stop businessman Kuda Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings from renovating and upgrading an abandoned hos...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:21hrs | 943 | by newzimbabwe
Vendors vow to defy Mnangagwa's 21-day lockdown decree
SOME Zimbabweans have vowed to defy a government order for them to stay at home for a continuous 21 days insisting they depended on self-help projects which demanded their continued operating in order...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1509 | by newzimbabwe
Thorngrove hospital still to get funding for coronavirus equipment
THORNGROVE Hospital in Bulawayo, which is one of the two infectious diseases hospitals that have been established to cater for coronavirus patients, is still ill-equipped to admit patients as governme...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:31hrs | 253 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa will not assist, repatriate Zimbabwe Covid-19 victims based abroad
AS the coronavirus takes its toll across the globe, the Zimbabwe government has no plans to advance any form of assistance to Zimbabweans based abroad who fall sick or die from the pandemic.Th...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 389 | by newzimbabwe
Econet closes branch after employee interacts with COVID-19 victim
MOBILE telecommunications giant, Econet Wireless, has been forced to close two of its customer service branches after a staff member reportedly interacted with a client that later tested positive for ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:23hrs | 3761 | by newzimbabwe
Tagwirei grabs Kereke upmarket clinic to set up coronavirus hospital for the elite
BUSINESSMAN Kudakwashe Tagwirei and his Sakunda Holdings have taken over jailed Zanu-PF ex-MP Munyaradzi Kereke's upmarket hospital in Harare's Mt Pleasant suburb with claims the facility will only ad...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1474 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa drags driver to court
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken his driver to court for stealing his cell phone which the former gave to his son to use.Chamunorwa Tapa, 45, was hauled before Harare magistrate, Joy Chi...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:50hrs | 5830 | by newzimbabwe
Kambarami's appeal postponed indefinitely
THE Supreme Court has postponed indefinitely the case of ousted Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami in which he was appealing against his dismissal as councillor by the High Court last year....Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:45hrs | 797 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa calls for army intervention
MDC president, Nelson Chamisa has called for the immediate deployment of the army and police to help enforce strategies prescribed by government in the fight against the coronavirus within communities...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:41hrs | 9719 | by newzimbabwe
Zororo Makamba visited Mnangagwa's offices before his shock death
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Monday vacated his Munhumutapa government offices in central Harare following revelations that the late Zororo Makamba had visited the premise before his shock death from ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 17:13hrs | 5189 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa, Chamisa mourn Zororo Makamba
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his political rival, Nelson Chamisa have mourned the death of Zororo Makamba, the son of former Zanu-PF MP and businessman James Makamba who died of complications aris...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:46hrs | 2329 | by newzimbabwe
Mthwakazi Republic Party President in court
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) president Mqondisi Moyo and two party officials have been issued with summons to appear in court Tuesday to answer public violence charges after they distributed fliers ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:40hrs | 588 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa to deal with manufacturers profiteering from coronavirus
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said his government will come heavily on any manufacturer who wants to illegally profit from the coronavirus through charging extortionate prices.He said while...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:36hrs | 307 | by newzimbabwe
Coronavirus unites Mnangagwa, Chamisa
OLD political foes President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa have finally found cause to unite and join hands in the fight against the ravaging coronavirus.In neig...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:28hrs | 3122 | by newzimbabwe
Dembare captain escapes horror car crash
DYNAMOS captain Partson Jaure should be thanking his lucky stars after escaping without serious injuries from an accident that happened in the early hours of Sunday in Harare.The club confirme...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:33hrs | 736 | by newzimbabwe
MDC MP wants Mthuli Ncube tested for coronavirus
MDC legislator Joana Mamombe says Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube must be tested for coronavirus after his recent visit to Norway, a country that has recorded over 1 600 cases of the disease and six dea...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 18:32hrs | 6641 | by newzimbabwe
Overloaded ZUPCO buses to continue operating despite crowd ban
PUBLIC transporter, Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO)'s buses will continue operating despite a government ban on any gatherings of more than 100 people.President Mnangagwa introduced ...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1339 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's MPs against Mnangagwa seizing idle land from black beneficiaries
OPPOSITION MPs Wednesday slammed the Zanu-PF led government for policy inconsistency following a decision by the Emmerson Mnangagwa led administration to seize idle land from black beneficiaries for r...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:17hrs | 912 | by newzimbabwe
Mudenda defends Mnangagwa rally during national ban on public gatherings
NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda has defended President Emmerson Mnangagwa who has come under fire for congregating 'thousands' of Zanu-PF followers at a Nyanga rally when he had decreed a ban ...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:13hrs | 856 | by newzimbabwe
'Mugabe, Mnangagwa, two sides of the same coin'
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has labelled President Emmerson Mnangagwa a new version of late former President Robert Mugabe.Addressing journalists at a press conference in Bul...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 18:59hrs | 1115 | by newzimbabwe
Mliswa accuses Mthuli Ncube of crashing the Zimbabwe economy
NORTON MP, Temba Mliswa has accused Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube of crashing the national economy through the continuous introduction of unpopular policies which often result in economic upheaval....Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 724 | by newzimbabwe
'Chiwenga's wife mentally ill'
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has told the Supreme Court that his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa cannot get custody of their three minor children after she admitted she was mentally ill and in ne...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:45hrs | 6985 | by newzimbabwe
Chief promises to order subjects to vote for Mnangagwa in 2023
CHIEF Samuel Samambwa from Zhombe in Midlands province has promised President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he and his subjects are going to vote for him in the 2023 election as he was a "loving, caring and...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 17:42hrs | 644 | by newzimbabwe
'MDC agents violently chased from 4 polling stations,' claims Mafume
THE MDC has claimed its polling agents were Saturday violently chased away by suspected Zanu-PF vigilantes from four polling stations in Chimanimani where a local council by-election was being held....Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:53hrs | 1161 | by newzimbabwe
Biti accuses Mnangagwa of running down Zimbabwe's economy
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of running down the country's economy through dictatorship and corruption resulting in Zimbabweans' living standards plunging to...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:58hrs | 745 | by newzimbabwe
Trump to slap more Zimbabwe officials with sanctions
A NUMBER of high ranking government officials are under probe for human rights violations and risk being slapped with individual sanctions if found to be trampling upon citizens' rights, a senior US o...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 00:09hrs | 3278 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa to follow up on MDC councillors' declared assets
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has promised to make a follow up on the personal assets declared by his councillors Thursday at the party's Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters in Harare....Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1323 | by newzimbabwe
'Mnangagwa a candidate for impeachment'
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ‘dark humour' on mortuaries could have gotten him impeached in a normal country.Chamisa warned the Zimbabwean leader's days were...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 06:57hrs | 3051 | by newzimbabwe
MDC activists denied bail
THE 12 MDC activists who were arrested in Chitungwiza some two weeks ago for public violence are set to languish in prison until next Tuesday after High Court judge, David Foroma failed to read "badly...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 06:56hrs | 206 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's MDC still to get report on Masvingo violence
The MDC says it is yet to receive full reports on the skirmishes that rocked the party during its Masvingo Urban internal elections last week before it can carry out investigations.The electio...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:53hrs | 162 | by newzimbabwe
Mthuli Ncube flogging a dead horse, says Biti
FORMER Finance Minister and MDC Vice President, Tendai Biti has accused incumbent Treasury boss Mthuli Ncube of tinkering with the economy adding, this would not resuscitate Zimbabwe's waning economic...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1625 | by newzimbabwe
Fierce fights at MDC Masvingo provincial offices
Violence marred Nelson Chamisa's led MDC from holding Masvingo Urban district elections as supporters from rival factions fought running battles, which left one person hospitalised.The restruc...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 06:11hrs | 646 | by newzimbabwe
US$ duty on fuel imports transacted using free funds
FINANCE Minister, Mthuli Ncube has effected duty tariffs chargeable in foreign currency on all fuel imports transacted using free funds at a rate of US$0.40 per litre.The details are contained...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:59hrs | 607 | by newzimbabwe
Biti election results conviction appeal hearing postponed
AN appeal by MDC Vice President, Tendai Biti, who was convicted for unlawfully announcing election results in 2018, will be heard in May this year.Biti was convicted and sentenced to six month...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 07:59hrs | 3113 | by newzimbabwe
Zimplow sues Mthwakazi for disturbance
ZIMPLOW Holdings Limited has approached the High Court in Bulawayo seeking an interim order barring opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) and the company's former employees from holding protests a...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 975 | by newzimbabwe
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