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'MDC does not own Harvest House' Welshman Ncube says
MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube has revealed that the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai house formerly known as Harvest House is not owned by the MDC. In a wide-ranging interview with jour...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1451 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lockdown cops injured in Chirundu
Two police officers in Chirundu were injured after a motorist tried to run over them while they were doing patrols to ensure that residents in the border town comply with the 21-day national lockdown ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 439 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa engages world leaders on coronavirus
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday night held a "very important" teleconference with several African Heads of State, French President Emmanuel Macron and World Health Organisation (WHO) director-g...Published: 9 hrs ago | 170 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mwonzora, Komichi expelled from MDC
MDC Alliance Deputy Secretary-General Jameson Timba says Mwonzora and Komichi have been automatically expelled from the party.Mwonzora and Komichi have come under fire for saying Chamisa should ha...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 17:33hrs | 6731 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mum over 'Italian national' turned back from OR Tambo
Zimbabwean officials were tight-lipped on Thursday after a charter aircraft originating from Harare was turned away by authorities at OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa – exposing lapses...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 12:18hrs | 3572 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean deportees isolated – subjected to inhumane treatment
MORE than 260 Zimbabweans, among them deportees repatriated from neighbouring Botswana, are subjected to unhygienic and squalid conditions at Plumtree High School, which has been turned into an isolat...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Unfolding challenges of Muteswa's domestic abuse: Trials & tribulations of single women in Zimbabwe and the law of Karma!
What Chantelle Muteswa is currently going through and the amount of emotional challenges and humiliations she must cope with is just unimaginable by common sense. In her case, common sense is no longe...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 20:50hrs | 1539 | by Nomazulu Thata
Africa needs an African contextual response to COVID-19
The Norwegian Church Aid Southern Africa Regional Advocacy official Moreblessings Chidaushe has said as more African countries are implementing lockdown measures in concerted efforts to contain COVID-...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:47hrs | 732 | by Stephen Jakes
Plumtree residents must understand meaning of lockdown - Mpofu
Former MDC legislator for Bulilima East Norman Mpofu has warned the residents that they must know the meaning of lockdown amid concerns that they continued to defy the order meant to prevent the sprea...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:25hrs | 825 | by Stephen Jakes
Illegitimate Mnangagwa, illegitimate Chamisa: Country legit?
BY now, the entire nation is aware of the folly of appointing a retired club DJ to be the man in charge of a whole country's healthcare system.It should have been obvious to any self-respecting leader...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:53hrs | 3588 | by Muckraker
Coronavirus to push Zimbabwe to the brink?
With Zimbabwe's health-care sector crippled by a strike by doctors and nurses, underfunding and years of general neglect, fears are growing that Covid-19 will hit the troubled country very hard....Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:20hrs | 233 | by Financial Mail
WATCH: Mwonzora speaks on Chamisa 'ouster'
Manicaland Senator Douglas Mwonzora speaks to 263Chat on the recent Supreme Court ruling and the reactions from the public....Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 16:47hrs | 6376 | by Staff reporter
No visitors to see Victoria Falls roar back to life
One of Africa's - and the world's - great natural wonders, the Victoria Falls, has roared back to life, just months after a severe drought in southern Africa caused parts of it to dry up.Known...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:33hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
South Africa amends lockdown regulations, allows travel for funerals but only with a permit
South Africa's Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has amended the regulations governing the Covid-19 lockdown, allowing for travel between cities and pro...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:33hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
ZRP hunts for 2 Zimbabweans who assisted 15 Ethiopian illegals
ZRP has announced that it has launched a manhunt for 2 Zimbabweans who assisted a group of 15 Ethiopians who entered the country illegally and were nabbed at a house in Gwanda.The National pol...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:00hrs | 1850 | by Staff reporter
SA funeral parlours under pressure as bodies cannot be taken to neighbouring countries
One of the funeral parlours in Johannesburg is concerned that it may run out of space to store bodies as the lockdown has stopped repatriation of corpses to neighbouring countries.Kings and Qu...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:52hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter
Kariba power generation remains constrained
ELECTRICITY generation at Kariba Hydropower Station remains constrained despite the dam level rising by 97 centimetres between January and March this year, data from the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:27hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 cost Beitbridge SMEs R3,5m daily
SMALL to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Beitbridge are feeling the heat as a result of the national lockdown meant to manage the spread of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. The country's major borde...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:25hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown fatigue on Day 3?
Residents yesterday continued to defy the lockdown order as police arrested 182 people throughout the country for the violations at a time when over 1 000 visitors from countries with confirmed Covid-...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:23hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
The cost of coronavirus in Africa: What measures can leaders take?
With the novel coronavirus COVID-19 having reached the African continent, countries are getting ready to manage the spread of the virus and ensure that their fragile health systems can cope. Images fr...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:33hrs | 319 | by Dorothy Tembo
Botswana's first Covid-19 victim already buried, infection toll now at 4
Delayed results led Botswana to believe the three Covid-19 coronavirus cases announced this week were the country's first, but a life had already been lost to the virus.It emerged last night t...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1405 | by Staff reporter
For autocratic regimes, COVID-19 is a window to consolidate power
Leaders around the world have passed emergency decrees and legislation expanding their reach during the pandemic. Will they ever relinquish them?Last Friday, the Zimbabwe government published ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 168 | by New York Times
Zimbabwean returnees to undergo mandatory 21-day isolation
ZIMBABWEANS returning from South Africa via Beitbridge Border Post will undergo a mandatory 21-day quarantine at the defunct Beitbridge Rainbow Hotel while Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo is now ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:35hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
15 Ethiopian illegal immigrants quarantined
FIFTEEN Ethiopian illegal immigrants have been quarantined and one is detained at Gwanda Provincial Hospital for Covid-19 assessment, as a precautionary measure, after the group was found hiding at a ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:34hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls thunders
THE thunderous sound of the mighty Victoria Falls is back as the Zambezi River's water levels have significantly risen, giving hope of recovery in the tourism sector once the Covid-19 threat has been ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:30hrs | 4256 | by Staff reporter
UDM leader buried in his Mercedes-Benz
Smartly dressed in a white shirt and suit, the body of Tshekede Bufton Pitso was lowered into his final resting place in Sterkspruit over the weekend, as mourners somberly looked on. But Pitso...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 16:00hrs | 2382 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Biggest floods of the Zambezi hits Victoria Falls and Kariba
The floodwaters of the Zambezi have hit Victoria Falls and Kariba - the river has risen quickly and the lake is starting to fill. This is the biggest flood since 1977/78, which is the biggest ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 14:52hrs | 19870 | by Bhejani Trust
NSSA turns hotel into COVID-19 quarantine centre
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has availed its US$39 million hotel in Beitbridge for use by the Government as a Covid-19 quarantine centre for those entering or leaving the country via ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 13:52hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
African Continental Free Trade Area to suffer setback - Mashakada
MDC top official and economist Tapiwa Mashakada has said the African Continental Free Trade Area is going to suffer a serious setback as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic."When it's operationa...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:27hrs | 299 | by Stephen Jakes
High lockdown compliance on Day-One
THE majority of Zimbabweans yesterday complied with the Government's lockdown directive as most of them stayed at home while a few visited shopping centres to buy essential goods.President Mna...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:54hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
LOCKDOWN: Zimbabwe heeds call to stay at home
Zimbabweans have largely observed Government's call to stay at home and limit movement as a measure to contain the spread of Covid-19.The usually busy and noisy Bulawayo-Harare Road section th...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 18:47hrs | 1611 | by Staff reporter
Painful lessons from our COVID-19 so far
The confirmed number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide crossed the half a million mark last week and still going. The world's biggest cities and towns are on lockdown; so are the biggest marke...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:25hrs | 583 | by Tapiwa Gomo
More drought relief maize arrives
The last consignment of the 42 000 tonne drought relief maize imported by Government has arrived in the country from Mozambican ports. This comes as Government steps up efforts to ease maize-m...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:06hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to monitor returnees from SA
GOVERNMENT has recommended the monitoring of more than 13 000 Zimbabwean nationals who entered the country through Beitbridge Border Post after South Africa entered a three-week lockdown on Friday las...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:00hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe army to enforce 21-day lockdown
Zimbabwe Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa says army will enforce Monday's lockdown since the country is in a war-like situation against COVID19. She warned churches not to gather during ...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 20:23hrs | 7130 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a homegrown Covid-19 response
The eruption of the coronavirus (Covid-19) is a timely reminder of the structural faultiness and fragility of health care and social services delivery systems across the world.While Europe rem...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:38hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda rallies the country against corona virus
Honourable Victor Matemadanda the deputy minister of Defence and the National Political Commissair of ZANU PF has called upon ZIMBABWE to put aside any political differences and rally behind the presi...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 08:29hrs | 724 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Of life in the COVID-19 era
A little over a week ago England wicketkeeper Jos Butler nearly broke the internet when a video of the 29-year-old and wife Louise doing pilates, surfaced.The Englishman was in full Test gear ...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:24hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Russian biodefense troops disinfect nursing home in coronavirus-hit Italy
Experts from Moscow's biodefense unit have been deployed at the epicenter of the deadly Covid-19 outbreak in Italy, tasked with disinfecting a nursing home where patients died amid the coronavir...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 15:22hrs | 1863 | by Staf reporter
Sex workers scramble for operating space
STANDING at a dimly lit street corner opposite a once-popular nightclub in Bulawayo, five skimpily dressed sex workers flag down passing vehicles and individuals on foot soliciting for clients....Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 13:49hrs | 2289 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mphoko exposes United Bulawayo Hospitals
Senior Zimbabwean doctor Siduduzo Mphoko has posted a video on social media showing the United Bulawayo Hospitals empty without any doctor or nurse on site. Mphoko lamented the situation ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 12:23hrs | 4604 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Impact of COVID 19 on Zimbabwean Economy
The outbreak of the novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) poses a significant threat to the world economy and to Zimbabwe's fragile economy too. So far the virus has infected close to 470 000 people from 200 ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 10:08hrs | 853 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zanu-PF benefactor in murky Zupco bus deal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor and Sakunda Holdings boss Kuda Tagwirei, whose tentacles stretch across a vast spectrum of the economy, has been acquiring buses for Zupco's public transportatio...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:10hrs | 5563 | by Staff reporter
Scores throng Beitbridge border ahead of lockdown
SOUTH AFRICA failed to close its border at midnight on Thursday as droves of Zimbabweans resident in that country thronged the Beitbridge border post to return home involuntarily.Thousands of ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:44hrs | 2581 | by Staff reporter
2 killers jailed 70 years for slitting motorist's throat, burning body
TWO stranded deportees from Botswana who stabbed a motorist who had offered them a lift in Plumtree before they slit his throat and used tyres and diesel to burn his body beyond recognition, have been...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's 40km, 1.8m-high Zimbabwe border fence goes ahead
WORK has started alongside the Beitbridge border post with construction teams building the 1.8m-high fence which will span 20km on each side of the border post between SA from Zimbabwe.Constru...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:34hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
South Africa, Zimbabwe clear travellers
Zimbabwean and South African immigration authorities yesterday worked round the clock to clear the final batch of travellers entering the country through Beitbridge Border Post. Human traffic ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:34hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa locksdown Zimbabwe for 21 days...deploys army
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown to deal with the deadly coronavirus starting from 30 March.Another development announced by the President is that the Co...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 18:06hrs | 7659 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South Africa's lockdown may push Zimbabwe to the edge
As South Africa's 21-day national lockdown comes into effect, the ramifications of this decision will be felt strongly across the Southern African region, most acutely by its northern neighbour, Zimba...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 16:09hrs | 5786 | by Webster Zambara
Govt must address economic situation to stop illegal cross border - Mcijo
Former Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions Western Region Regional Officer Percy Mcijo has urged the government to address the economic situation in the country so as to curb the problem of illegal migr...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 10:15hrs | 1604 | by Stephen Jakes
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