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#SaveOurEducationZw: 5 million voices for 5 million learners
Zimbabwe has a total learner population of almost 5 million, who are enrolled from Early Child Development, (ECD) to Advanced level, (A level). These learners are on the verge of completely losing out...Published: 6 hrs ago | 325 | by ARTUZ
Payment delays affect power projects
THE developers of a US$4 billion hydropower plant on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border delayed the project until next year because of the coronavirus pandemic.Pre-construction work on the Batoka Gorg...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 slows down Batoka Gorge project
THE developers of a US$4 billion hydropower plant on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border delayed the project until next year because of the coronavirus pandemic.Pre-construction work on the Batoka Gorg...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:18hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tramples on constitution over Malaba
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba is back on track after a temporary derailment of a controversial extension of his tenure linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 re-election bid.This comes afte...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:55hrs | 3761 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails vaccination programme
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has hailed Zimbabwe's ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme, which is progressing well with the country having the eighth highest vaccination rate in Africa and third in the South...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:33hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
40 000 Zimbabwean children face starvation, claims Unicef
MORE than 38 000 children in the country are facing acute starvation as guardians fail to access food due to the COVID19-induced economic hardships.This was revealed by the United Nations Chil...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:48hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe hurtling towards stagflation'
LAST week the CEO Africa Roundtable (CEOART) gathered some of Zimbabwe's best economists and industrialists to digest economic developments during the first quarter of 2021. What came out of the summi...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:44hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
A political crisis looming in Zimbabwe ahead of 2023 election
The once prosperous southern African country's economy is now at its weakest point with low investment, low exports and very high debts. Corruption is ripping the country apart with little effort bein...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:05hrs | 404 | by Leonard Koni
US warns Mnangagwa
THE United States government yesterday said it was closely monitoring President Emmerson Mnangagwa's abuse of state machinery to annihilate the main opposition MDC Alliance through illegal recall of i...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | 9121 | by Staff reporter
Unravelling Douglas Mwonzora's web of Zanu-PF capture
Procrastination is the thief of time. To Mr Douglas Mwonzora the wait was just too much and he made sure that the tables were turned to his favour. The only way was to hide under constitutionalism whe...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:06hrs | 1079 | by Leonard Koni
Botswana bounces back on international hunting map after long absence
Africa's hunting culture, including that of Botswana, will never die, no matter how much Western animal rights groups try to influence African leaders to ban it. For a country that missed...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 16:53hrs | 1478 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mnangagwa receives second batch of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine
ZIMBABWE has received its second batch of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines and the consignment from China has 344 000 doses.As at March 15 2021, Zimbabwe had 36 504 confirmed cases of Covid-19 infe...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 15:40hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe determined to emerge with greater capabilities after the pandemic - Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is determined to emerge out of the Covid-19 pandemic with greater capability to play a more effective role towards peace, Harmony and prosperity within the comity of nations, President Mnanga...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 14:38hrs | 279 | by Kudzai Furusa
All systems go for schools opening
ADEQUATE measures informed by World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines have been put in place to ensure schools reopen safely in the proposed phases, starting with examination classes today, without...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 04:55hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF and it's Vile Chiredzi Evacuations.
At a time when a government is supposed to stand in solidarity with the people that they claim voted them into office and assisting them during these covid19 infested times. The Emmerson Mnangagwa led...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 12:25hrs | 717 | by Prince Njagu
COVID-19 vaccines scammers on the prowl
The majority of sellers came from France, Germany, the UK, and the USA, and the prices per dose ranged from $250 to $1,200, with an average cost of about $500 Never buy products including vaccine dose...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Teachers threaten showdown
GOVERNMENT'S plans to reopen schools in two weeks might hit a snag after teachers' unions yesterday declared that their members would not report for duty until their salaries and working conditions ar...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:34hrs | 3161 | by Staff reporter
Parliament raises alarm over school pregnancies
PARLIAMENTARY investigations at selected schools over their preparedness to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic have revealed that the lockdown period resulted in a sharp rise in pregnancies among pu...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown reprieve for customs clearing agents
Government has revised lockdown regulations and classified customs clearing agents and freight forwarders operating inland and at the country's ports of entry/exit as essential service providers in a ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:32hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown extension defers Zapu congress
THE extension of the COVID19-induced lockdown on Monday by two more weeks will affect the holding of the Zapu elective congress, NewsDay reported.Zapu South African provincial spokesperson Kho...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
South Africa variant now 'dominant' in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe says the coronavirus variant first discovered in neighbouring South Africa now makes up more than 60% of cases within its borders.It is the first country outside of South Africa to re...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 21:10hrs | 1983 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara speaks about Chinese vacine trials
Former Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara says if the Chinese were in a proactive and empowering partnership with Harare, clinical trials should have been done on the Sinopharm vaccine ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 20:07hrs | 6125 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must not create his own opposition
This epitome of throwing the baby out with the bath water should not be tolerated.Where on earth have you heard of a President saying that, "this is the official opposition party" referring to...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:23hrs | 2565 | by Leonard Koni
AID to Africa is dead aid: It must be stopped
We need to ask ourselves critical questions; is foreign aid good for Africa? What purpose is it intended for? Is aid helping the people it is intended to assist in alleviating hunger and poverty in Af...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 797 | by Nomazulu Thata
Africa is not a dumping ground
During the just ended Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly, which was held virtually, President ED Mnangagwa prompted African leaders to think seriously about establishing an A...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 08:41hrs | 16 | by Prosperity Mzila
Africa is not a dumping ground
During the just-ended Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly, which was held virtually, President ED Mnangagwa prompted African leaders to think seriously about establishing an A...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1499 | by Prosperity Mzila
Can we use ZUMBANI A traditional medicine for treatment of COVID19?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultu...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 984 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Hardships pushing young girls into prostitution
SHE wriggled in pain, trying to set herself free from the tightened grip of the menacing older woman, who was about to choke her to death.She was too frightened to scream, let alone say anythi...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora a puppet of Zanu-PF
As we draw near 2023 elections, there are going to be many surprises and the one surprise would be the walloping of Mr Douglas Mwonzora and signing off his political carreer.You can't be calle...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 09:18hrs | 4257 | by Leonard Koni
COVID-19 3rd wave imminent
A TOP executive in the Health and Child Care ministry yesterday warned that a third wave of COVID19 would hit the country soon if people are not urgently vaccinated against the virus. As of ye...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 2218 | by Staff reporter
140 vehicles impounded for lockdown breach
POLICE in Bulawayo have impounded 140 vehicles including pirate taxis and a bus from Botswana, for defying the lockdown regulations meant to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the second phase of operatio...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 17:35hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Retailers group appeals for increase in business hours
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene and save businesses in the wake of tough Covid-19 lockdown measures on companies.In an update ...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
The new dispensation now the new error
In November 2017, the military replaced the late Robert Mugabe as head of state with his long-time confidante Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and declared that Zimbabwe is “Open for Business” bu...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 00:18hrs | 953 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa financier airlifted to China after testing Covid-19 positive, claims Jonathan Moyo
CONTROVERSIAL Zimbabwe business mogul and co-advisor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, is reported to have been airlifted to China Thursday morning for emergency treatment after te...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:15hrs | 8907 | by Staff reporter
Mahere recovering from Covid-19
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere who tested positive to COVID-19, two days after she was released from remand prison on bail on allegations of publishing falsehoods has said she is recovering ...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 21:27hrs | 2178 | by Staff reporter
Nightclub owner fined
A BINDURA businessman was fined $100 000 for illegally operating a nightclub during the Covid-19 lockdown. Nyasha Muwomba (39), who runs Club 1160 at Piki shops in Bindura, was convicted for c...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:27hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, We Deserve Better
On 24 August 2018, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe ruled that Zanu PF leader Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa had been legitimately elected as President of Zimbabwe, effectively ending the challenge by the t...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 12:52hrs | 2003 | by Fungai Chiposi
In Zimbabwe, Covid-19 patients told to buy their own ventilators
Zimbabwe shows what happens when the coronavirus collides with one of the world's most run-down health systems.Nurses at a major public hospital in the capital are on strike after colleagues d...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 07:29hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs retreat to farms as Covid-19 bites
SEVERAL government and Zanu-PF bigwigs have retreated to their farms and villages as the Covid-19 pandemic bares its teeth with four Cabinet ministers having died so far and President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:56hrs | 4133 | by Staff reporter
A staggering number of Zimbabweans dying outside hospitals
A huge number of Covid-19 victims in Zimbabwe are dying outside health institutions with half of the casualties in Matabeleland South succumbing to the respiratory disease before accessing treatment, ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:48hrs | 942 | by Nokuthaba Dlamini
Zimbabwe hikes risk allowance for frontline workers
The Acting Information minister, Jenfan Muswere says government has increased the risk allowance for frontline workers as Zimbabwe battles rising cases of Covid-19. The decision was taken afte...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 08:32hrs | 6508 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records 155 COVID-19 cumulative deaths
BULAWAYO metropolitan province has so far recorded a cumulative 155 deaths and 4 368 infections of the deadly COV-ID-19 virus. This comes on the backdrop of the country having recorded an unpr...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:37hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Mnangagwa is weaponising COVID-19
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime, currently cracking down on political and civil society activists, is "weaponising" Covid-19 against its opponents in...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 18:45hrs | 2860 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains damage Beitbridge roads
Heavy rains that have been pounding the country have left a lot of roads in Beitbridge district damaged resulting in most rural communities being cut off from the border town.The local Civil P...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 17:10hrs | 1965 | by Staff reporter
Pfizer, aided by British govt trying to manipulate Zimbabwe over COVID-19 vaccine?
Pfizer, aided by British GVT via @HMAMelanieR is trying to manipulate Zimbabwean GVT over #COVID19 vaccines: Nobody knows long term impact of mRNA vaccines. So they want indemnity from all fut...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 16:50hrs | 2393 | by mmatigari
Mnangagwa not invited to Joe Biden's inauguration
Zimbabwean dictator Emmerson Mnangagwa will not attend next week's inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, a list of guests seen by 7NN shows.Mnangagwa has been excluded from the proceedings...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 19:09hrs | 4562 | by Staff reporter
One COVID-19 death per hour
ZIMBABWE's COVID-19 dilemma is likely to escalate if serious precautions to prevent its further spread are not taken, with official statistics yesterday revealing that one person is dying every hour i...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
All hope is not lost
Crushing the peoples' voices is not the answer. No nation has ever risen or built by crushing the voice of justice.Zimbabwean citizens in all walks of life have been fighting for change at gre...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 13:26hrs | 587 | by Leonard Koni
81% of Zimbabwe's primary schools do not have internet access
81% of primary schools in Zimbabwe have no access to the internet while only 19% have, a status quo that is heavily stalling e-learning programmes in primary schools. This was revealed by the Informat...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:21hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Repatriation of Zimbabweans for burial to continue
The repatriation of Zimbabweans for burial in the country will continue under strict and safe health protocols to avoid contamination and the risk of new Covid-19 infections, a senior Government offic...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:00hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
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