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Mugabe brought army Commanders to a Cabinet meeting to confront G40
In 2017, President Robert Mugabe invited military Generals led by General Constantino Chiwenga to come and defend the controversial Command Agriculture project that gobbled about Three billion United ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 331 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Doctors call for investigations into death of Coronavirus patient
The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has called for an urgent investigation surrounding the death of a Bulawayo man who passed away on the 4th of April 2020 after testing posit...Published: 2 hrs ago | 490 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Bulawayo man dies of Coronavirus
The Ministry of Health has revealed that a 79-year-old Bulawayo man who died on the 4th of April had tested positive of Coronavirus. The man is said to have visited Hwange resort town in mid M...Published: 4 hrs ago | 2934 | by Mandla Ndlovu
VAYA provides critical transport relief during the lockdown
The outbreak of COVID-19 Coronavirus has forced many countries, including Zimbabwe, to impose 21 to 30-day restrictive lockdown periods - some even longer...Published: 6 hrs ago | 313 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe churches go digital for COVID-19 ravaged Easter
AMID the coronavirus (COVI-19) wreaking havoc across the globe, governments have responded with lockdowns and bans on large gatherings.In all likelihood, the annual Easter congregations will b...Published: 8 hrs ago | 336 | by Agency staff | Live
VACANCY: Finance Assistant: Sexual Rights Centre (SRC)
Deadline: 15 April 2020Location: Bulawayo, ZimbabweBackgroundThe United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Zimbabwe, serves as the Principal Recipient (PR) of the 3-year Global Fund ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 477 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Zimbabweans risk Coronavirus...flood Mbare market
It was business as usual on Tuesday at Mbare Musika as hordes of farmers flocked to the market to sell their wares after President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave green light for the market to be opened. ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1395 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Government endorses Prophet Makandiwa as a true Man of God
Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi says the government recognizes Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa as a true Man of God and pleaded with him sand other Prophets to lead the nation in praying to Go...Published: 13 hrs ago | 3231 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa and Chamisa messages wishing Boris Johnson a speedy recovery
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his nemesis Nelson Chamisa have sent messages wishing the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a speedy recovery. Johnson is currently admitted to the hospital...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1086 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'COVID-19 a weapon against humanity'
Mthwakazi Libertation Front spokesperson Chrispen Nyoni has said Covid 19 is a weapon against humanity."As more information on this deadlier {convid-19} than HIV/AIDS pandemic unfolds, there i...Published: 16 hrs ago | 430 | by Stephen Jakes
Mashonaland East clears 66 suspected COVID-19 cases
SIXTY-SIX people who were under COVID-19 surveillance have been cleared after completing the 21-day quarantine period in Mashonaland East province.A statement from the provincial medical direc...Published: 16 hrs ago | 72 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge residents want COVID-19 centre out of town
Beitbridge residents said they were sceptical about the move made by the National Social Security Authority to allow the use of its non-operational US$39 million Beitbridge hotel as a COVID-19 quarant...Published: 16 hrs ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
Vendors plead for chance to clear perishables
MRS Miriam Ncube's vending stall at Kombayi Fresh Produce Market in Gweru was often busy, bringing together up to 10 customers at one go to buy produce that includes tomatoes and potatoes while sharin...Published: 16 hrs ago | 181 | by Staff reporter
Postpone June exams, says Zimta
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has proposed the postponement of the June and November 2020 examinations owing to the failure by teachers to travel to their nearest centres to administer the...Published: 17 hrs ago | 103 | by Staff reporter
Jack Ma donates another 1 Million tests kits to Africa
Alibaba founder Jack Ma's Foundation has announced that it is sending a new batch of medical donation to assist Africa to fight the deadly Coronavirus.In a tweet on Monday the Foundation said ...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 19:45hrs | 1245 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Panic as South Africa plots to test Coronavirus treatment on patients
South Africans took to Twitter to express their shock and panic that Coronavirus patients in their country will be used as guinea pigs in pursuit of finding a cure for the deadly epidemic under a Soli...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 18:21hrs | 3772 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police controlling selling of mealie-meal
Police in Chikanga, Mutare have been called to control the selling of mealie-meal at TM Chikanga.Mealie-meal is now a scarce commodity in Zimbabwe and people are scrambling for it where ever i...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 17:06hrs | 794 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Chinhoyi Hospital nurses desert hospital due to suspected Covid-19 case
Socio economic implications of the spread of Covid-19 in Africa By Shem ChaibvaDuring the early stages of the outbreak of the deadly new corona virus (COVID-19), the widespread belief ...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 13:22hrs | 1587 | by Shem Chaibva
Teachers call for postponment of June and November exams
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association has urged the government to consider postponing the June and November Examination until the threat from the deadly Coronavirus has passed. ZIMTA issued a stat...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 11:19hrs | 1597 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo sends a message to Ndebeles in diaspora
Professor Jonathan Moyo has urged Matabeleland citizens in the diaspora to pull resources together and equip their health infrastructure to be able to respond to the threats from the deadly coronaviru...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 10:18hrs | 9852 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'I'm proud of your discipline during lockdown' said Mnangagwa - contrarily 'Soldiers go crush our enemies!'
"Wishing a blessed Sunday to my brothers and sisters in lockdown. I am proud of the way you have responded to this challenging situation, with discipline, commitment, and spirit. The road is long, but...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 09:00hrs | 538 | by Nomusa Garikai
Relief for Botswana deportees
THE situation at Plumtree High School, a Covid-19 isolation centre for Zimbabweans repatriated from Botswana, has improved after Government responded to an exposé by Chronicle on Saturday. More than ...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
Street kids, homeless unfazed by Covid-19
THE generality of people living on the streets of Bulawayo are totally ignorant of the need to protect themselves against Covid-19, making them vulnerable to the pandemic. Personal hygiene and...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:58hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tours suburbs, assesses lockdown
Government will continue to review its actions to contain Covid-19 after the lockdown and adjust on time where necessary, President Mnangagwa said yesterday. He acknowledged that there was an economic...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:53hrs | 2048 | by Staff reporter
Commercial Tobacco farmers respond to Covid 19 awareness
COMMERCIAL Tobacco farmers in Centenary, Mashonaland Central province have responded well to the deadly Covid-19 disease awareness by minimizing workers and giving those at work protective clothing....Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 19:44hrs | 660 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
African Union tells EU, USA to remove Zimbabwe sanctions with immediate effect
The African Union Heads of States and Government shave sent a strong message calling for the immediate lifting of all economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe to allow the country them to deal with dead...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 18:35hrs | 2243 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Kazembe Kazembe exposes police officers to Coronavirus'
Minister of Home Affairs Kazembe Kazembe has come under fire after failing to provide police officers with adequate protective clothing during the coronavirus lockdown period. Journalist Hopew...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 17:56hrs | 1037 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WFP declares Zimbabwe a hunger hotspot
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has classified Zimbabwe as one of the 18 countries in the world that will likely come out of the deadly coronavirus pandemic in a worse off situation.According t...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:57hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Warriors stars set for salary cuts
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean football stars are reportedly set to take huge wage cuts due to the coronavirus pandemic.The South African Premiership is home to 29 Zimbabwean stars, including s...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:56hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbabwe artiste overcomes coronavirus
UNITED KINGDOM-BASED gospel music minister Rhoda Tongogora, popularly known as Mai Tongogara, has exclusively opened up to Standard Style how she contracted and overcame the novel coronavirus (Covid-1...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga demands 'remote' meetings with ex-lover
FLAMBOYANT businessman Frank Buyanga has demanded "remote" meetings with his former girlfriend to discuss their child's welfare, saying he fears meeting her in person will expose him to the coronaviru...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:54hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube urged to craft coronavirus stimuli
The government has been urged to roll out fiscal incentives to cushion companies reeling from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak that might cripple an already bleeding economy.Local compan...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:51hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
2020 exams to go on as planned
THE government has said the current wave of coronavirus (Covid-19) which has affected several sectors in the country will not have an effect on the preparations for the 2020 Zimbabwe School Examinatio...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:50hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
World's view in Hwange?
Cecil John Rhodes, one of the most famous British colonisers, was buried in Matobo Hills in Matabeleland South and this was according to his burial wishes that his remains be interred in the granite-s...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:49hrs | 569 | by Burzil Dube
'Drunk' police officers assault residents
POLICE in Victoria Falls are investigating a case where four junior officers, who were seemingly drunk, allegedly ran amok and assaulted residents leaving two injured and hospitalised on Friday evenin...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:14hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police lock down Chamisa's HQ
POLICE yesterday besieged the opposition MDC headquarters in Harare, the Morgan Tsvangirai House, and blocked officials from both the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC and those from the Nelson Chamisa-led part...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 14:30hrs | 4466 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe police officers risk spreading COVID-19'
POLICE have been accused of aiding the spread of the deadly COVID-19 by patrolling streets without protective clothing and bundling those defaulting on the 21-day lockdown in crammed trucks where soci...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 14:28hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sends a pophetic message to Zimbabweans
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says Zimbabwe is about to experience a move of God that shall make the country the wisdom center of all nations. In a message posted on Twitter on Saturday Chamisa sa...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 10:34hrs | 9473 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Letters of hope, Covid-19!
"Hope is a mystery that forsees the beauty and the victory of the future. It is hope that testifies in our hearts that our nation will overcome this deadly virus. Our blessed and beautiful nation has ...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 09:19hrs | 759 | by Eric Shikobela
Shock as Vic Falls police run amok...beat up residents
Four Zimbabwe Republic Police Officers allegedly went on a rampage beating up residents of Mkhosana suburb in the resort town of Victoria Falls on Friday leaving one man unconscious. The officer...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:58hrs | 2872 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man kills stepson for soiling himself
A Rusape man who fatally assaulted his four-year-old stepson after he had soiled himself has been slapped with an 18-year-jail sentence.He was found guilty of murder with actual intent by a Mu...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:53hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Police raid stubborn vendors
Police in Mutare early this morning confiscated three tonnes of vegetables that were meant to supply hundreds of vendors at Sakubva vegetable market, flea a direct disregard of the 21 day lockdown ann...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Ex-wife killer jailed for 19 years
AN Inyathi man who killed his ex-wife by stabbing her five times with a flip knife for dumping him has been sentenced to 19 years in jail for murder. Lyton Sibanda (24) who was a herdsman at F...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 361 | 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 | 596 | by Staff reporter
The year Spanish Influenza attacked Rhodesia
The Spanish Flu epidemic struck Rhodesia in early October, 1918, being introduced into the country by passengers arriving from South Africa by train. It spread quickly in all the urban centres before ...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:17hrs | 806 | by Jonathan Waters
Health workers get allowances raise
On-call, night duty and standby allowances for public sector health workers have been raised by between 60 percent and 100 percent with effect from January, with the Covid-19 risk allowances, in three...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:16hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Komichi in trouble over Chamisa firing speech
MDC official Mogern Komichi has been accused by a Communications company Big Brains for failing to pay for speech services rendered to him on the 30th of March 2020. A google search of a company calle...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 18:35hrs | 14092 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Traditional healer blasts experimental Covid-19 drugs
Zimbabwean popular traditional healer Sekuru Banda has castigated all drugs that are not authorized by World Health Organizations (WHO) which might be used to experiment on the deadly Coronavirus....Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 16:27hrs | 1048 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
South Africa police kill more people compared to COVID-19
Eight deaths have allegedly occurred at the hands of police since the start of the nationwide lockdown on 26 March, according to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).The num...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:36hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stadia fails March inspection, gets June ultimatum
Warriors still risk playing their matches outside the country if Covid-19 recedes after communication from CAF that local stadiums failed to meet the required minimum standards after an inspection in ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:26hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
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