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Bulawayo water crisis now more than a national disaster

Bulawayo councillors have raised alarm over the deepening water crisis in the city, warning that the situation poses serious risks to residents' livelihoods and the city's long-term development.During a full council meeting held Wednesday …

Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 16:48hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa declares Chitungwiza crash a national disaster

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the devastating road traffic accident that claimed 17 lives in Chitungwiza a national disaster, enabling the Government to mobilise urgent assistance and support for the bereaved families.The annou…

Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 17:21hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter

Disaster as rains destroy over 25 schools in Masvingo

Heavy rains that swept across Masvingo province in recent weeks have caused widespread damage, with 25 schools in the region either having their classrooms or teachers' houses destroyed. The destruction is particularly severe in districts …

Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 14:02hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa declares Mbare inferno a disaster

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the devastating fire that ravaged the Mbare Traders Market a state of disaster, paving the way for urgent assistance and resources to support thousands of traders affected by the destruction.The de…

Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:56hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter

6 bodies recovered after Kwekwe mine collapses

Six bodies were recovered yesterday at Homesteak Mine (Globe and Phoenix) in Kwekwe after a tragic collapse of mine dumps while the miners were digging underground.Fortune Mupungu, chairperson of the Kwekwe Civil Protection Unit (CPU) and …

Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 10:42hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's disaster management under scrutiny

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's US$2 billion humanitarian assistance plea has raised eyebrows as it is more than what regional countries suffering from El NiÃ±o-induced drought have asked for.Southern Africa is currently battling a severe d…

Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Drought kills 9 000 cattle in Zimbabwe

ZIMBABWE has recorded approximately 9 000 drought-related cattle deaths with over 1,4 million more reported to be at high risk due to lack of pasture and water, the USAid's food security arm has said.Zimbabwe is battling an El Nino cycle o…

Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa to declare drought state of disaster

ZIMBABWE is expected to declare the drought which is ravaging the country a state of disaster in a bid to marshal resources and avert possible starvation, NewsDay can reveal.President Emmerson Mnangagwa was yesterday afternoon expected to …

Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

'Declare drought a national disaster'

ZAPU leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo has called on government to declare a state of emergency resulting from the El Nino-induced drought.The 2023/24 farming season has been condemned as a write-off, with the prolonged dry spell further beating d…

Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 15:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt yet to declare Bulawayo water crisis a national disaster

GOVERNMENT says it will only declare Bulawayo a water crisis area after a committee appointed to assess the water situation in the city completes its work and is satisfied there is need to make such a declaration.Declaring the city a water…

Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:50hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Harare, Chitungwiza floods a man-made disaster

The incessant rains that pounded the country in the past week have exposed a big problem that has been allowed to fester in Harare and Chitungwiza, which requires decisive action to save lives.Scores of families that were allowed to build …

Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:57hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe faces cholera disaster

A senior official from the Harare City Council has issued a warning that the current cholera outbreak could escalate into a disaster if immediate measures are not taken to halt the disease's spread.Prosper Chonzi, the Director of Health Se…

Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 19:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa declares garbage disaster in Harare

The near collapse of garbage removal in the four Harare Metropolitan councils caused President Mnangagwa to yesterday declare a "state of disaster" the poor waste management that has seen ever-growing piles of garbage going uncollected for…

Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF must not politic amid disaster

WHILE touring houses affected by flash floods in Chitungwiza last week, Local Government minister July Moyo said government was in the process of scouting for alternative land to resettle people who built structures on wetlands and riverba…

Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Mutiusinazita

Who is to blame for Zimbabwe's land reform disaster?

0N August 31, the government of Zimbabwe announced that foreign white farmers settled in the country who lost land between 2000 and 2001 under the late former President Robert Mugabe's controversial land reform programme designed to empowe…

Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 3 | by Tafi Mhaka

Chamisa's reckless utterances, US hand, a recipe for disaster

THE 2018 harmonised elections are now a distant memory after having produced one winner, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The other 21 Presidential hopefuls have accepted the outcome, but MDCAlliance leader, Nelson Chamisa is still agitating h…

Published: 26 May 2019 at 20:00hrs | 13 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda

Zimbabwe's disaster response is a disaster

There are few things that reveal the priorities of a government better than a national disaster. In Zimbabwe, Cyclone Idai, which had left at least 65 people dead and more than 100 missing in its wake by Sunday, has once again raised quest…

Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:41hrs | 2 | by newZWire

WATCH: Ugly scenes as cyclone hits Chimanimani

Cyclone Idai has hit Chimanimani, destroying and sweeping away over 10 houses at Ngangu high density suburb last night.Rusitu Valley is also bearing the brunt of the cyclone which is expected to continue over the weekend and also affect Ma…

Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Rusape bus crash declared a national disaster

Government has declared a state of national disaster an accident in which 46 people were killed when two buses side-swapped at the 166-kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare highway on Wednesday evening. The accident involved two buses, Bolt Cu…

Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Bond notes disaster: Zimbabweans count costs after a week of madness

Mary Muchenje bolted out of a pharmacy in Harare's Avenues area, only to stop a few metres away scratching her head.Muchenje's world had just crumbled after the pharmacists informed her she needed US$400 cash to buy medication for her grav…

Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bus accident declared state of disaster

President Robert Mugabe has declared the Nyamakate bus accident which has claimed 43 lives, a state of disaster.The declaration was made in terms of section 27 (i) of the Civil Protection Act (chapter  10.06) of 1989 and this entails …

Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 10:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

'Declare cyclone-induced floods a disaster'

A MATABELELAND human rights group has urged the government to declare the Cyclone Dineo-induced floods, which wreaked havoc in most parts of the region, a humanitarian disaster to pave way for international donors to mobilise aid for affec…

Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Drones, the way to go in disaster management

The initiative by the government to introduce drones for border post patrolling is a development long overdue and welcome for different schemes. Recently articles were published on porous border posts that have left the country vulnerable …

Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 19:26hrs | 2 | by Tatenda Gono

Bond notes a disaster, says Energy Mutodi

A controversial Zanu-PF youth member Energy Mutodi has described the bond notes which the government is introducing this month end as a disaster for the nation.He said Zimbabwean fiscal and monetary authorities will soon launch bond notes …

Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 07:43hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Mine collapse claims one, three seriously injured

MATABELELAND NORTH- ONE person died and three others are battling for their lives at Inyathi Mission Hospital after a shaft collapsed at Turk Mine trapping miners underground for more than three hours yesterday.The horrific incident happen…

Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

Bulawayo fire services ill-equipped for disasters

BULAWAYO'S Fire and Emergency Rescue Services department is ill-equipped to deal with a full-scale disaster due to equipment and staff shortages.Although a recent partnership between the city and the United Kingdom-based Operation Florian …

Published: 04 Apr 2012 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

The new disaster in MDC-T

Whereas all along the "T" suffix in MDC-T was thought or understood to mean or represent "Tsvangirai", it now turns out that in some pretty influential quarters it means "Theresa" (Makone). In other equally influential quarters the "T" in …

Published: 08 Jan 2012 at 15:45hrs | | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

Disaster if Zimbabwe's multicurrency system changes now

EVER since Zimbabwe's currency was demonetized in February 2009, and a multicurrency system substituted in its stead, innumerable voices have repeatedly called for reintroduction of a national currency.  Endlessly, there are demands f…

Published: 10 Jun 2011 at 04:53hrs | 1 | by Eric Bloch

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