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Lockdown house parties worry cops
A Total of 875 people have been arrested countrywide on Day Five of the national lockdown for violating anti-Covid-19 regulations, at a time when police are raising concerns on "lockdown house parties...Published: 1 hr ago | 197 | 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: 1 hr ago | 159 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF backs coronavirus measures
Zanu-PF is confident that measures being implemented by Government to contain the spread of Covid-19 will be successful, the party's Secretary for Finance and Economic Development Patrick Chinamasa ha...Published: 2 hrs ago | 34 | by Staff reporter
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: 17 hrs ago | 969 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
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 | 214 | by Financial Mail
Zimbabwe ramps up fight against Covid-19
State universities and local firms have increased the production of drugs and materials required in fighting Covid-19, as Government intensified efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus. The ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:17hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe waives duty on Covid-19 material
Duty on imported drugs and other materials used in the Covid-19 response has been waived, with Government expressing satisfaction with mitigation measures put in place by the Inter-Ministerial Taskfor...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:22hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube redirects 2020 budget allocations to fight Covid-19
GOVERNMENT has availed $500 million and approved recruitment of 4 200 health workers as part of a wider Covid-19 (coronavirus) mitigation measures, that include redirecting the 2020 budget expenditure...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:56hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
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 | 134 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabweans fear 'starving in their own homes' during lockdown
Zimbabweans braced on Sunday for a three-week lock-down to curb the spread of the coronavirus which has killed one person so far and infected six others, and for many the lockdown means tough times ah...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 19:55hrs | 1499 | by AFP
Government-led lockdown not enough for Zimbabwe’s fight against Coronavirus
It took a while for the Zimbabwean government to meaningfully respond to the Covid19 pandemic, better late than never.Now that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has decreed that there shall be a 21...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 10:36hrs | 800 | by Edzai Zvobwo
Zimbabwean cocaine pusher jailed
A drug dealer from Slough has been jailed for four years after he took over the Canterbury home of an elderly vulnerable man to peddle crack cocaine and heroin. Nyasha Mushayandebvu (25), of B...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:38hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
British police mistake man's isitshwala /pap for drugs
A man arrested after a crash on the A419 and admitted dangerous driving had his drugs charges dropped after police found he was carrying sadza. Appearing before Swindon Crown Court, Tinashe Nd...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:37hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa called to shut down Zimbabwe for 14 days
THE Zimbabwe Medical Association (Zima) has called for a 14-day lockdown and self-isolation for individuals with a compromised immune system to mitigate the effects of Covid-19.Zima secretary-...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:19hrs | 7690 | by Staff reporter
Pastor 'smuggles' dangerous drugs
A PASTOR from Bulawayo allegedly smuggled heroin, morphine and codeine weighing more than one kilogramme and worth $130 000, wrapped in a parcel that contained a small Bible, bottles of holy water and...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Covid-9 scare clarified
GOVERNMENT has clarified the case of a British tourist who visited Victoria Falls recently and reportedly tested positive for Covid-19 in her country, saying the woman has actually not been tested and...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's illegal forex traders remain defiant
IT was business as usual yesterday for illegal foreign currency dealers outside Tredgold Buildings in Bulawayo and other parts of the CBD, as police said a major operation against osiphatheleni was on...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 3241 | by Staff reporter
Almost everyone is carrying a prescription to buy medicine
Most of the diseases tormenting humanity are spawned by what we eat and poor hygiene. In short, we are what we eat. The unfortunate scenario is that the discouraged foods happen to be the tastiest whi...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 06:49hrs | 484 | by Thomas Tondorindo Murisa
Zanu-PF is worse than coronavirus
"Gukurahundi" loosely translates from the Shona language (one of the main languages spoken in Zimbabwe, alongside English and Ndebele) to mean "the early rain that washes away the chaff." The killings...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 10:06hrs | 2344 | by Knowledge Hakata
Murders around Zimbabwe scary
THE case in which a 20-year-old Binga man recently axed five people to death, most of them his neighbours, is horrifying.The recent killings add to several other such sad instances as frequent...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 13:05hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
Bid to delay Parirenyatwa trial flops
The trial of former Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa on charges of criminal abuse of office will now continue, with him presenting his defence after yesterday's attempt to delay the t...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:18hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Psychiatric patients numbers double
THE number of people suffering from mental health related illnesses and seeking medication at Ingutsheni Central Hospital in Bulawayo has more than doubled in the past five months, an official has sai...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:59hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Male sex workers complain over stigma
MALE sex workers have complained that the stigmatisation and criminalisation of their profession is derailing the country's progress in reducing the spread of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) as...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwe diplomat breaks into United States home, gets immunity
A Zimbabwean diplomat who barged into a home in Montgomery County, United States, while shouting incoherently has avoided a jail term of up to 50 years after he was granted diplomatic immunity....Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 12:35hrs | 1308 | by Staff reporter
Public awareness on how to prevent malaria is needed in rural areas
The more than welcome rain season brought with it a plethora of water borne diseases and the dreaded malaria. To date I have witnessed three suspected cases of malaria who are receiving treatment at C...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 07:34hrs | 180 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
No more time for snorting drugs at shopping centres
The Presidential agricultural inputs scheme has put food on the tables of many households in rural Zimbabwe. Had it been not for this noble cause many families would have faced hunger and possibly sta...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 07:33hrs | 857 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
SADC secretariat failing the region
The MDC has lamented that the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has failed Zimbabweans by failing to denounce the misdeeds of the ruling Zanu PF government. In a statement the MDC ...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 15:13hrs | 733 | by Stephen Jakes
Shock as Zambian army arrest Zimbabwean Pastor for drug smuggling
Zimbabwean born Pastor of Mount Zion Christian Centre in Zambia Kyka Ncube (also known as David Ncube) has been caught in the eye of the storm after he was dramatically i...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 16:03hrs | 4947 | by Mandla Ndlovu
177 immigration officials convicted of corruption
CORRUPTION at the country's border posts is said to be rampant with statistics presented to Parliament by the Immigration Department showing that 177 officers were convicted of graft last year....Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:10hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
ZRP no longer visible in communities
Today I sent representatives to participate at the Njube - Lobhengula Constituency local peace committee that works under Zimbabwe Christian Alliance, where I am also an active member of the committee...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:33hrs | 331 | by Presia Ngulube
Public drinking and educated fools
WEEKEND afternoons in Harare as any Zimbabwean town go like this: The viscous African sun beats down furiously as gentle tropical breezes flirt pleasantly about.Gleaming SUVs and battere...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1701 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Business wants priority fuel allocations
Industrialists and farmers want special treatment in fuel allocations if fuel supplies are not readily available so that they can continue to produce. They fear that licensing more service sta...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:15hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes Mnangagwa's presidential scholarships
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on Monday revealed that it was probing the Presidential Scholarship Programme and the National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm), with the fi...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:15hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses US$3bn to illicit financial flows
ZIMBABWE has lost over US$3 billion to illicit financial flows through tax evasion, smuggling, corruption, fraud, drug trafficking and money laundering, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chai...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:52hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
US$7bn loot stashed in foreign lands:, says ZACC
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) says it has identified over US$7 billion in cash and properties stashed outside the country by former and current senior Government officials and captain...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:50hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe distributes ARVs in fight against coronavirus
THE Health and Child Care ministry has started distributing antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in preparation for the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has so far claimed 2 461 lives and infected 79 930 globa...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 17:54hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Major facelift for Mutare General Hospital
THE Government is spearheading urgent repair works at Mutare Provincial Hospital and the procurement of more drugs ahead of next week's medical mission by Indian surgeons who are expected to conduct o...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 12:53hrs | 1074 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe isolates 3 000 over coronavirus
GOVERNMENT has self-quarantined about 3 375 people who have passed through Zimbabwe's ports of entry since the coronavirus was declared an international emergency and will avail US$5,2 million to prep...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:54hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
ZEC doesn't have power to deal with vote-buying
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it does not have the powers to investigate the issue of vote buying because it is a criminal case which should be handled by the police.Zec's r...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:20hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga collapses in his office... flown to SA
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga collapsed in his office last week Wednesday and was flown to South Africa instead of his usual destination of China because of the coronavirus.Nehanda Radio...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 05:49hrs | 13749 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Luv survives accident
Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Luv was involved in a road traffic accident over the weekend while on his way to a show in Kwekwe. His manager, Kudzanai Ruwizhi, otherwise known as Selekta Junk, co...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:03hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa has case to answer: Magistrate
HARARE regional magistrate Elijah Makomo has dismissed an application for discharge filed by former Health minister, David Parirenyatwa, who is being charged with abuse of office for ordering the irre...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:23hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Bosso is an economic driver
HIGHLANDERS FC life member Solwayo Ngwenya says the club is a national economic driver that also plays an important role in empowering the youths in the community. Ngwenya said this on Thursda...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:18hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt taken to task over health workers capacitation
GOVERNMENT has been urged to devise a sustainable plan that ensures health workers have adequate tools of the trade to avoid recurrent strikes by doctors and nurses.In a statement, Community W...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:29hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Abortion is legal in Zimbabwe
The right to life is sacrosanct and absolute. It is the first human right enshrined in our Constitution. Even the yet to be born have the right to life. Section 48(3) of the Constitution states that "...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 21:17hrs | 964 | by Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa
Stab victim in financial dilemma
A 21-YEAR-OLD stab victim, First Chisora, is literally wasting away on his hospital bed as he cannot afford the huge amount of money required for him to undergo corrective surgery. His kidneys are alm...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 08:08hrs | 1356 | by Eddie Cross
The people using Tsenengamu and Matutu exposed
The excitement caused by the press Statements issued by the former youth league leaders is short-lived and a none event. The behaviour of the youth was not only disgusting but indeed depressing and fl...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 10:03hrs | 4071 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Victoria Falls mayor granted $1 500 bail
Cop sets police dog on fellow copA POLICE officer from Victoria Falls has been arrested for unleashing a police dog on a fellow cop for allegedly blocking him from searching for drugs in a car tha...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:43hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Makorokozas arrests top 2 500
At least 206 more illegal miners were arrested over the weekend, bringing to 2 529 the number nabbed countrywide under the ongoing "Operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere/No to Machete Gangs". The o...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:30hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Nurse syndicate channel ARVs to black market
Anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs that are supposed to be dispensed for free by public health institutions are being diverted to the black market by some unscrupulous nurses, who are selling a month's suppl...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:28hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
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