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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: 1 hr ago | 53 | 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: 13 hrs ago | 584 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Zimbabwe's corona testing kits defective
IN A stunning development, it has emerged that some of the coronavirus testing kits that have been donated or brought into the country are defective.The bombshell revelation raises serious que...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2304 | by Staff reporter
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: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:54hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
IMF warns of adverse Covid-19 impact on Zimbabwe's economy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Zimbabwe's economy is likely to take a battering from the coronavirus outbreak that has paralysed the world as it would make it harder to balance ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:52hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe is on the right track
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Zimbabwe is on the right track and is stepping up preparations to fight coronavirus (Covid-19).Addressing the nation yesterday afternoon, Mnangagwa ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:51hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
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 | 609 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails Zimbabweans for lockdown determination
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday hailed Zimbabweans for complying with the regulations of the 21-day national lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19, with the number of infections around the world sh...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:21hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe not out of the COVID-19 woods yet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans not to be deceived by just nine cases of coronavirus recorded in Zimbabwe so far, adding that the country was not out of the woods yet.In...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:09hrs | 360 | by newzimbabwe
Ex-convict kills grandmother with a spade
AN ex-convict from Bulilima has been arrested for allegedly fatally assaulting his maternal grandmother using a spade two weeks after being released from prison after accusing her of causing his initi...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 15:37hrs | 1543 | by Staff reporter
MDC judgment sets tongues waging
Zimbabweans woke up from their coronavirus slumber to read an ambiguous judgment designed to discredit Nelson Chamisa's MDC-A presidency. The judgment, which was passed a few hours before April Fool's...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:28hrs | 1140 | by Sibanengi Dube
Zimbabwe doctors raise alarm over COVID-19 tests
LOCAL medical doctors have expressed concern over the low numbers of people being tested for the deadly coronavirus in the country as the United Nations (UN) yesterday warned that Africa could lose mi...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Beware the Ides of March coronavirus is here
MANY pandemics and epidemics have occurred throughout the history of mankind, from biblical times to date. We have lived to tell the tale in the Aids pandemic and our cousins in the Congo and in West ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:50hrs | 256 | by Godfrey Mungwadzi Specialist physician
Man on the run after fatal stabbing
A GWANDA man is on the run after he allegedly stabbed his elder brother to death while trying to stop him from assaulting their friend. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Prophet TB Joshua reputation tattered after COVID-19 'prophecy'
CONTROVERSIAL Nigerian pastor, Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua, has come under renewed criticism and his authenticity as a prophet in doubt as the coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads around the world....Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 20:35hrs | 8049 | by Agency staff
People defy social distancing on day 4 of Zimbabwe lockdown
Scores of people in Mount Darwin, Mashonaland Central province have defied president Emmerson Mnangagwa's decree of staying at home in isolation of the Coronavirus pandemic.A visit at Mount Da...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 17:30hrs | 1526 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
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
UK coronavirus deaths jump by 563, the HIGHEST daily increase so far
Daily coronavirus-related deaths have reached an all-time high in the UK - 563 - to take the total number of fatalities to 2,352, according to new figures published by the Department of Health and Soc...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 17:10hrs | 1362 | by Staff reporter
China provides most effective safety supplies to Zimbabwe
The Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe has announced that their country has supplied a batch of professional anti pandemic supplies to Zimbabwe today."For combating the Covid-19, a batch of pro...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 15:42hrs | 1773 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
US virus deaths pass 4 000
The total US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 4 000 early Wednesday, more than double the number from three days earlier, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.The nu...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 954 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba feels safe
MARVELOUS Nakamba says he is well amid reports that the Warriors and Aston Villa midfielder could have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus.The midfielder could have been expos...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Botswana President declares a State of Emergency
The President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi has declared a State of Emergency for 28 days starting from the 2nd of April. The declaration comes after Botswana confirmed 3 positive cases of the...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 09:37hrs | 4667 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 685 | by Staff reporter
5 Common eating disorders in women everyone should know about
Eating disorders are a group of psychological conditions that are associated with an unhealthy relationship with food. Most of these eating disorders are associated with poor self-esteem and distorted...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 11:45hrs | 1309 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe lockdown more of entrenchment than fighting #Covid-19
Zimbabwe tonight will go on a countrywide lockdown following a worldwide outbreak of Covid -19 pandemic, an illness caused by the novel human corona virus. The pandemic first emerged in China befo...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 11:20hrs | 1157 | by Iphithule Thembani kaMaphosa
Mourn and pray for Zimbabwe says Chamisa
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has called on the nation to mourn and pray for 21 days in a bid to overcome the deadly Coronavirus."In the coming days ,l encourage you to be mourning and praying ...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 09:26hrs | 1647 | by Mourn and pray for Zimbabwe says Chamisa By Simbarashe Mwandipendaa MDC president Nelson Chamisa has called on the nation to
Calls to implement devolution grow louder
THE distribution of resources to fight the COVID-19 outbreak has exposed the need for government to fully implement devolution of power to allow provinces to map their own action plans to handle such ...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:27hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Amacimbi harvester killed by elephant
A woman (58) from Lukange community in Beitbridge East was trampled to death by an elephant while two other villagers watched helplessly on Saturday morning. Elisa Chivalaula died while harves...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:14hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
'Urgent need to capacitate Ekusileni, Thorngrove hospitals'
THE Government has said there is an urgent need to capacitate Ekusileni Medical Centre and Thorngrove Infectious Disease Hospital as isolation centres for Covid-19 patients in Bulawayo. The bu...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:13hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Critical industries, services exempt from lockdown
AS the national lockdown begins today to avert the spread of Covid-19, Government has said that critical industries and essential services will remain operational to ensure uninterrupted supply of bas...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:12hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for killing wife's employer
The Budiriro man who fatally stabbed his estranged wife's employer four times with a kitchen knife during a domestic dispute avoided a murder conviction when his guilty plea to the lesser violent crim...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:08hrs | 379 | 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
Chamisa preaches Covid-19 unity
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa believes the outbreak of the coronavirus gives Zimbabweans an opportunity to bury their differences as they fight the pandemic.The coronavirus disease, which is also ...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:21hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's problems keep piling - from starvation to coronavirus
THE COVID-19 outbreak is expected to worsen Zimbabwe's problems as the southern African country grapples with a tanking economy, the worst food shortages in decades and a collapsing health system, obs...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:25hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
People who die of Coronavirus in Zimbabwe will be buried the unusual way says Mangwana
Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Information Nick Mangwana has said people who die of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Zimbabwe will not be buried the usual way.In Zimbabwe people that die from...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 14:40hrs | 3372 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
+800 new coronavirus deaths in Spain, pushing toll to 5 690
The death toll from coronavirus in Spain surged over 5 600 on Saturday after a record 832 people died in 24 hours, and the number of infections soared over 72 000, the government said.Spain ha...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 14:37hrs | 609 | by AFP
Govt appeals Hwange ruling
LONG-DRAWN-OUT boardroom wrangles at Hwange Colliery Company Limited have taken yet another twist after the government lodged an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging a High Court ruling quashing it...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:06hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 hit UK, US evacuate citizens to virus epicentres
THE United Kingdom and the United States have stepped in to help their citizens who may be stranded in Zimbabwe after international airlines grounded their planes as COVID-19 rattles the globe....Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:45hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Zifa in shut down
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has asked its staff to work from home and will only be called in for emergencies as the association attempt to reduce the potential spread of the coronavirus....Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:43hrs | 164 | 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
BREAKING: Italy's coronavirus death toll hits 9,134
Italy has confirmed 969 more deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s total to 9,134.There are 4,401 new infections, making a total of 66,414 current cases....Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 17:09hrs | 2467 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confirms fifth COVID-19 case
Zimbabwe now has five coronavirus cases (COVID-19), with only one fatality still recorded, the Health ministry has announced.But the staggering statistic is that the country has only carried o...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 12:03hrs | 2195 | by Staff reporter
Travelling Zimbabweans in Corona horror
As the country struggles to deal with the deadly coronavirus at home, the government has now also been forced to rescue 107 Zimbabweans who are being detained by Tanzanian authorities in Dar es S...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 08:21hrs | 4288 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man stabs girlfriend to death
A MANGWE man allegedly fatally stabbed his live-in girlfriend of eight years with a kitchen knife after she told him that she wanted their relationship to end as he was abusive. A village head...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Presidential amnesty ex-convict kills two relatives
AN ex-murder convict from Binga, who was released from jail though the Presidential Amnesty in 2018, has appeared in court for killing his two nephews.Themba Muleya (38) of Sikhalala Village u...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:12hrs | 2692 | by Staff reporter
Man kills girlfriend after she dumps him
A MANGWE man fatally stabbed his live-in girlfriend of eight years with a kitchen knife after she told him that she wanted their relationship to end as he was abusive.A village head from Makhu...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:11hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 Update - MDC
Anxiety and fear are reigning supreme in the hearts and minds of all Zimbabweans due to the COVID-19 outbreak that is now deeply rooted in our country. We believe that there is still hope for our nati...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 13:11hrs | 3022 | by H. Madzorera
Zimra suspends processing of immigrants rebate on vehicles
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) on Tuesday suspended the processing of returning residents immigrants rebate on vehicles until further notice citing possible exposure of its staff to COVID-19....Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Judge's son up for murder
THE son of a High Court judge and his two friends allegedly robbed a Harare cellphone dealer of his four handsets and fatally stabbed him before dumping the corpse in a bush in Ruwa. Munyaradz...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1889 | by Staff reporter
Fatal accident at Mimosa mine
It is with deep regret that Mimosa Mining Company advises of a fatal accident at its mining location in Zvishavane. On Tuesday the 24th of March 2020, Stephen Chizola (41) was barring down in ...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 21:22hrs | 4745 | by Mimosa
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