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2025 Budget: A shallow, hollow, narcissistic and dishonest anti-people ritual
THE 2024 budget statement was presented in backdrop of a tough and challenging year for the working people of Zimbabwe. A year in which the citizen had been abused by extreme levels of inflation, emas...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 18:47hrs | 731 | by Tendai Biti
Tsholotsho boy killed by lightning
A boy from Mabhandeni Line in Mlangisa Village, Tsholotsho, lost his life after being struck by lightning during a heavy thunderstorm on Sunday evening.The tragic incident occurred as the boy ...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 06:47hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe battles cholera outbreak in Kariba
Zimbabwe is grappling with a new cholera outbreak in the fishing town of Kariba, just a year after it declared an end to the previous outbreak. The current wave has resulted in 21 confirmed cases, wit...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:50hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Student killed as school kombi overturns on way to Mnangagwa event
A tragic accident occurred on Thursday when a minibus carrying students from Nyangani High School in Nyanga overturned near Selborne in Makoni District, resulting in the death of one student and injur...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:16hrs | 1246 | by Staff reporter
Spirit medium stops operations at Zimbabwe gold mine
Mining operations at Renco Mine were halted for two days due to concerns following warnings from a local spirit medium. The medium had forewarned of potential worker fatalities if specific demands wer...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 14:32hrs | 1391 | by Staff reporter
BCC contains cholera outbreak
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has successfully contained the cholera outbreak in the city, according to environmental health officer Nhlonipho Sithole-Sibanda. The containment was achieved through i...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 08:54hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans urged not to keep cash at home
Police have warned businesses against keeping huge sums of money at home and in offices as this was attracting criminals. This comes as the law enforcers have defended the "shoot-to-kill" approach in ...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cholera kills 454 in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has reported a total of 454 suspected and 71 confirmed deaths since the outbreak of cholera in February last year.Monday marked exactly 12 months since the first recorded case of the ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak kills more than 400 in Zambia
Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Anthrax outbreak hits Zimbabwe, four other countries
ZIMBABWE and four other countries in southern and eastern Africa are experiencing an anthrax outbreak with the World Health Organisation (WHO) calling for action to end the spread of the disease....Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK scientists are developing a vaccine for an unknown disease
UK scientists have begun developing vaccines as an insurance against a new pandemic caused by an unknown "Disease X".They have drawn up a threat list of animal viruses that are capable of infe...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | 26 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabwe records 12 600 accidents in 3 months
ALMOST 500 people lost their lives in 12 588 accidents recorded during the first quarter of this year.According to statistics on transport released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Fears cholera outbreak may spiral out of control in Zimbabwe
THERE are fears that cholera may spiral out of control as latest statistics show that the outbreak worsened in recent weeks, with a number of cases reported in Manicaland and Harare provinces....Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cholera worsens in Zimbabwe
As cholera worsens in Zimbabwe, Harare's poor high density suburb Mbare's New Lines area has been declared by government a national state of emergency, paving way for authorities urgently disburse fun...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak an indictment on Mnangagwa's administration
IN this modern era of advanced technology and medicines, it is shocking that Zimbabwe finds herself dogged by one of the world's medieval diseases such as cholera.According to a situational re...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mbare houses declared a state of emergency
Mbare's New Line area has been declared a state of emergency by the Government which has subsequently ordered that devolution funds be redirected to refurbish housing, sewer systems and enhance garbag...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil society approaches AU
A GROUPING of civil society organisations, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum), has taken the country's human rights fight to the African Union, predicting a bloody election due to the gov...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pumula South suburb under Zoonoses threat
ALTHOUGH expansion of cities to create more residential areas for the ever-growing population has ushered in development in Bulawayo and surrounding areas, the same is fuelling human-wildlife conflict...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Miners4ED invade gold mine
A GROUP of illegal miners operating under the Zanu-PF-linked Miners 4ED, which includes police officers and ruling party officials, have invaded Ascot Gold Mine in Norton despite the fact that it was ...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide closure needs sincerity, maturity and solemnity
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, it is not conscionable for you to rope in tribal chiefs in the process of bringing closure to the Gukurahundi atrocities. Common...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
Rogue drivers menace on Zimbabwe roads
THE general behaviour of motorists on Zimbabwe's roads ranges from shocking to bizarre.It is now common to see motorists breezing through red traffic lights or overtaking in prohibited zones. ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fatal accident at How Mine
AN employee has died after an accident during underground mining operations at Bulawayo Mining Company (BMC)'s How Mine.The company said air loader operator, William James, sustained fatal inj...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa ranked the most dangerous country - report
SA roads have been ranked the most dangerous to drive in out of 52 countries, according to a survey conducted by Zutobi, an online driver's education company. The survey considered factors inc...Published: 11 May 2022 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe roads deadliest in Africa, claims UN
FIVE people die every day on average because of road accidents in Zimbabwe, says a review on road safety in the country.But, the report says, this can be reversed.Launching the Road Sa...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'5 people die in accidents every day'
ZIMBABWE records a road traffic accident every 15 minutes with at least five fatalities daily, the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) yesterday said.The TSCZ, in a Road Safety Performan...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
13 Covid 19 deaths on Day One of 2022
COVID-19 claimed 13 lives on the first day of the year, while 269 were hospitalised as of December 31 countrywide.On New Year's Day Zimbabwe had recorded a total of 214 214 confirmed cases, in...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 kills 14 people on Christmas day
FOURTEEN people succumbed to Covid-19 and 277 others were hospitalised on Christmas Day across the country.Zimbabwe had by last Saturday recorded 203 746 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including 15...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tight screening at borders for new Covid-19 variant
Border testing and movement controls in place for many months are being tightly enforced for travellers crossing into Zimbabwe, especially on the southern and western borders, in the wake of the disco...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe probes 4 deaths linked to Covid-19 vaccines
Zimbabwe investigated four deaths over possible links to Covid-19 vaccines, officials said on Sunday.The four cases were among 96 reported post-vaccination adverse reactions, but none of them ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
The fight against COVID-19 is everyone's responsibility
The first Saturday of this month saw local author, film maker and anti-Government activist, Tsitsi Dangarembwa, getting her first COVID-19 vaccination jab at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare. She did n...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 13:35hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Call for all vehicles to have speed limiting devices
Automobile experts want present law that compels all large buses to be fitted with speed limiting devices extended to other vehicles, and at least to the sort of vehicles used by pirate taxis. ...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tops country Covid-19 infection risk
THE Metropolitan provinces of Bulawayo and Harare are at the highest risk of a debilitating third wave of Covid-19 infections in the country amid reports that the country's seven-day rolling average f...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Covid-19 cases continue to rise
ZIMBABWE on Tuesday recorded the highest number of new Covid-19 case in a single day for the month of June, after 1 249 cases were recorded with 12 deaths.The country has since the beginning o...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Business wary of another lockdown
BUSINESS is dreading the possibility of another Covid-19-induced lockdown which could further imperil operations and result in more job losses.Zimbabwe is in the throes of a third wave of Covi...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZRP cracks whip on lockdown violators, intercity buses impounded
Authorities yesterday intensified the enforcement of Covid-19 control measures with police impounding buses that were operating illegally, while the Judicial Service Commission announced the closure o...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
6 more die from Covid-19
Zimbabwe yesterday recorded six Covid-19 deaths and 519 new cases as the surge in new infections continues.This brings the total number of deaths since March last year to 1 691 and a total of ...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 12:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo under lockdown
Bulawayo has effectively been put under lockdown after Cabinet yesterday approved that three districts that are Covid-19 hotspots be placed under localised lockdown, with security details being deploy...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 vaccinations exceed 100,000
Zimbabwe has seen an increase in the uptake of Covid-19 vaccines over the past few weeks with the number of vaccinations now exceeding 100,000.That may sound minute for a country chasing a 10 ...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'New COVID-19 variants a threat to poor African countries'
NEW COVID-19 variants likely to hit Africa might prove difficult to combat due to inadequate health budgets as countries on the continent are failing to recover fromthe economic effects of the pan...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Alarm over schools
VARIOUS stakeholders have expressed concern over the poor state of most rural schools in Matabeleland South and North provinces which still do not have water and sanitation facilities at a time there ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe ill-prepared for COVID-19 3rd wave'
HEALTH experts yesterday expressed concern over the country's state of preparedness in the event a third wave of COVID-19 hits the country, amid reports that most health institutions still do not have...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to announce new lockdown measures
THE current Level Four national lockdown lapses tomorrow with President Mnangagwa expected to announce new ordinances to balance the reopening of the economy and mitigating against further spread of C...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe's COVID-19 curve flattens'
CABINET was recently informed that the country's COVID-19 curve is showing a general downward trend since mid-January 2021.This was said at a post-Cabinet media briefing by Information ministe...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs US$7m for corona vaccines
THE government is mobilising about US$7 million to acquire enoug hvaccines to inoculate 60 percent of the population with the first phase of the programme commencing on Thursday with frontline workers...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt threatens more restrictions
GOVERNMENT yesterday warned citizens to brace for more movement restrictions in light of the highly fatal and fast-spreading South African variant of the COVID-19 virus, which now constitutes 61% of n...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination roll-out kicks off
Vaccination against Covid-19 starts tomorrow with 49 000 health workers and thousands of other high-risk frontline staff being scheduled for stage one of phase one using the first batch of the Sinopha...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
One dies in Zimplats mine accident
An employee of one of Zimplats' contractors died yesterday from injuries he sustained when a high wall collapsed at the entrance of Ngwarati Mine in Mhondoro-Ngezi. Zimplats head of corp...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 recovery rate continues to improve
ZIMBABWE'S Covid-19 national recovery rate continues to improve as the country continues to reap the fruits of the level four lockdown that was imposed since early last month. According to sta...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 death toll spikes
ZIMBABWE recorded an unprecedented record high 60 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours on Monday, a situation that has forced health experts to conclude that this could just be a tip of an iceberg, considering...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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