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Lockdown fatigue on Day 3?
Residents yesterday continued to defy the lockdown order as police arrested 182 people throughout the country for the violations at a time when over 1 000 visitors from countries with confirmed Covid-...Published: 7 hrs ago | 343 | by Staff reporter
Where are the traditional healers and prophets at this time of corona virus?
It is with no doubt that Covid 19 substantially contributes to the burden of disease and health care provision in sub-Saharan Africa, where traditional healers play a major role in care, due to both t...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 09:54hrs | 515 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Gweru councillors in stands, tender storm
Gweru councillors allegedly allocated themselves residential and commercial stands and influenced the awarding of lucrative contracts prejudicing the local authority of much money, according to a repo...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:55hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Delta raises caution on beverages supply
ZIMBABWE'S largest beverages maker, Delta Corporation, says it has not scaled-down operations but supplies would likely go down after Government announced a total lockdown starting today in light of t...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:09hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Strict new curbs on life begin countrywide
AHEAD of the 21-day lockdown starting today to contain the spread of Covid-19, thousands of people yesterday thronged Mbare Musika bus rank in Harare and many other pick-up points seeking transport to...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 07:49hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
What 21 days of Lockdown will likely Mean for the Zimbabwean Populace
To curb the spread of the coronavirus President Emmerson Mnangagwa imposed a 21 days lockdown of Zimbabwe which is to come into effect on Monday 30, March.The measure has been applauded by man...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 23:21hrs | 3615 | by Prince Njagu
'Postpone exam registration'
TEACHERS have appealed to the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) to postpone examination registration to avoid the spread of the deadly coronavirus when headmasters travel to provincial and...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:18hrs | 1409 | by Staff reporter
Councillors accused of usurping executive functions
MDC-Alliance councillors in Gweru have been accused of allegedly usurping executive functions disrupting the smooth flow of business at the Town House thereby affecting service delivery.This w...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:42hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 Taskforce targets rural folk
THE Ad-Hoc Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on the Covid-19 outbreak is set to engage village heads in the country through mobile phones to spread educational messages about the disease, a member of the ta...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe@ 40: Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath (Part 2)
This is a continuation of the instalment published last week in this paper.It is also believed that Dr Nkomo's decision to take part in Lancaster Conference was largely driven by the advice he...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 296 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Zimbabweans in panic buying mode
THE total lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 will start at midnight with the Government passionately calling on citizens to comply with the directive and instructions from security personnel d...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:29hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
We let her down: we should hang our heads in shame!
Its high time we put our act together and we assist our daughter Chantelle Muteswa dear Zimbabwean women. We can't let the girl fight such a brutal war on her own without assistance from Zimbabwe wome...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 19:23hrs | 4008 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa's second chance to unite Zimbabwe
FOR the first time in a very long while the world has experienced no violence of war and gangsterism that had become the order of day on Mother Earth. The rattling automatic weaponry and booming of le...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:42hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: ZIMBABWE LOCKDOWN!
President Mnangagwa has with effect from Monday declared a total lockdown on the country to contain the spread of Covid-19 which has infected more than 500 000 people worldwide. The pandemic, ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:39hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ramps up response to Covid-19
STATE OF THE NATION UPDATE ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, CDE EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA, ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Fellow Zimbabweans, ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:33hrs | 165 | by ED Mnangagwa
Headmaster, teacher refused rice after Mnangagwa Cleanup Campaign
There was fracas at Glow Service Station in Masvingo CBD after a councillor defied instructions and refused to give a school head and a teacher 3kg rice each allocated to them for attending President ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 12:27hrs | 6919 | by Staff reporter
V11 on self redollarisation in Zimbabwe evident in Makamba Hospital case - Mashakada
MDC top official Tapiwa Mashakada has said the evidence has been clearly been exposed that Zimbabwe is redollarising in a case of the late journalist Zororo Makamba's hospitalisation at Wilkins Hospit...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 07:58hrs | 6660 | by Stephen Jakes
COVID-19: Residents express concern over water rationing
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over the city council's move to continue with water-rationing following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), whose prevention demands high level of hygiene...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns schools over exam fees
Parents and guardians who are turned away by school authorities for not producing cash for examination fees payments, should report to Government for corrective action to be taken. This was sa...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Company challenges USD-Zimdollar ruling
THE legal validity of a Supreme Court judgment which converted United States dollar debts to the Zimdollar at a rate of 1:1 in line with Statutory Instrument 33 of 2019, must be tested by a nine-judge...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:45hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
May the Lord of hosts give us more rains
Magamba knitted his eyebrow in askance at the next man as he handed him the Super Chibuku brew for another heavy swig. If only it could rain one more time, most farmers need another downpour for full ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 18:27hrs | 196 | by Tondo Murisa.
Quarantine 'sick' Oppa Muchinguri and Obert Mpofu
Zimbabwe Minister of Defence, Oppa Muchinguri Kashiri and Zanupf Secretary for Administration, Obert Mpofu must be stopped from addressing the public and isolated until the covid19 pandemic is curbed....Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 14:29hrs | 13190 | by Israel Dube
Ex-CIO Boss Happyton Bonyongwe urged to write a book
Former Director General of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation Happyton Bonyongwe has been urged to write a tell all book that will expose the real story of Zimbabwe's history since his assu...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 12:02hrs | 3773 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath
This is a continuation of the instalment published last week in this paper. Once again, I should reiterate the late Father Zimbabwe, Dr Joshua Nkomo's profound role to my political path and wh...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:32hrs | 327 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Warriors' new coach threatens to quit over allowances
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarušić is reportedly at loggerheads with Zifa over unpaid allowances after the break of camp due to coronavirus yesterday.Zifa are said to be owing the technical te...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:15hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools sports facilities decay
BEFORE the attainment of independence in 1980 and for almost 12 years into Uhuru, all sports facilities in former Group A schools were in immaculate condition. A number of sports personalities were ch...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Police 'kill' villager
POLICE in Silobela have come under fire over the alleged extra-judicial killing of a villager they wanted in connection with a case of assault.The incident allegedly happened at Cross Roads on...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:44hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Evil ZANU-PF laughs at the poor in press conference
The recent announcement today that Cabinet is likely to be reshuffled can only be greeted with intrepid cautiousness. Their ability to just laugh at...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 16:08hrs | 6159 | by Thabo Makuyana
Ekusileni Hospital neglect a national disgrace
ZIMBABWEANS, moreso our leadership, must bow their heads in shame. How can a whole nation neglect for 16 years an upmarket 369-bed health facility, the Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo?It ...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
MDC should be wary of founder mentality syndrome
DEBATE has been raging over the past few weeks over the role former Zanu-PF members, particularly the so-called G40, are playing in the MDC.As usual, views are polarised, with some saying they...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1522 | by Nqaba Matshazi
New settlements turn into squatter camps
Michael has to wash cars along George Silundika Street in Bulawayo so that his wife, Luba, and their 10-month-old daughter do not go to bed hungry. Besides the food he has to budget for on the $25 he ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:40hrs | 439 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Villagers bemoan partisan distribution of food
VILLAGERS in Chikomba district in Chivhu have bemoaned partisan distribution of food aid and agricultural inputs, accusing Zanu-PF officials of hijacking government programmes to deny opposition suppo...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Police losing the battle against Osiphatheleni?
THE mushrooming of illegal forex dealers in Bulawayo has left many residents wondering if the police and the Bulawayo City Council have given up on restoring sanity in the city. Chief Justice ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Dual Monetary Economy: Organized Chaos
Despite the visible momentum towards full re-dollarization and apparent depreciation of the Zimbabwean Dollar, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) declared that de-dollarization is well on course. The ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 11:11hrs | 2723 | by Victor Bhoroma
Husband and wife steals lettuce worth $10 000
A Bulawayo couple was arrested for allegedly stealing lettuce which was valued at $10 000 from a garden. Bright Mwende (27) allegedly connived with his wife Zichito Mpande (26) of Kensington s...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:55hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Afcon postponement relief for Zimbabwe
THE postponement of the 2021 African Cup of Nations football qualifiers has come as a huge blessing for Zimbabwe who now need to vigorously work on their stadia and pursue the right to play their Grou...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:50hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Village head complains over complicated Traditional Leaders Act
Villager head Khumbulani Joseph Nkomo of Skali Village in Lupane under Chief Mabhikwa has complained over the contradiction made in the Traditional Leaders Act as to who is in charge of villager heads...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:33hrs | 209 | by Steve Grays
Court okeys Chamisa ally's eviction
THE High Court has dismissed an appeal by Bulawayo MDC-Alliance proportional representation MP, Ms Dorcas Sibanda who was challenging eviction from her rented house in Paddonhurst suburb, Bulawayo ove...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 16:01hrs | 2244 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bank charges surge 900%
Zimbabwe's inflation is further expected to spiral upwards after local banks hiked transactional charges by as much as 900% as pressure mounts on the financial intermediaries to pay United States domi...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 07:10hrs | 3286 | by Staff reporter
Council director on 'leave' every week
Recent investigations at the Municipality of Marondera by a government-appointed commission of inquiry have revealed that council finance director (FD) John Kachingwe does not report to work on Monday...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 06:03hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Axe rampage killer goes to victims' funeral
A 20-YEAR-OLD man from Gokwe who cold bloodedly axed five people to death in Binga last Friday was arrested the following day when he attended a funeral wake for his victims and tried to light a fire ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:57hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Villagers forced to attend meeting called by Zanu PF aligned Chief
There are reports that villagers in Muzarabani were recently forced to attend a meeting called by Zanu PF aligned Chief.Zimbabwe Peace Project reported that on 8 February, Chief Kasekete of Muzara...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1614 | by Steve Grays
Sadc calls Covid-19 emergency meeting
HEALTH Ministers from the Sadc region gather in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, today for an emergency meeting to come up with a position on the state of preparedness and strategies to counter coronavirus. ...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:26hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
SADC fed up with Zimbabwe crisis?
FOR nearly two decades Zimbabwe has been reeling under a serious economic meltdown characterised by political upheavals, with the leadership and most African nations blaming these challenges on the ec...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 13:16hrs | 5587 | by Staff reporter
MP spearheads schools facelift
Matobo North MP Edgar Moyo has launched an ambitious programme to construct classroom blocks at schools facing a serious shortage of infrastructure particularly in resettlement areas.In an int...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:34hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister commissions pay-toilet
MINISTER of State for Mashonaland East Province Apolonia Munzverengwi this week opened a pay toilet and commissioned $2,5 million maintenance equipment at Chikomba Rural District Council offices....Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:59hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe importing more grain to avert hunger
Government is importing grain to ensure everyone has enough food until the next harvest following two years of drought as a result of climate change. This was said by President Mnangagwa while...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South health staff in accommodation crisis
MINISTRY of Health and Child Care workers in Matabeleland South are facing an acute shortage of accommodation, forcing some to share the few available houses, an official has said.Matabeleland...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 12:37hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will pay the price of COVID 19 denialism
Zimbabweans need to be worried, very worried. With the deadly novel coronavirus COVID 19 Osweeping parts of Asia, Europe, North America to a lesser extent and recently spreading into Africa, there is ...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 12:34hrs | 1270 | by Cliff Chiduku
Chamisa's G40 aligned faction goes after Mwonzora
THE mindless and factional bloodletting within the MDC was further exposed yesterday when the party's secretary-general Chalton Hwende issued a "final warning" to his predecessor Douglas Mwonzora for ...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 17:18hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
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