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Zimbabwe records worst road accidents mortality rate in the Sadc region
AT least five people die in road traffic accidents every 24 hours in Zimbabwe, giving the country the worst mortality rate in the Sadc region, with the Plumtree highway as one of the hotspots....Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:18hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda businessman, butchery operator nabbed for alleged stock theft
POLICE in Gwanda have arrested a businessman and butchery operator from the Konongwe farming area for alleged stock theft after the recovery of live and slaughtered cattle.The cattle were reco...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:24hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Panic over Hwange underground fires
Decades-old infernos spewing ash and smoke are causing sinkholes that have subsequently consumed a key trunk road linking Makwika Village (Number 3) and Hwange town.The road, which also links ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Fireworks expected as Zanu-PF slides into provincial elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is preparing for provincial party elections with candidates backed by politburo members seeking to solidify their control of grassroots structures clashing in the internal pol...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:42hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Underfunding irks Nyoni
SITHEMBISO Nyoni, the Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) minister, is one of Zimbabwe's longest serving Cabinet ministers. But she has the hardest assignment in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:40hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 cases rise to 712
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 infections spiked on Wednesday, on the same day as the country began restricting entry to all travellers.The 712 new infections reported by the health ministry were the hig...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Villagers detain, torture stock theft suspects
A GROUP of about 15 villagers from Gwanda allegedly kidnapped and tortured seven men for four days after accusing them of stealing their livestock.The Chronicle news crew caught up with two of...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New Covid-19 variant: Zimbabwe to decide on injiva
THE Government has said it is monitoring the new Covid-19 variant that has been detected in South Africa and Botswana with a view of coming up with a way of controlling the spread of the virus ahead o...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for new Covid-19 variant
The GOVERNMENT has set in motion an intensive Covid-19 mass vaccination blitz to thwart the looming threat of the recently discovered omicron variant which threatens to plunge the country into a fresh...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ready for new COVID-19 variant
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday urged citizens not to panic in the wake of the new deadly COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.529, detected in neighbouring South Africa and Botswana, saying governme...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 08:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Stop criminalising human rights defenders'
HUMAN rights defenders have been under siege in the Sadc region amid calls for governments to respect the law, democracy and rights.The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Investment still hampered by business climate
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Zimbabwe remains very low, with the latest central bank monetary policy stating that the country received a meagre US$22.35 million in the first half of 2021. In 2...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 17:33hrs | 3 | by Victor Bhoroma
Sewage oozes out of taps, residents abandon houses
A HEALTH hazard is looming in Bulawayo's Lobengula West suburb as sewage is oozing out of some houses' taps and toilets, with the local authority allegedly taking over a month to address the situation...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools still COVID-19 hotspots
SCHOOLS have remained COVID-19 hotspots despite a downward trend in new infections recorded throughout the country in the past week, government has said.Government yesterday extended the level...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 04:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors' UK brigade for Ghana match
UNITED Kingdom-based Warriors' players will only play the first-leg of the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier in Ghana and miss the return leg should Fifa's engagement on release of stars with the English ...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dandemutande, Facebook in Wi-Fi hotspot deal
WHOLLY Zimbabwean information communication technology (ICT) solutions provider, Dandemutande Investments, has collaborated with Facebook to launch Wi-Fi connectivity services in Zimbabwe. Cod...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination deadline for civil servants
As Zimbabwe hit 2 million people fully vaccinated against Covid-19, all civil servants were placed under legal orders to be fully vaccinated with both jabs of an approved Covid-19 vaccine by October 1...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 05:22hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
'Covid 19 is spreading in school like wild fire, 2 weeks after reopening' - risking all for 3% pass rate
Health care, education and everything else affecting the ordinary people have been neglected by Robert Mugabe and now by Emmerson Mnangagwa and the consequences are there for all to see, especially no...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 09:28hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
COVID-19 hits 11 schools
ELEVEN schools across the country were forced to shut down yesterday after a significant number of students tested positive for COVID-19, it has emerged.This comes as teacher unions claimed th...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mbare youths make killing with footbridge 'tollgate'
A GROUP of Mbare youths have constructed a footbridge on Mukuvisi River in Graniteside and are charging people who use it $20 per head.The youths told NewsDay that they had to innovate to eke ...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Medical Centre opens for severe COVID-19 cases
BULAWAYO'S Ekusileni Medical Centre, the brainchild of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, has begun admitting severe COVID-19 cases.The facility was reopened last month, with two patients, ...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Zimbabwe ever have any elder statesmen since our leaders want to die in office?
As the entire African continent in general, and the southern region in particular, keep their eyes firmly focused on the exceedingly emulable events unfolding in Zambia - with yet another smooth democ...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 16:16hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
5 best MiFi routers available in Nigeria in 2021
We are living in a digital world where everything is connected online and requires online interactions and that is why everyone wants a fast internet connection to browse the web quickly and get every...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 14:39hrs | 11 | by Staff Writer
Schools second term now impossible
THE Government is considering scrapping this year's second term and ordering that when schools open, primary and secondary school pupils will learn continuously until they close in December, Sunday Ne...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC hires private firms to clear sewage pipes
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has engaged private companies to help clear sewage lines as the city battles to contain an increase in sewage pipe bursts owing to ageing infrastructure.Sewage has ...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's lockdown extension irks informal traders
INFORMAL traders yesterday expressed anger over the extension of the level four lockdown period by two more weeks without provision of social grants to cushion them. President Emmerson Mn...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Apostolic sect sets condition for COVID-19 vaccines
MEMBERS of the apostolic sect have said they were ready to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but the government should bring the programme right at the shrines to speed up the process.Speaking o...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 decimates BCC workforce
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to retest its workers who are in isolation in order to increase the number of workers reporting for duty and reduce the burden on its depleted staff....Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Town Water supply to be reconnected tomorrow morning
WATER supply in Gwanda Town is expected to have been reconnected latest by tomorrow morning.In an interview, Gwanda Municipality Mayor, Councillor Njabulo Siziba said the local authority had e...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 17:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools to remain closed until August 10
GOVERNMENT has gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 210 of 2021 to allow for schools to remain closed until August 10, 2021, pending review of the COVID-19 situation in the country.SI 210 of 202...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
July worst month for Covid deaths, infections
July was easily Zimbabwe's worst month for Covid-19 infections and deaths, basically doubling all the new cases and deaths since the first case was recorded in March last year, with 1 743 (49,35 perce...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe funeral parlours warn of mass graves
FUNERAL service providers have indicated that they are overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths and warned that the country could be forced to bury deceased citizens in mass graves if the upward trend of new in...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 04:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police told to arrest shebeen operators
POLICE have been implored to diligently enforce lockdown regulations in Hwange and raid all shebeens which have been blamed for being super spreaders of Covid-19.There are more than 400 active...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 18:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinwa disconnects water supply to Gwanda town
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has disconnected water supply to Gwanda Municipality over a $193 million debt, leaving residents from the mining town with no water.Zinwa has emba...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 12:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 cases decline, but Harare remains hotspot
NEW COVID-19 infections have declined in the past week across all provinces, except for Harare Metropolitan which still has a high number of cases, a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert has said....Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
110 pregnant women catch Covid-19
MORE than 100 pregnant women have been quarantined in Matabeleland North after they tested positive for Covid-19. Matabeleland North Provincial Medical Director Dr Munekai Padingani confirmed that 110...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 deaths breach 3 000 mark
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 deaths have surpassed the 3 000 mark as the country continues to battle with the spike in infection rates and new variants. Deaths now stand at 3 280.According to statistic...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls, Kazungula border posts reopen for vaccinated tourists
Victoria Falls and Kazungula border posts have opened for fully vaccinated tourists in a move aimed at reviving the tourism sector, which has been hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic since last year....Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals overwhelmed
MEDICAL practitioners have urged government to consider establishing makeshift health centres for COVID-19 admissions as the country's health institutions are inundated with severe cases needing hospi...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 local cases increase
With the country battling with the third wave of Covid -19 pandemic, new local cases continue to rise. As of July 25, the country recorded 617 new local Covid -19 cases bringing the total to 97 894 si...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Suspect everyone as Covid-19 risk person'
TREAT everyone as a potential Covid-19 risk, avoid hugs and handshakes, trust nobody, a Covid-19 Delta variant survivor has said. After travelling to Mashonaland West province on a business trip on Sa...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Time to complete Tsvangira's democratic struggle,' says Chamisa's youths
YOUTHS from the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa say they are now prepared to finishing the legacy issue started by the late founding president Morgan Tsvangirai and complete the democratic struggle...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demand for Covid-19 jabs overwhelms Gweru nurses
GWERU City Council has 31 vacant positions for nurses at its clinics, a development that has contributed to delays in the mass vaccination drive in the Midlands Capital. Council clinics serve ...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe extends Covid-19 vaccination to private sector
Health experts have welcomed the move by the government to extend the Covid-19 vaccination campaign to the private sector saying it would speed up the uptake of the vaccine.As part of the cond...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 16:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 third wave takes toll on Zimbabwe
The third wave of Covid-19 infections has continued to take its toll on Zimbabwe, increasing the number of active cases to 27 513 as of yesterday.The Ministry of Health and Child Care daily si...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 15:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says 'we're in a crisis', 'MDC stuck with unregistered COVID-19 vaccines'
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says information on the ground, particularly in rural areas, was pointing to a dire situation in the country, hence the need for government to stop politi...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt reduces workforce to 10%
GOVERNMENT has further decongested its workforce to 10 percent from 40 percent and temporarily closed some of its district offices in Hwange after staffers tested Covid-19 positive. In a circu...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Tshovani dies
Long-serving Chiredzi paramount chief, Chief Tshovani has succumbed to Covid-19-related complications this morning.Chief Tshovani (75), born Hlaisi Mundau died this morning at Colin Saunders H...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 17:15hrs | | by Staff writer
Apostolic sect leaders arrested
Police have arrested two Johane Masowe eChishanu apostolic sect leaders from Hurungwe for convening a gathering in violation of Covid-19 lockdown regulations.Officer commanding Hurungwe distri...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
City to ban mourners
THE Bulawayo City Council will soon introduce a policy to ban mourners from attending burials at its cemeteries as concerns grow that gatherings at funerals and burials were becoming Covid-19 super sp...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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