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Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger wins major battle
A Harare magistrate on Friday said former Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi was eligible for a ruling party membership in what his lawyers said was confirmation that he was facing baseless charges to ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:35hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says net closing in on economic saboteurs
INVESTIGATIONS are underway to expose the third hand that could be working with some big companies to destabilise the economy, President Mnangagwa has said.This comes as the Government has int...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger's case raises eyebrows
The court challenge over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy took an ominous turn following last week's arrest of the Zanu-PF activist, who instituted the high profile case.Sybeth Museng...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:15hrs | 3462 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination blitz: Zimbabwe reaches 10m dose mark
ZIMBABWE has now administered 10 million jabs of Covid-19 vaccines with more than half the targeted population aged 12 and over now having had their first dose, a pair of major milestones in the natio...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Muradzikwa-Jemwa court battle intensifies
THE explosive court battle between prominent corporate executive Grace Muradzikwa and flamboyant businesswoman Luminitsa Kimberly Jemwa has been postponed to 5 May after a court hearing on Wednesday a...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ouster plot case takes bizarre twist
A Zanu-PF youth member, who is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ascendancy after the 2017 military coup, says he is receiving death threats amid a spirited campaign to cause the collapse of ...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:18hrs | 2384 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube grilled over vaccines
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured) was yesterday grilled by Parliament over the country's preference of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines over a wide variety of approved jabs wh...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:48hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in race against time to exhaust stockpiles of Covid-19 vaccines
Zimbabwe is battling against time to administer over 14 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines that are already in its stocks amid concerns of public complacency and hesitancy, it has been established....Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 might end this year: WHO
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the COVID-19 pandemic might end this year provided that countries make concerted efforts to vaccinate their populations and implement other lifesaving meas...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:49hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
IMF sees positive economic recovery signs in Zimbabwe
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says there are positive signs of the economic recovery in Zimbabwe starting last year after two years of recession, adding that Government had done well in addres...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:53hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches Covid-19 vaccination blitz
THE Government will on Monday roll out the national Covid-19 vaccination blitz targeting a wider section of the population that includes children aged 12 years and above, as moves to increase the upta...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo battles religion-influenced vaccine hesitancy
BULAWAYO is battling to deal with Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy stemming from religious beliefs, a development which has kept the city from reaching herd immunity.The city's health department has...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 07:04hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Surge in COVID-19 admissions worries govt
GOVERNMENT yesterday expressed concern over increasing COVID-19 hospital admissions.This was revealed at a post-Cabinet media briefing by Information and Publicity minister Monica Mutsvangwa, ...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:00hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa calls for SADC, AU action on Mnangagwa
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has called for the African Union (AU) and SADC to immediately act before Zimbabwe is plunged into bloodshed following the murder of an opposi...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 06:36hrs | 2512 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccinates 40 percent of population
Zimbabwe has vaccinated over 40 percent of its eligible population against Covid-19 and also boasts a number of towns and cities that have achieved herd immunity, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on ...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:17hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation seen closing year at 62%
ZIMBABWE'S annual inflation, in a best case scenario, is projected to close the year at 62,17%, driven by persistent food inflation, researchers at Inter Horizon Securities (IH) have said.In a...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Mutare begins door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination
Mutare City Council on Monday started rolling out a massive door-to-door Covid 19 vaccination programme in a bid to increase herd immunity and fight the pandemic.The programme, which is target...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bans unnecessary international travel by ministers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has ordered Cabinet ministers and senior civil servants to immediately stop unnecessary international travel and double their efforts towards serving the people.The Preside...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Men are emotional beings also; a nature denied
The society can no longer sustain the lie, the fast diminishing energy reserves which have for centuries propelled the patriarchal society can no longer be wasted in pursuing the fallacy that men are ...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 18:15hrs | 504 | by Mberi Prince
Mnangagwa challenger says Zanu-PF is lying to court
A Zanu-PF member challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's appointment as leader after the November 2017 military coup yesterday accused ruling party officials of misleading the court by withholding ...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:43hrs | 3872 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on verge of becoming mbanje research hub for southern Africa
MBANJE, marijuana, cannabis or hemp, is one plant that has accounted for many people in Zimbabwe's prisons.Possession, let alone, cultivation or smoking it, has had serious consequences such a...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
City adopts door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination
BULAWAYO has started a door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination programme, as the country ramps up its fight against the pandemic.The latest development comes as Government has also indicated that th...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:03hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 171 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
China's 10m jabs gift major boost for Covid-19 fight
China donated another 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, bringing its gifts to 12 million doses, and ensuring that with its own purchases Zimbabwe now has access to adequate stocks to give the unv...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:07hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
BCC bars unvaccinated workers
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said council employees who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 will not be allowed into the local authority's premises by the end of this month as part of mea...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Djokovic controversy exposes crumbling pro-mandatory COVID-19 vaccine house of cards
As tennis world number one Novak Djokovic sparks controversy over his granting of a medical exemption from mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirement to enter Australia for the a major grand slam tour...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 13:01hrs | 1447 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa receives his Covid-19 booster shot
Setting an example to highlight both the importance and safety of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, President Mnangagwa and several Cabinet ministers received their booster Covid-19 vaccine shots re...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:50hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Govt gives guidelines on booster shots
GOVERNMENT has authorised administering of COVID-19 booster shots beginning with frontline workers, Health and Child Care ministry secretary Jasper Chimedza has said.Chimedza said frontline wo...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:13hrs | 169 | 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 | 78 | by Staff reporter
Speculation rife as Zimbabwe records spike in cases of rare flu
Genomic sequencing is needed to avoid speculation of a new variant following a spike in rare flu cases in Zimbabwe, health experts have said.This comes as Zimbabwe is recording an increase in ...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Top army boss in land grab
A TOP army official only identified as one Colonel Gwanzura on Thursday evicted Karoi commercial farmer Garry Hobbs, who had close links with the late former President Robert Mugabe.Hobbs prev...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:41hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
'Enough vaccines for everyone'
President Mnangagwa yesterday said the country has enough Covid-19 jabs for everyone who wants to be vaccinated, including those who want a third dose in the wake of the new Omicron variant.Mo...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:46hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Omicron send covid-19 cases soaring 2 555 per day, up 5 000% in a week - with it pressure to ensure free elections
As of 6 December 2021, Zimbabwe had 141 601 cumulated covid-19 cases, 2 555 new cases up from the 50 or less per day of last week. The country has vaccinated 3.8 million and 2.8 million with t...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 08:14hrs | 699 | by Nomusa Garikai
Witnesses in witch hunt Zifa case will not be prosecuted
Witnesses in the Zimbabwe Football Association president Felton Kamambo's bribery case are free from prosecution.The State led by Michael Reza had asked the court to declare them hostile after...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe misses Covid herd immunity target
ZIMBABWE has missed the December target to vaccinate about 60% of the population to meet herd immunity, with only less than 25% having been jabbed so far, amid fears of a fourth wave.Health ex...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:19hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube fears for economy
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube says he is keeping his fingers crossed that the current wave of the Covid-19 (Omicron variant) pandemic will not get to the previous d...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:07hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims immunity on being illegal Zanu-PF leader
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he cannot be taken to court over his alleged unconstitutional and illegal seizure of Zanu-PF leadership as he is now a sitting state President protected by...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:39hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Panic as Omicron variant cases spike
THERE is panic in the country after several institutions including Parliament, courts, schools and non-governmental organisations were forced to close after an outbreak of COVID-19 cases.Zimba...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:17hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Omicron Schools to remain open
SCHOOLS will remain open until the end of the term on 17 December despite a resurgence of Covid-19 that has seen numbers of new cases rising.Some universities have, however, reportedly stopped...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:13hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Booster jabs for elderly, front liners
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday announced that Covid-19 booster shots can be given to those fully vaccinated as there are enough stocks already in the country for everyone with more coming, as a way of ...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Pupils shun teen vaccination programme
BULAWAYO health officials say some pupils are resisting to be vaccinated in the ongoing vaccination programme targeting teenagers aged 16 and 17, a challenge blamed on parents and guardians' vaccinati...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Of new lockdown rules and self-imposed sanctions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday announced new lockdown measures while the rest of southern Africa is still to come to terms with moves by the United Kingdom, European Union and other countries...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slams West over unscientific Covid-19 restrictions
President Mnangagwa has raised alarm over the unjustified treatment of a number of SADC member states by some Western countries and their intrusive nature in the domestic affairs of sovereign states....Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:26hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Do our leaders and scientists even understand how COVID-19 vaccines work?
I am not trying to sound cocky - but, this is the question that has bothered me ever since the development and introduction of vaccines meant to fight and curb the COVID-19 pandemic.This quest...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 19:04hrs | 14 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 | 5 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Musengezi claims to have strong case against Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF member Sybeth Musengezi, also a local businessman and economist, says he has a strong case against the ruling party which installed President Emmerson Mnangagwa at its helm unconstitutionally ...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 16:53hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger vows to forge ahead with his court action
Zanu-PF youth league member Sybeth Musengezi yesterday vowed to forge ahead with his court action where he is challenging the constitutionality of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ascendancy as Zanu-PF ...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 08:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Zimbabwe back on UK red list
Travellers arriving in England from several southern African countries will have to quarantine amid warnings over a new coronavirus variant.UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said from 12:00 GMT ...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 22:37hrs | 11 | by BBC
Zanu-PF exposes thousands to Covid-19
THOUSANDS of Zanu-PF supporters yesterday thronged the National Heroes Acre in Harare to witness the burial of national hero and Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo in defiance of COVID-19 protocols...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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