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No date yet for schools reopening
NO date has been set for opening of schools and once it has been set, the President will announce it to the public, a Cabinet Minister has said.Speaking yesterday after the launch of the Visio...Published: 54 mins ago | 215 | by Staff reporter
No one should be turned away from COVID-19 centres if they can afford to pay
It is12 midnight and I have all the effects of COVID-19. Zimbabwe is battling with the COVID-19 pandemic, one of my employees tested positive for the coronavirus (see attached doc). The fact that we w...Published: 2 hrs ago | 293 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabweans thrown into fresh misery
ZIMBABWE ANS were yesterday thrown into fresh misery after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube stuck to his anti-people policies announced in the 2021 National Budget last November, saying he would not revi...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2781 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 outbreak shuts down Nkayi clinic
SIVALO Clinic in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, was closed for two days after all staff members, including five nurses tested positive to COVID-19 as the third wave continues to hit the country....Published: 7 hrs ago | 304 | by Staff reporter
Teen steals cow, cuts off hindquarter for relish
MUTOKO villagers were left shell-shocked after an 18-year old man allegedly stole his neighbours' cow, killed it and cut off the hindquarter for relish and dumped the carcass.Mashonaland East ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 335 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor loses in mine wrangle
Zanu-PF Odzi councillor Luckson Mawanga has lost an appeal against cancellation of his certificate of registration for Paari Mining Syndicate in Odzi.Paari Mining had appealed to the Mines and...Published: 7 hrs ago | 105 | 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: 7 hrs ago | 251 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi's Covid-19 contact tracing app fails to take off
FORMER vice-president Kembo Mohadi launched a non-existent Covid-19 contact tracing mobile application a year ago, Zimbabwe Independent investigations have revealed.The contact tracing applica...Published: 7 hrs ago | 359 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Banana's wife
President Mnangagwa has mourned founding First Lady Janet Banana and Mrs Angela Haritatos, the mother to Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Vangelis Haritatos....Published: 7 hrs ago | 137 | by Staff reporter
Turning down Covid vaccine is selfish, says Michael Gove
People who turn down Covid vaccination are "selfish" and put others' lives at risk, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said. He warned that those declining a jab could see themselves barred from...Published: 7 hrs ago | 118 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 60 deaths
With the country battling the Covid -19 pandemic, there is spike in infection and mortality rates. As at July 28, the country recorded 60 deaths bringing the total of Covid19 deaths to 3 340 since the...Published: 7 hrs ago | 186 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda drags farming partner to court
VICTOR Matemadanda, Zimbabwe ambassador to Mozambique, has taken his farming partner, Rumbidzai Mujuru after she barred him from clandestinely selling their maize produce to the Grain Marketing Board ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 377 | by Staff reporter
Sex turns nasty as cheating man cheats death
A 23-year-old man, Munyaradzi Njani, is battling for life at Bindura hospital after he was heavily assaulted by his girlfriend's four brothers after they caught him and her being intimate.Mash...Published: 20 hrs ago | 4268 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Open letter UK PM Boris Johnson, MPs, Councillors, Religious leaders, any other community leaders
I write this with concern about the current deportations of the Zimbabwean immigrants:...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1062 | by Chris Goshomi
Methembe Ndlovu appointed women's coach in USA
Highlanders legend and former coach Methembe Ndlovu has been appointed associate head coach of a United States based women soccer side Claremont-Mudd-Scripps whose head coach is another former Bosso c...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1687 | by Staff reporter
Shona community in Kenya to get citizenship
The ethnic Shona community in Kenya, descendants from people who emigrated in the 1930s, and then in the 1960s as missionaries, will soon finally get certificates of citizenship following the decision...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:18hrs | 1147 | by Staff reporter
Eradicating extreme poverty critically essential
The World Bank Economic Update on Zimbabwe released in June 2021 contains some worrying trends on the increase in extreme poverty in the country. The report points that the number of extremely poor re...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 13:27hrs | 178 | by Victor Bhoroma
Letter to Boris Johnson about the deportation of Zimbabwean immigrants
A letter to the Prime Minister (Boris Johnson), MPs, Councillors, Religious leaders, and any other community leaders who may have communities at heart.I wri...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 10:26hrs | 1264 | by Chris Goshomi
Zanu-PF targets farmers, vendors for election funds
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is targeting vendors, small-scale miners and farmers to raise US$140 million for its war kitty for the 2023 general elections, a party official said yesterday. Acting ...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:28hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Tight race for Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial chairmanship
THE race for the Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial chairmanship has intensified, with aspiring candidates holding secret campaigns ahead of the elections to be held in a few weeks' time.Transport ...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 716 | 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 07:15hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Minister warns farm invaders
THE Government will not allow the invasion of farms and grazing lands and land seekers need to follow procedure. Speaking after a tour of Gandawasvika Clinic which is being constructed by Mako...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:13hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister Haritatos' mother dies
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Vangelis Haritatos' mother Angela has died of Covid-19 related complications. Mrs Haritatos died yesterday, only 18 ...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:13hrs | 644 | 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 07:12hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has enough vaccines'
DEPUTY Minister of Health and Child Care John Mangwiro says the country has enough Covid-19 vaccines and government will keep sourcing more until the herd immunity is achieved.Mangwiro told ne...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:09hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Factional kingpin unmasked
UNDER siege Zanu PF Mashonaland Central chairperson Kazembe Kazembe, whose influential position in the party is hanging by a thread has extensively extend...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 21:31hrs | 2824 | by Staff Reporter
Panic grips Robert Gabriel Mugabe International airport
Panic has gripped staff at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International after airport manager Margaret Samkange succumbed to Covid-19 this afternoon. There are fears of disruptions as staff are lea...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 14:58hrs | 8973 | by Staff reporter
Toponymic identity in Bulawayo and the need to recognise Black women
Histories of many states and nations in the world are generally histories of men and in some cases a few outstanding women, seemingly those whose absence in the historical narrative may discredit hist...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 14:42hrs | 545 | by Staff
Workout Outdoors: 7 simple but effective exercises
Today, you definitely understand that training your brain is essential. It helps you improve results at work and avoid mental health problems when you get older. In this case, some people use apps to ...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 14:30hrs | 1039 | by Staff Writer
Zanu-PF sets US$140 million budget for Mnangagwa re-election in 2023
Zanu-PF has set a target of raising US$140 million for the 2023 election campaign, just days after a new report accused the party of "mortgaging" the country's minerals to finance its past campaigns....Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 1958 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dumped by aide
A FORMER aide to MDC-Alliance president Nelson Chamisa, George Madzore, has joined hands with MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora and is now set to the break-away party in the coming Kwekwe Central constitu...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:54hrs | 5475 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders schools to reopen
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended level 4 lockdown measures indefinitely to contain the continued surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths, but ordered schools to prepare for reopening.Paren...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:53hrs | 13400 | by Staff reporter
Robber invades all-night vigil, rapes congregant
POLICE in Chinamhora, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly robbed two women who were conducting prayers at Muchinjikwa Mountain in Domboshava before raping one of...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1654 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans want inclusive national dialogue - research
MOST Zimbabweans have said they prefer a national dialogue embracing all stakeholders in the country not to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's initiated Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), which comprises ...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Bosso players want out
HIGHLANDERS' players have asked to be released from their contracts and issued with clearances so they can seek employment elsewhere after the club failed to pay them their June salaries. The ...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:40hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Government agrees to reopen border posts
GOVERNMENT has agreed to reopen the Victoria Falls and Kazungula border posts to tourists who are fully vaccinated after the country's tourism capital achieved 60 percent herd immunity of the populati...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:38hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 107 deaths from Covid-19 in a day
Zimbabwe yesterday recorded 107 deaths from Covid-19, the highest daily total since the first case in March last year with 54 of these deaths, half the total, in Harare which has become the new epicen...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets to raise US$140m
President Mnangagwa has appointed a resource mobilisation committee to raise funds for the party's activities including preparing for the 2023 elections. This comes as pollsters have predicted a Zanu-...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC's fresh sanctions call flops
THE MDC-Alliance unsuccessfully tried to lobby the European Union (EU) to impose fresh sanctions on Zimbabwe after its parliamentarians had been recalled from Parliament following a Supreme Court ruli...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:35hrs | 569 | 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 07:35hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Government halts Chinese mining activities in game reserve
GOVERNMENT departments implicated in granting Chinese firm, Afrochine, a controversial special mining grant inside Mavuradona Game Park were on Monday summoned for a crisis meeting in which they trade...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:34hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF youth leader in age cheating
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central province acting youth leader Esrom Nhete is reportedly battling for his political survival by trying to cheat his way back to the top post in the looming provincial electio...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 22:06hrs | 2655 | by Shelton Muchena/Paul Ndou
White farmer enlists US federal court in enforcing US$277m arbitral award against Zimbabwe
Bernhard von Pezold and his family, who are dual Swiss and German nationals, have enlisted the help of a US federal court in Washington DC in enforcing a US$277 million arbitral award against Zimbabwe...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 20:32hrs | 3135 | by Staff reporter
How safe are Covid19 Vaccines?
I first heard of it in January 2020 that there was a viral disease which was killing people in China. I didn't take it seriously . I thought it was going to be a Chinese disease which was going ...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 19:57hrs | 1311 | by Etiwel Mutero
Court orders Tongaat, Rukatya to pay commercial farmer $US1,4m
HIGH Court judge Justice Webster Chinamora has ordered sugar producers Tongaat Hullet and businessman Isaac Rukatya, to pay US$1,4 million plus legal costs to a Chiredzi commercial farmer, Tony Renato...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:21hrs | 2063 | by Staff reporter
Zapu postpones congress, again
THE opposition Zapu has further postponed its elective congress to October this year because of the COVID-19-induced lockdowns and the need for all their delegates to be fully vaccinated before the el...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Challenges facing Zimbabwe's foreign exchange auction
IT is clear that the auction for foreign exchange is in trouble. The arrears now stand at over US$200 million. That is equivalent to nearly Z$18 billion and the delays are having a serious impact on c...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1013 | by Eddie Cross
Zimbabwean travellers to verify Covid-19 status online
ZIMBABWEAN travellers will now have access to an online facility to help verify their Covid-19 status and only those with certificates obtained on the Trusted Travel platform or verified on the Global...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:11hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
Taxis, kombis impounded
Police in Midlands have impounded over 170 pirate taxis and Kombis following the launch of an operation code named Chishika-shika Chapera. Some of the drivers were arrested and fined for viola...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:09hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi calls for unity of Zanu-PF structures
Zanu-PF Vice President and Second Secretary, Kembo Mohadi has called for unity of all structures as the party is on course to attain five million votes for President Mnangagwa in the 2023 harmonised e...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:08hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
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