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Mnangagwa not in COVID-19 quarantine
George Charamba, the interim Chief Secretary to the President, has rubbish allegations that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was under 14-day quarantine after being in contact with one of his aides who pu...Published: 2 hrs ago | 755 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges Zimbabweans to stop attending private parties
Zimbabwe's ex-Finance minister and opposition MDC Alliance deputy leader Tendai Biti says the fact that the country's key political leaders and their business cronies are under Covid-19 siege locally ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 952 | by Staff reporter
Ministers Covid-19 deaths strike fear into the hearts of Zimbabwe's VIPs
Health Centre staff members test positive for Covid-19The government has shut down Lupane Rural Health Centre and Jotsholo Rural Health Centre after members of staff tested positive for Covid-19. ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1824 | by Staff reporter
Ministers Covid-19 deaths strike fear into the hearts of Zimbabwe's VIPs
This comes as Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza died of Covid-19 today. Four ministers, including Matiza, have so far died. Others are Perrance Shiri, Ellen Gwaradzimba and Moyo. Former minister A...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1230 | by Staff reporter
About 600 die while Mnangagwa holidays
Just as Covid-19 was bouncing back at the beginning of the new year with ferocity after a relatively mild and contained first wave in Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa was going on leave.He left co-Vice-Pre...Published: 3 hrs ago | 572 | by Staff reporter
Return of indigenisation spooks the market
This has spooked investors who have always thought mining provides the most attractive prospects - a silver lining - in Zimbabwe's dark economic cloud.Mining was a safe haven for investors see...Published: 3 hrs ago | 517 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Covid knows no 'Supermen' calls for unity
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said there are no action heroes after four of his cabinet ministers succumbed to Covid-19 within a week.In his state of the nation address on Saturday, ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 816 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 horror traumatises Zimbabweans
TRANSPORT and Infrastructure Development minister, Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday became Zimbabwe's fourth minister to die from coronavirus.Matiza, 60, succumbed to complications brought about b...Published: 4 hrs ago | 718 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to receive Covid-19 vaccine 'soon'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country will receive its Covid-19 vaccine soon, adding that frontline staff in the fight against the pandemic shall be prioritised.Mnangagwa said this in ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 532 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga airlifted to China? - Highly unlikely
There are unconfirmed reports that Zimbabwe Vice President Rtd Gen Chiwenga has been airlifted to China this evening as his condition deteriorated.This was revealed by the usually reliable Chi...Published: 13 hrs ago | 10733 | by Staff reporter
Retired Major-General Nyambuya NOT dead
Retired Major-General Mike Nyambuya, former Energy minister and ex-deputy Speaker of the Senate who was reported to have died is alive and well.There are some sections of the media which repor...Published: 14 hrs ago | 4755 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders Chiwenga to rest
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week ordered Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to take a rest after the former army general appeared overwhelmed due to overworking and losing relatives to COVID-19...Published: 14 hrs ago | 6663 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns acting Harare mayor
PROVINCIAL development co-ordinator Tafadzwa Muguti has warned Harare deputy mayor Luckson Mukunguma that his decision to defy a suspension order from Local Government minister July Moyo would end in ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1753 | by Staff reporter
Illegal immigrants struggle in the UK
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, the UK jobs market has changed substantially, take a look at what this means for recruitment and occupational shortages, as well as serious implications for people's...Published: 14 hrs ago | 818 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
SB Moyo: Epitome of Zimbabwe revolution's finest cadre
Comrade Sibusiso Moyo, the General of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces who pronounced the demise of the four decade-old Mugabe dictatorship in November is no more. Comrade SB Moyo, what a journey we have t...Published: 14 hrs ago | 471 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Covid-19 spike blamed on unrestricted movement
THE surge in Covid-19 infections was caused by the movement of people who travelled into and throughout the country during the festive season, a senior Government official has said. Health and...Published: 14 hrs ago | 298 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo burial set for Wednesday
Late national hero, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Lieutenant General Dr Sibusiso Busi Moyo (Retired), will be buried on Wednesday next week. Dr Moyo succumbed to Covid-19-re...Published: 14 hrs ago | 534 | by Staff reporter
Sibusiso Busi Moyo and the Continuity of the Struggle
On the dawn of November 15, 2017, the late hero of Zimbabwe's armed struggle assumed the symbolic biblical ‘‘voice of one crying in the wilderness'' to make a way for the New Dispensation.To t...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1299 | by Obert Moses Mpofu
'Should we have empathy for Zanu-PF?' - not whilst thug big foot on our throat, can't breathe
"Should we have empathy for those we hate?" asked Taruberekera Masara in Bulawayo 24 article."Yes we have a moral obligation to. It was a heartwarming experience to read MDC Alliance communiqu...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1313 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Biggie Matiza has died
Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza has died from Covid-19, government spokesman Ndavaningi Mangwana has confirmed.Matiza was hospitalised at a private hospital in Harare last week afte...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 18:27hrs | 6356 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Matemadanda rebukes being rushed to hospital after testing positive
ZANU-PF political commissar and Deputy Minister of Defence Victor Matemadanda has rebuked a rumour that he has been rushed to hospital after testing positive of Covid-19.In a video sent to Bulaway...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:34hrs | 7126 | by Staff Reporter
Covid 19 cases reach 30 000
ZIMBABWE'S Covid-19 cases reached the 30000 mark on Thursday after 639 new infections were recorded.The country's Covid-19 cases jumped to 30047 including 917 deaths, 19569 recoveries and 9561...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:14hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pleads with Zimbabweans to maintain coronavirus discipline
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pleaded with Zimbabweans to maintain their coronavirus discipline, while also encouraging the public not to lose hope as the country battles a deadlier second wa...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:13hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns heroes
Acting President Dr Constatino Chiwenga has sent condolence messages to the families of three national heroes who died in the past week.Dr Chiwenga condoled with the Moyo family following the ...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:12hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Minister Chiduwa's relative among 6 arrested 'robbers'
Elias Chiduwa (49), a close relative of the Deputy Minister of Finance Clemence Chiduwa is among the six suspected notorious robbers who were nabbed by the Police in Harare yesterday.Elias was...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 08:45hrs | 4008 | by Staff reporter
'Should we have empathy for Zanu PF?' - not whilst thug big foot on our throat, can't breathe
"Should we have empathy for those we hate?" asked Taruberekera Masara in Bulawayo24 article."Yes we have a moral obligation to. It was a heartwarming experience to read MDC Alliance communique...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 08:09hrs | 1443 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Aeneas Chigwedere dies of Covid-19-related complications
Former education minister, Mashonaland East governor and historian Aeneas Chigwedere has died at the age of 81. His son Casper said his father died following "Covid-19 related complications"...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 5683 | by Staff reporter
'Two health workers infected by COVID-19 each day'
At least two members of the health frontline workers in Zimbabwe's major hospital are contracting the dreaded COVID-19 virus per day and putting a strain on the country's health provision system....Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:54hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Covid strikes Mnangagwa's VPs, cabinet ministers
THE Covid-19 pandemic has paralysed government amid reports that Vice-Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi are unwell, while President Emmerson Mnangagwa spent 14 days in self-isolation in...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 15517 | by Staff reporter
Mawere stokes flames in SA judiciary
THE case of exiled Zimbabwean business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere, who was controversially muscled out of ShabanieMashaba Mine (SMM) Holdings, is now at the centre of judicial capture.Mawere was in...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 2937 | by Staff reporter
Self-ordained 'Mother of the Nation' got it all wrong
'Peace begins with me, Peace begins with you, Peace begins with all of us'The Chief Secretary, Dr. Misheck Sibanda, Deputy Chief Secretaries, Heads of Departments, Senior Management and Staff in t...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1739 | by Dr. M.J.M. Sibanda
Chaka Chaka Covid-19 vaccine comment splits social media
VETERAN South African musician and humanitarian Yvonne Chaka Chaka sparked fierce debate on social media after questioning the production of the Covid-19 vaccine.The Umqombothi hitmaker took t...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1815 | by Staff reporter
'RBZ keeps black market guessing over $50 note'
ZIMBABWE'S markets are struggling to work out the full impact of a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) move to inject a $50 note, which it sees as vital for stemming a dire liquidity crunch, according to r...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:42hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in low spirits as COVID-19 ravages allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he is in "low spirits" as he buried two national heroes while mourning key ally, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, all in the absence of his two vice-presidents...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:40hrs | 3239 | by Staff reporter
Murwira blocks varsity fee hikes
HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister, Amon Murwira has refused to approve proposed fee hikes by local universities until the obtaining Covid-19 pressures have eased.This comes after governme...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:32hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo wasn't in Zipra high command, State media apologises for the spin
Former Zipra commanders and critics have pointed out misleading claims in the state-controlled media that retired Lieutenant-General and Foreign minister Sibusiso Moyo, who died of Covid-19 yesterday,...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 19:55hrs | 8207 | by Staff reporter
Sibusiso Busi Moyo, the coup announcer, declared national hero
The late Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Dr Sibusiso Busi Moyo, has been declared a national hero.The message was delivered by Defence and War Veteran Affairs Minister Oppah ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 18:14hrs | 2165 | by Staff reporter
Dr Shingi Munyeza showed the Character of a leader
Sometime at the end of the year 2020, my Senior Founding Apostle at Victory Fellowship Church in Bulawayo, gathered his Senior Assembly Pastors and reminded them that in 2019, he had prepared the lead...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:51hrs | 3185 | by Tomson Dube
Mnangagwa presides over the double funeral at Heroes Acre
President Mnangagwa has presided over the joint burial of the late Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba and the late Zanu PF Central Committee member Morton Dizzy...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:14hrs | 1361 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to recruit 500 more nurses
Government will recruit 500 more nurses to augment the country's response to the Covid-19 pandemic that is threating to overwhelm the health services, while the risk allowance for frontline workers is...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:14hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Agribank set to become land bank
Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Masuka has advised farmers to have a good relationship with banks as Government's plan to establish Agribank as a land bank is in o...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:11hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
SA's Minister in the Presidency dies of Covid-19-related complications
Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu died of Covid-19-related complications on Thursday, just 10 days after testing positive for the disease.President Cyril Ramaphosa described him as "a...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:00hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has voluntarily become the 10th province of South Africa
After protracted and emotional denials by Zanupf leaders that Zimbabwe is a country in crisis, masses of Zimbabweans that were stuck at Beitbridge border post a few weeks ago exposed Zimbabwe not only...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:34hrs | 2597 | by Israel Dube
'SB Moyo meticulous planning saved nation from chaos' - yet 3 years on, chaos still rules the roost
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce Foreign Minister Dr S B Moyo has died," announce Emmerson Mnangagwa."Zimbabwe has lost a devoted public servant and a true hero, and I have lost a fri...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:25hrs | 982 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe hikes risk allowance for frontline workers
The Acting Information minister, Jenfan Muswere says government has increased the risk allowance for frontline workers as Zimbabwe battles rising cases of Covid-19. The decision was taken afte...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 08:32hrs | 6307 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe printing $1 billion weekly to buy gold'
FORMER legislator and Monetary Policy Committee member Eddie Cross has made sensational claims that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) was printing $1 billion weekly mainly to buy gold.At the ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:46hrs | 3144 | by Staff reporter
UZ student gives minister ultimatum
ALLAN Moyo, a University of Zimbabwe student, has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to provide the ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo: Mugabe coup anchor turned face of diplomacy
"We wish to assure the nation that His excellency, the President Robert Gabriel Mugabe and his family are safe and sound and their security is guaranteed," these were some of the words from the then M...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1325 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records 155 COVID-19 cumulative deaths
BULAWAYO metropolitan province has so far recorded a cumulative 155 deaths and 4 368 infections of the deadly COV-ID-19 virus. This comes on the backdrop of the country having recorded an unpr...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:37hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Govt defies COVID-19 lockdown
GOVERNMENT yesterday gathered between 450 and 500 people at the Emakhandeni Hall to receive farming inputs under the presidential inputs scheme, in violation of COIVID-19 lockdown measures that outlaw...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:31hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
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