Search / Roll
'Know Zanu PF splashed $4 m on anti-sanction has nothing for covid-19 tests' - actually, know a hell lot more
"Did you know? Govt spent an unbudgeted $4 million on hapless anti-sanctions march but they won't spend any money on buying #Covid19 tests. They're putting lives at risk & creating a situation whe...Published: 9 hrs ago | 858 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Covid-19 got heads rolling in Zimbabwe starting in March - ZPP
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that the outbreak of Covid 19 across the world has set heads rolling in Zimbabwe with government and various stakeholders scrambling to find solutions and preve...Published: 18 hrs ago | 875 | by Stephen Jakes
Social distancing worry for Mbare Musika
Zimbabwe's largest fresh produce market, Mbare Musika, officially reopened yesterday, but with social distancing and washing of hands not being observed. Such measures were, however, in ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 143 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 Zim Lockdown: Gendered impacts, implications and effects on women and girls as primary caregivers
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global challenge that affects our lives and our work. Zimbabwe is under a total lockdown for a period of 21 days from Monday 30th March 2020 as a precautionary and m...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 15:21hrs | 362 | by Alfred Towo
Zimbabwean doctor tells her story about treating Covid-19 in New York
A Zimbabwean doctor working in New York says she sometimes feels helpless in the fight against Covid-19 - and without a vaccine or cure, says the world should work more to flatten the curve.Dr...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1793 | by Staff reporter
Red Cross plans countrywide COVID-19 centres
THE Zimbabwe Red Cross (ZRCS) is considering rolling out COVID-19 isolation centres across the country in a bid to augment government efforts in containing the novel virus, which has wreaked havoc glo...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:07hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF grabs subsidised mealie-meal
Zanu-PF Chiredzi West legislator Farai Musikavanhu (Zanu-PF) allegedly grabbed 13,4 tonnes of the subsidised roller meal from OK Triangle, while his Makoni Central counterpart David Tekeshe (MDC Allia...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:04hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Fungibility suspension to 'materially' affect Old Mutual Zimbabwe share price
DIVERSIFIED financial services group, Old Mutual Limited (OML) has advised shareholders in the Zimbabwean unit that the fungibility suspension order on its shares would materially affect the share pri...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Simbisa lays off contract workers
LOCAL companies are starting to feel the pinch of coronavirus, with Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed fast-foods concern Simbisa Brands announcing that it is laying off contract workers, putting em...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Fake news on Covid-19 causing unnecessary panic
Governments through out the world battle to tackle the biggest health emergency in a generation, as another pandemic gripped the world with fear. It is the pandemic of fake news on Corona virus. Would...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 18:48hrs | 2168 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Panic as South Africa plots to test Coronavirus treatment on patients
South Africans took to Twitter to express their shock and panic that Coronavirus patients in their country will be used as guinea pigs in pursuit of finding a cure for the deadly epidemic under a Soli...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 18:21hrs | 3861 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police controlling selling of mealie-meal
Police in Chikanga, Mutare have been called to control the selling of mealie-meal at TM Chikanga.Mealie-meal is now a scarce commodity in Zimbabwe and people are scrambling for it where ever i...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 17:06hrs | 819 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Mnangagwa's New Dispensation lacks communication strategy
The ordinary person at the grass-roots level is constantly asking the question: what has President Emmerson Mnangagwa achieved since he became President.President ED Mnangagwa in his opening r...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 13:27hrs | 1479 | by Nicholas Ncube
War veterans breath fire…bay for General Chiwenga ally’s blood
War veterans in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central province gave a strong warning on ZANU-PF official Goodman Musariri who was dragged to Bindura magistrates courts for undermining the authority of the Presi...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 13:15hrs | 4211 | by Simbarashe Mwandipenda
Zimbabwe Power Crisis Solely a Result of Poor Planning by the Illegitimate Regime
Zimbabwe power short ages will not be resolved - as long as the ED led illegitimate regime continues to sleep at wheelAs the Zimbabwean citizenry and economy is ravaged by incessant powe...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 11:22hrs | 557 | by Jasmine Toffa
COVID-19: Zimbabwe - a nation in emergency
The Alliance for People's Agenda (APA) led by former Industry Minister Nkosana Moyo has described Zimbabwe as a nation in emergency following the world outbreak of Covid 19.In a statement APA ...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 09:06hrs | 368 | by Stephen Jakes
Joshua Nkomo betrayed Zipra, writes Obert Mpofu
THE late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's participation in the 1979 Lancaster House talks was frowned upon by the military element in his-PF-Zapu, Zipra, which felt the negotiations were a "self-c...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:26hrs | 4157 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths threaten protests after lockdown
Militant MDC youths have threatened rolling protests soon after the 21-day national lockdown to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down and allow the formation of the National Transitional Aut...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 2434 | by Staff reporter
Millers avail 40 000t maize for roller-meal
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has availed 40 000 tonnes of maize grain to the government for production of subsided roller meal to ease shortages that have forced residents to leave...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:16hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army called in to enforce lockdown
THE military has been roped in to complement police in enforcing the 21-day lockdown, a strategy that is being implemented by other countries throughout the world to contain the spread of Covid-19. ...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
'MDC does not own Harvest House' Welshman Ncube says
MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube has revealed that the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai house formerly known as Harvest House is not owned by the MDC. In a wide-ranging interview with jour...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 15:58hrs | 6312 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora, Komichi keeping their cards close to their chests
Douglas Mwonzora and Morgan Komichi are keeping their cards close to their chests as fresh battles erupt for control of the mainstream MDC after the Supreme Court ruled that Thokozani Khupe is the leg...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:57hrs | 4100 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube urged to craft coronavirus stimuli
The government has been urged to roll out fiscal incentives to cushion companies reeling from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak that might cripple an already bleeding economy.Local compan...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:51hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Govt shores up mealie-meal supplies
Government has shored up mealie-meal deliveries to ensure that households have adequate supplies of the staple.Also, some hospitals, including council and privately owned clinics, will tempora...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe@ 40: Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath (Part 2)
The Lancaster Conference and the Build-up to Nkomo's temporary setbackIn 1979, Nkomo's Zapu and Mugabe's Zanu delegations under the PF banner took part in the final push for diplomatic transit...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:15hrs | 246 | by Obert Mpofu
'Drunk' police officers assault residents
POLICE in Victoria Falls are investigating a case where four junior officers, who were seemingly drunk, allegedly ran amok and assaulted residents leaving two injured and hospitalised on Friday evenin...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:14hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mwonzora, Komichi expelled from MDC
MDC Alliance Deputy Secretary-General Jameson Timba says Mwonzora and Komichi have been automatically expelled from the party.Mwonzora and Komichi have come under fire for saying Chamisa should ha...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 17:33hrs | 7058 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe police officers risk spreading COVID-19'
POLICE have been accused of aiding the spread of the deadly COVID-19 by patrolling streets without protective clothing and bundling those defaulting on the 21-day lockdown in crammed trucks where soci...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 14:28hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean deportees isolated – subjected to inhumane treatment
MORE than 260 Zimbabweans, among them deportees repatriated from neighbouring Botswana, are subjected to unhygienic and squalid conditions at Plumtree High School, which has been turned into an isolat...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
Zupco disinfection programme launched in Manicaland province
The Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) has rolled out a termini and buses disinfection programme in Mutare as part of efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus.Launching the programme ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 15:27hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's movement offers solution to fighting Coronavirus
Tyson Wabantu Movement has issued a statement urging the government of the day to implement tough measures in fighting the dreaded Wuhan virus that seen positive cases rise to nine in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 10:28hrs | 2440 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe doctors raise alarm over COVID-19 tests
LOCAL medical doctors have expressed concern over the low numbers of people being tested for the deadly coronavirus in the country as the United Nations (UN) yesterday warned that Africa could lose mi...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Beware the Ides of March coronavirus is here
MANY pandemics and epidemics have occurred throughout the history of mankind, from biblical times to date. We have lived to tell the tale in the Aids pandemic and our cousins in the Congo and in West ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:50hrs | 258 | by Godfrey Mungwadzi Specialist physician
Lockdown laws draconian, excessive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's announcement of a 21-day national lockdown across Zimbabwe to combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus was accompanied by a raft of laws, which are draconian, excessive a...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:49hrs | 187 | by Dewa Mavhinga
Sale of alcohol banned
POLICE have banned the sale of alcohol at retail outlets countrywide in the wake of the 21-day national lockdown to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. The ban was effected yesterday to minimise ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19, CEO suspension hits Bosso, Caps NetOne sponsorship packages
NETONE chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje is tight-lipped about when they will unveil this year's sponsorship packages for Highlanders and Caps United. The mobile network operator has al...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:22hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Prayer warrior falls off a gorge into the Zambezi River
A 29-YEAR-OLD Victoria Falls man cheated death after he fell off a gorge into the Zambezi River before a boulder landed on him crushing both his legs. The incident happened on Thursday last we...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:19hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa briefs traditional, religious leaders on Covid-19
President Mnangagwa yesterday met national executive members of the Zimbabwe Chiefs Council and representatives of religious groups to update them on Covid-19 and Government's efforts to curb the spre...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:16hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mwonzora speaks on Chamisa 'ouster'
Manicaland Senator Douglas Mwonzora speaks to 263Chat on the recent Supreme Court ruling and the reactions from the public....Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 16:47hrs | 6476 | by Staff reporter
Access Forex launches US$200k COVID-19 relief initiative
Access Forex, a unit of Access Finance Zimbabwe has committed an initial US$200 000 to assist the most vulnerable segments society and communities across the country who are now reeling from the negat...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Firms warned over contracts termination
EMPLOYERS who terminate workers' contracts or cut salaries without following labour laws risk being sued when sanity is restored after the recession caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. This was s...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:24hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 scare at Zimbabwe Police Station
OFFICERS at Bulawayo Central Police Station pressed the panic button when a local returning from South Africa, who is also a fraud suspect, started coughing uncontrollably in the holding cells leading...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:24hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Digitisation progress charms Govt
MANY communities in remote areas now have access to radio services following the successful roll-out of Government's digitisation programme that has so far seen the installation of six gap filler tran...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:21hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora dependance hit hard by lockdown
Most diaspora dependance in Zimbabwe have been hit hard by the country's total lockdown as they cannot have access to their monies sent on money transfer agencies.Officials from money transfer...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 21:01hrs | 3065 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
WATCH: South African Defence Forces ' mine-resistant' vehicle overturns
A soldier is recovering in hospital after a speeding taxi caused a military troop carrier to crash, according to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).SANDF spokesperson Capt Thabo ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 16:42hrs | 1518 | by Staff reporter
Police, citizens running in battles
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Harare municipal police officers engaged in running battles with vendors and scores of people who sought to defy the government's call to stay at home as the cou...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 13:32hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions impact worse during Covid-19 crisis
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo says the impact of western imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe was worse during the current COVID-19 crisis.In a statement Tuesday, Moyo said sanctions have li...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:29hrs | 454 | by newzimbabwe
Re-imagining the post-COVID-19 political scene in Zimbabwe
There is no denying that the global pandemic figuratively known as COVID-19 has disrupted our everyday lives. Even our economies have ground to a halt. Our educational institutions have been for...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 215 | by Admire Mare
For autocratic regimes, COVID-19 is a window to consolidate power
Leaders around the world have passed emergency decrees and legislation expanding their reach during the pandemic. Will they ever relinquish them?Last Friday, the Zimbabwe government published ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 169 | by New York Times
UDM leader buried in his Mercedes-Benz
Smartly dressed in a white shirt and suit, the body of Tshekede Bufton Pitso was lowered into his final resting place in Sterkspruit over the weekend, as mourners somberly looked on. But Pitso...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 16:00hrs | 2391 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
