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uLoyiko ensemble to Premiere at Pretoria's Momentum State Theatre in South Africa
South African theatre ensemble, uLoyiko has informed umthwakazireview.com that it will premiere at Pretoria's Grand Momentum State Theatre in South Africa in...Published: 17 hrs ago | 282 | by Thembani Dube
Easter Holiday accidents kill 24
The death toll of people who died during the Easter Holiday rose to 24 on Sunday night after 11 people perished on the spot in a fatal head-on collision at the 118km peg along Harare-Mutare highway in...Published: 18 hrs ago | 405 | by Staff reporter
Where is Mnangagwa taking us to?
I DROVE up the window of the tollgate and the man on duty asked me: "Eddie, where are we going?" He was not asking what my destination was, but where did I think the country was going.Last nig...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:40hrs | 7865 | by Eddie Cross
Cyclone Idai pupils, teachers death toll rises
THE death toll for pupils and teachers who died during Cyclone Idai last month has risen to 92 while 102 pupils are still missing.The cyclone affected most parts of Manicaland and Masvingo pro...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1638 | by Staff reporter
10 Zimbabweans killed in head-on collision in South Africa
Ten people have been killed in a head-on collision on the N1 in Limpopo, while another is in a critical condition in a Modimolle hospital.Limpopo Department of Transport spokesperson Matome Ta...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 18:24hrs | 7373 | by Staff reporter
'MDC has no hand in sanctions'
The Daily News on Sunday Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda caught up with journalist, and human rights advocate Grace Kwinje who is the MDC Alliance's European Union representative based in Brussels. S...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 17:48hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Belarus' aeroplane with food for Zimbabweans arrives
An aeroplane from Belarus carrying food aid for Zimbabweans who suffered from Cyclone Ida has landed in the country, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus has announced."The Belarusi...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 08:57hrs | 2879 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How Grace's power grew in inverse proportion to Mugabe's declining health
Chapter 29Shortly before the Zanu-PF conference held at Victoria Falls in early December 2015, the Women's League proposed a resolution to reintroduce a...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:09hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Madinda itching for a win
AFTER playing draws in the first two games against Black Rhinos and Caps United, Highlanders technical manager Madinda Ndlovu, said they are looking forward to collecting maximum points when they take...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Gweru crash victims named, death toll rises to 11
The death toll in the kombi and bus crash that occurred about 25 kilometres outside Gweru on Wednesday evening has risen to 11 after one more person died at Gweru Provincial Hospital yesterday. ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:37hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police dogs only trained to sniff for marijuana, says Minister
INFORMATION Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has defended Zimbabwe's recent hiring of South African sniffer dogs to help search for Cyclone Idai victims buried under rubble in areas hit by the catastrophe....Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1036 | by newzimbabwe
Cop hires kombi to ferry stolen Cyclone Idai donations
A police officer has been arrested for alleged wholesale looting of aid valued at tens of thousands United States Dollars earmarked for victims of Cyclone Idai in Chipinge amid reports of rampant misa...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 18:39hrs | 5085 | by Methusi Ncube
Charamba and the Pfeesident
WHOEVER said the more things change, the more they remain the same was not far off the mark, at least in relation to Zimbabwe. We have a whole regime pretending to be a new dispensation but st...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:21hrs | 3617 | by Hon Criss
Mtukudzi did not leave a will, 4 more children emerge
CONTROVERSY continues to stalk the family of the late national hero, Dr Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, as the entire clan gathers today in Madziva to decide how the vast wealth the singer left behind will be...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:28hrs | 5930 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai death toll rises to 344
The Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services has released the latest figures of people who passed on due Cyclone Idai.CYCLONE IDAI UPDATE: Deaths of Zimbabweans. Moz...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:57hrs | 1981 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa govt's dodgy multi-billion dollar deals illegal'
FORMER finance minister Tendai Biti has condemned the majority of deals signed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, describing them as unconstitutional and void as they were not approved by parliament in ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 10:02hrs | 2024 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, small political parties visit cyclone disaster areas
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is in Manicaland together with members of other political parties who are visiting Chimanimani and Chipinge in an effort to increase the level of assistance to cyclone Ida...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 11:14hrs | 1573 | by Staff reporter
Umalayitsha wins battle to recover impounded car
THE High Court has ordered police to release a South African registered kombi belonging to an umalayitsha which was impounded last year after it was found carrying a carcass of an alleged stolen beast...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Roger Federer, Andy Murray in Idai relief
SWISS tennis superstar Roger Federer and Andy Murray have joined hands with the rest of the world in pulling together resources to help people affected by Cyclone Idai. Through his foundation,...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Cylone Idai death toll at 268 in Zimbabwe, expected to rise
Cabinet yesterday resolved to launch a formal appeal for domestic and international assistance on the Cyclone Idai disaster whose death toll now stands at 268 people. The appeal is for assista...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:21hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sends formal Cyclone Idai SOS
Cabinet yesterday resolved to launch a formal appeal for domestic and international assistance on the Cyclone Idai disaster whose death toll now stands at 268 people. The appeal is for assista...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:15hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Do cracks in the ground in Chimanimani prove seismic activity before cyclone?
Pictures have emerged which appear to support claims by survivors of a deadly cyclone in eastern Zimbabwe that there was some seismic activity before heavy rains and winds swept in from Mozambique on ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:37hrs | 782 | by zimlive
'Zimbabwe's famous prophets should have foreseen Cyclone Idai'
Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira has mocked local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which, according to the International Organisation for Migration, claimed ove...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:17hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
'Cyclone Idai killed over 560 people, 500 still missing in Rusitu Valley'
THE International Organisation of Migration (IOM) in Zimbabwe has pegged the Cyclone Idai-induced floods death toll at over 560, with 261 deaths recorded in Manicaland and about 300 bodies discovered ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:20hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Mnangawa bans political meddling in aid distribution to Cyclone victims
GOVERNMENT has banned political parties from any interference with the distribution of food and other forms of aid to Cyclone Idai survivors in parts of Manicaland.Responding to questions from...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:41hrs | 700 | by newzimbabwe
Cyclone Idai: Of donations and the bane of sanctions
Zimbabwe was hit by Cyclone Idai from 14 to 17 March 2019, a crisis that plunged the nation into darkness. When the news reached President Emmerson Mnangagwa who was on a State visit to the United Ara...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 12:31hrs | 1074 | by Elijah Chihota
Confusion over number of cyclone victims in Zimbabwe
THE death toll from the deadly cyclone that rocked Manicaland over a week ago, has shot up to 179 according to Local Government Minister July Moyo but this figure is almost a 100 people less tha...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 2295 | by newzimbabwe
Zinara under fire over huge wage bill
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) was yesterday put under scrutiny in Parliament over revelations by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri that the road agency was paying employees hefty sala...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
Former Zinara bosses summoned to Parliament
Former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) chief executive Mr Frank Chitukutuku and Moses Juma have been summoned to Parliament to respond to audit reports revealing gross flouting of tend...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:45hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
More machinery needed to recover Cyclone Idai bodies
The government says there is still a lot of excavation work to be done to recover bodies of the people killed during cyclone Idai with the process being hampered by lack of machinery.Governmen...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:23hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa leads nation in mourning
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday joined the nation in mourning people who perished during Cyclone Idai and expressed gratitude to various countries, embassies, local companies, organisations, churches an...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:55hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Understanding Cyclone Idai, associated geomorphological processes
Global pressure patterns are a function of spatial temperature variations. We use weather maps to show spatial pressure variations and through analysing atmospheric variables such as wind speed, wind ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | 651 | by Energy Mutodi
Rocks from mountain crush huts in Zimbabwe
Thirty-year-old Chipo Dhliwayo was sleeping in her hut when the devastating Cyclone Idai landfall rolled huge boulders over whole villages in Zimbabwe's Chimanimani district in Manicaland province las...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 19:02hrs | 11216 | by City Press
Horror Cyclone destruction trail unravels
THE human toll of Cyclone Idai which hit parts of Manicaland and Masvingo recently has exceeded official estimates with the scale of the tragedy imprinting deep emotional scars on those directly affec...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 18:43hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Potraz brings toll free platforms to rural folk
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has extended the toll-free platform number 112 to people who want to report all emergencies, like accidents, floods or sickn...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:13hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
TelOne donates $100,000 towards Cyclone Idai
TelOne workers load some of the donated goods meant for victims of Cyclone Idai in Chipinge and ChimanimaniTelOne has joined a number of corporates and individuals extending a hand to Cyclone ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 13:59hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
When seers failed to see the Ides of March
Bishop Lazi always tells his followers that as a people, we have been involved in a brutal rat race for the past two decades as we struggled for survival in choppy economic conditions.But the ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 22:24hrs | 348 | by Bishop Lazi
39 school kids feared dead
NEARLY 40 students from Dzingire Primary School in Chimanimani are feared dead as the country continue to count the cost of the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai.This comes as the death toll from...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:25hrs | 3726 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai deaths shoot to 259 in Zimbabwe
ABOUT 259 people have so far been confirmed dead and 217 unaccounted for, while over 16 000 households have been displaced by Cyclone Idai-induced floods that hit the eastern part of the country last ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 6183 | by Staff reporter
Queen Elizabeth consoles Zimbabweans
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, her son Prince Charles and her grandsons and their wives the Dukes and Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex have conveyed their heartfelt condolences to the gove...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 19:10hrs | 2925 | by Staff reporter
Airlifted leather sofas trigger PR disaster as Mnangagwa meets Idai victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa made his way to Manicaland this week to take in the damage from Cyclone Idai and meet with officials responding to the disaster, but the trip was sullied by featherbedding...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:37hrs | 3710 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa announces a 19 point plan
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that his government has set up a 19 point plan to assist the victims of Cyclone Idai in Manicaland.Said Mnangagwa, "We have set up a 19 point plan to...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:54hrs | 4116 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The storm that knew no boundaries
TROPICAL Cyclone Idai has made headlines across southern Africa throughout the month of March. Lingering in the Mozambique Channel at tropical cyclone intensity for six days, the storm made landfall i...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:37hrs | 217 | by Jennifer Fitchett
These critics need more help than cyclone victims
CYCLONE Idai has brought out the good and the ugly in people.Many Zimbabweans have, commendably, risen to the occasion to assist fellow human beings, while others are using this as an opportun...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:33hrs | 351 | by Conway Tutani
Cyclone Idai death toll shoots to 142 in Zimbabwe
THE death toll from the devastating Cyclone Idai, that barrelled through Zimbabwe's south eastern districts last week has gone up to 142, according to officials.Ministry of Information permane...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:30hrs | 540 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa declares 2 days of Cyclone Idai mourning
President Mnangagwa has declared Saturday and Sunday as national mourning days in memory of those who perished due to Cyclone Idai that left a trail of destruction in Chimanimani and Chipinge last wee...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:25hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
200,000 people in Zimbabwe affected by floods, cyclone
The initial estimate of those hit in Zimbabwe was 15,000 but World Food Programme (WFP) spokesman Herve Verhoosel told reporters in Geneva that the numbers had surged following an overnight assessment...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 20:46hrs | 1925 | by AFP
Mnangagwa to focus on tragedy in Manicaland
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has cancelled a "thank you rally" that was scheduled for Saturday in Shurugwi, Midlands Province, following the deadly Cyclone Idai that left over 90 people dea...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 18:48hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs warn that govt may have to exhume Cyclone Idia bodies
Traditional leaders in Manicaland have been left seething by the manner in which some victims of Cyclone Idai have been buried - which had seen the interment in some instances of more than one person ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 18:47hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai death toll hits 139 in Zimbabwe
THE death toll from Cyclone Idai floods ravaging eastern Zimbabwe has risen to 139 according to the latest numbers released by the Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services.A...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 10:25hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
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