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'Zimbabwe, SA to collaborate on expiry of permits'
Zimbabwe and South Africa will work together to find a common solution on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP that are due to expire at the end of this year.This emerged yesterday during the m...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe grappling to reach COVID-19 herd immunity
The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday lamented the wide gap that exists between first and second dose coverage of the COVID-19 vaccine in the country.Zimbabwe was among the first countries on t...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 08:24hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Donations pour in for Nkayi cattle loss family
WELL-WISHERS who have been touched by the story of the Nkayi family which lost 21 cattle after dozing them with a deadly grain protectant have mobilised donations including cattle to be handed over to...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lifts curfew, but masks to remain mandatory
The government on Tuesday lifted a midnight to dawn curfew imposed as part of Covid-19 containment measures, noting that the pandemic situation in the country is under control.Zimbabwe has imp...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 18:19hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
Lift sanctions on Zimbabwe, says AU
African Union chairperson and Senegalese President Macky Sall has added his voice in calling for the lifting of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western capitals more than 20 years ago, saying...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:57hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
High court overturns conviction of 'covid-19 vaccine seeking' Goromonzi residents
THE High Court has overturned the conviction of three Goromonzi residents who were fined ZWL5 000 each last year for disorderly conduct when they allegedly protested over stock outs of coronavirus vac...Published: 23 May 2022 at 14:46hrs | 871 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimdollar, US dollar use to stay
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has encouraged Zimbabweans to use both the Zimbabwe dollar and United States dollar as the country transitions towards adoption of a ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:27hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to become regional vaccines manufacturing hub
ZIMBABWE could soon become a hub for manufacturing vaccines and injectable drugs for national and continental consumption as discussions open for a joint venture deal between NatPharm and a major Indo...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:52hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar, US dollar use to stay
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has encouraged Zimbabweans to use both the Zimbabwe dollar and United States dollar as the country transitions towards adoption of a ...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
More investors flock into Zimbabwe
United Arab Emirates billionaire investor Mr Shaji Ul Mulk, who is back in the country to ensure the implementation of projects agreed during his visit last month, has said the country offers vast unt...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:08hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Why others will land man on Mars whilst we still 'struggle to cross the street!'
"And we (in Africa) are still struggling to cross the street!" was the spontaneous respond of "Mwalimu" (Teacher) Julius Kambarage Nyerere, then President of Tanzania, when he learnt the American had ...Published: 11 May 2022 at 08:04hrs | 703 | by Wilbert Mukori
Value project promotes access to finance for small, medium pork producers
The VALUE project is promoting access to finance for value chain upgrading for small and medium scale pork producers in 8 districts where the project is operational.This is revealed in the lat...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:53hrs | 114 | by Stephen Jakes
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
Mnangagwa promises massive health infrastructure upgrade
More than 47 clinics and hospitals have been built since 2018 under the Second Republic with many more upgraded and repaired, as the Second Republic goes overdrive to improve the health sector....Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo experiences COVID -19 decrease in first, second dose recipients
BULAWAYO Provincial Covid-19 has experienced low numbers of people who have taken both the first and second dose of the COVID 19 vaccinations due to a number of challenges.Bulawayo's weekly re...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 12:34hrs | 141 | by Stephen Jakes
Traffic surges at Beitbridge border post
THE number of travellers using the Beitbridge Border has increased from an average of 3 500 to 5 000 per day after the Government lifted restrictions on non-essential travel.A few weeks ago, C...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:09hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
New Covid-19 variant detected in Botswana
BOTSWANA has detected a new omicron sub variant, Omicron B.A.4 and B.A.5.Authorities in the neighbouring country said four people have tested positive to the new variant and have mild symptoms...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 14:52hrs | 1595 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns detractors of vaccine blitz
Zimbabweans must still get vaccinated against Covid-19 to protect themselves against the virus that has killed 5 457 people in the country and 6,18 million worldwide, Vice President Constantino Chiwen...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-Cuba joint venture set to boost health sector
ZIMBABWE and Cuba are set to enter into a joint venture to improve the health sector and scientific development in the two countries.This was said yesterday in Parliament by outgoing ambassado...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 135 | 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 | 539 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hits 5 million first Covid-19 jabs
ZIMBABWE passed the five million mark for first doses of Covid-19 vaccination last week with the record breaking blitz now in progress seeing more than 1,39 million doses administered in the last two ...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:11hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Hospitalised cases of Covid 19 continue to decrease
Government has revealed that the cases of Covid 19 who get hospitalised continue to decrease in the country, a sign that the nation is not able to manage ...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:06hrs | 493 | by Stephen Jakes
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
New border movement rules gazetted
Travellers vaccinated against Covid-19 may with immediate effect now travel through the country's ports of entry and exit after the Government put in place the necessary legal instruments in line with...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:57hrs | 378 | 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 | 318 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 testing scrapped for fully vaccinated arrivals
Covid-19 testing for fully vaccinated travellers arriving in Zimbabwe is no longer required, which should speed up business travel and help tourism, although the unvaccinated still have to present a r...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:14hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Work on Bulawayo, Hwange Thermal plants to start
INDIA remains committed to furthering the warm relations it enjoys with Zimbabwe as evidenced by the extension of a US$468 million loan facility for power projects in the country, a diplomat has said....Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 160 | 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
Vaccination blitz begins
Vaccination teams moved into schools yesterday to open the expanded Covid-19 vaccination campaign, with a large number of learners in selected schools getting their first shots.The schools' bl...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 116 | 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
ZRP, Interpol operation nets 2 000
At least 2 000 people have been arrested countrywide during the ongoing operation by the police with back-up from Interpol and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (Afripol) targeting in...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Sino-Zimbabwe trade nears US$2bn
TRADE between Zimbabwe and China reached close to US$ 1, 9 billion in 2021, in a show of the positive outcomes of the growing relations between Harare and Beijing.The trade figures increased b...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:15hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Propaganda is a complex art and science not brazen disgraceful lies as witnessed in Zimbabwe state-controlled media
When I first thought of writing this article, my original idea was to accuse Zimbabwe state-controlled media of spewing shameless propaganda - which not only sought to sow seeds of hatred and division...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 16:57hrs | 129 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe receives COVID-19 support from Japan
ZIMBABWE today received 10 ambulances and ancillary equipment from Japan and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to strengthen obstetric and neonatal care in COVID-19 hotspots across the countr...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants revert to normal working hours
The entire civil service is reverting to normal working hours starting at 7:45am to 4:45pm following agreements between the employees and their employer on the improved conditions of services....Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Masisi stands tall in fight to remove illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana has reiterated that his country will always call for the removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries over 20 years ago.He told...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:19hrs | 85 | 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
One year of free trading in Africa calls for celebration despite teething problems
Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General AfCFTA Secretariat, says significant progress expected in 2022.Free trading under the auspices of the African Continent...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 08:41hrs | 245 | by Kingsley Ighobor
'Zimbabwe to dollarise by June'
A TOP economist has warned that Zimbabwe's economy could dollarise by June.Gift Mugano, a leading economist and executive director at Africa Economic Development Strategies, spoke as Reserve B...Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2957 | 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 | 296 | by Staff reporter
Borders reopen for the fully vaccinated
All ports of entry have been reopened to fully vaccinated travellers with valid Covid-19 PCR test certificates following convincing progress in the containment of the virus.Cabinet agreed to t...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Botswana imposes stiff penalties for the unvaccinated
Returning Botswana citizens unwilling to be vaccinated for Covid-19 face a fine of P5 000 (R6 500), a year in prison, or both, as the government worries about vaccines that will expire in April this y...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 5 000 new cancer cases each year
CHINA Africa Economic and Culture Exchange Research Centre (CAECERC) last week conducted an intensive cancer awareness campaign as nations across the globe marked World Cancer Day, which is celebrated...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:45hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elected into AU's Peace and Security Council
THE African Union's election of Zimbabwe into the AU's Peace and Security Council is an honour that the country should be proud of, at a time when there are growing concerns over insurgencies in a num...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:13hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
New Gates Foundation trustee led plot to overthrow Zim leader alongside US
WHILE Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, recently appointed to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to add his other high-profile board appointments such as at Rockefeller Foundation, is a rol...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:41hrs | 1727 | by Staff reporter
Is COVID-19 narrative driven by science or just pure psychology?
In life we have those who question whatever they are told, and those who believe what is either said by an authority figure, or accepted by the majority.In psychology, it is referred to as "co...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 18:08hrs | 1728 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
UAE lifts Zimbabwe travel restrictions
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s national crisis and emergency management authority has lifted restriction on entry for passengers arriving from 12 countries, including Zimbabwe beginning today....Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:35hrs | 244 | 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
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