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Masiyiwa steps up face masks campaign
BUSINESSMAN and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa has urged people to wear masks in the fight to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus.This comes at a time the World Health Organisation (WH...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for help to resuscitate ailing economy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed to various stakeholders to participate in the development of a National Development Strategy in efforts to rebuild the ailing economy.This comes as Zi...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2182 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to impose more restrictive lockdown regulations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cabinet have resolved to impose stiffer lockdown measures to combat the spread of the deadly Coronvirus pandemic.Secretary for Information Ndabaningi Nick ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2974 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa 'bans' 31 July protest
The authorities in Zimbabwe have banned a planned anti-corruption march organised by the main opposition party MDC-Alliance, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports.It quotes information mini...Published: 10 hrs ago | 5844 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus hits Kuda Tagwirei's hospital
Professor Jonathan Moyo has reported that 5 people tested positive at Rock Foundation Medical Centre which is owned by Sakunda Holdings. Moyo said the infection came from a salon at Westgate. ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 9497 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: ZANU MP Keith Guzha dies...Coronavirus case suspected
ZANU PF Member of Parliament Keith Guzha has died due to suspected cases of Coronavirus. The body of the former AAG president who broke away to form National Business Council Zimbabwe wa...Published: 18 hrs ago | 13212 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Manhunt for 'killer' quarantine escapee
A ZIMBABWEAN man who is allegedly on the run after killing his landlord in neighbouring South Africa is said to have escaped from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge before killing a neighbour in Bulawa...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1272 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF blame west for 31 July protests - paranoia, why would west abandon reforms for violent protests
"And for Cde Matemadanda to then to say we are sponsored by the west…so the people of Zimbabwe are sponsored by the west because on their own they cannot think of the need to fight against corruptio...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 23:13hrs | 1482 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
We are killing humanity with imported vaccine: Moussa Zeguen
The International Coalition Against Corona Virus for Africa (ICAC) Togo based ICAC President Toure Moussa Zeguen has warned that the actions taken by African governments in trying to mitigate th...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 15:21hrs | 2142 | by Stephen Jakes
Mthwakazi Nation's Address - MLF
Revolutionary greetings to you all, in all corners of earth. I hope you are doing well and are safe from the coronavirus.Fellow Mthwakazi citizens, this has been one challenging quarter of the...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 15:19hrs | 1871 | by MLF
Ngarivhume says Zanu-PF, military backing demo
OPPOSITION Transform Zimbabwe leader and organiser of the July 31 national protests against corruption, Jacob Ngarivhume has hit back at Zanu-PF commissar Victor Matemadanda over claims the citizen ac...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:19hrs | 12120 | by newzimbabwe
Millers mull roller meal price hike
GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara has announced plans to increase the price of subsidised roller-meal to between US$2,50 and US$3 to cushion millers from infla...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:18hrs | 2476 | by Staff reporter
South Africa bans alcohol 'immediately'
South Africa will not be moving back to Alert Level 4 or 5, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday night - but a curfew will be imposed, alcohol sales will be banned, and new mask rules will be...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 20:10hrs | 9427 | by Business Insider SA
Zanu-PF SA dismisses July 31 planned demo
ZANU-PF South Africa has dismissed the planned July 31 demonstrations by the opposition as mere attention-seeking manoeuvres meant to cause alarm and despondency.The ruling party's SA district...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 19:50hrs | 4668 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's funeral parlours at full capacity?
The long-feared Covid-19 coronavirus storm has arrived.Funeral parlours are battling to cope with demand as Covid-19-related deaths around the country rise daily, and government is increasing ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:46hrs | 2920 | by City Press
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 death rate increase to 18
THE number of deaths due to COVID-19 has increased to 18 following the death of 5 other people this Saturday.In a COVID-19 daily update, the Ministry of Health and Child Care announced the dea...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:01hrs | 3044 | by Staff reporter
Khupe distances her party from 31 July protests
ACTING MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has distanced her party from the July 31 anti-corruption protests being mooted by other opposition parties which she has described as untimely given the ongoing Cov...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:18hrs | 2334 | by Staff reporter
Crossing crocodile-infested Limpopo for survival
A bakkie waits on the Zimbabwean side of the Limpopo River.A number of people sit waiting for their relatives to return from shopping forays into South Africa, especially in the border town of...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:45hrs | 12795 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold mines lure investor despite economic ruin
ZIMBABWE'S biggest gold mines are being snapped up by Mauritius-based Sotic International Ltd as the price of bullion soars to the highest in more than eight years.Landela Mining Ventures Ltd,...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:42hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will not brook anarchy'
The ruling party will not stand idle as opposition activists promote anarchy but will respond appropriately to any threats to the country's peace, ZANU-PF acting spokesman Patrick Chinamasa has said....Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:35hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in the UK vulnerable to Covid-19, embassy warns
The Zimbabwean embassy in London has told Sky News that at least 37 citizens of the southern African country have died in Britain during the coronavirus pandemic.It is a revelation which under...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:33hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya in stands scam
HUNDREDS of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries followers recently besieged their leader Prophet Walter Magaya's offices in Cape Town, South Africa, demanding refunds following a botche...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:20hrs | 1099 | by Staff Reporter
NO to screening and testing of foreign initiated vaccines in Africa: ICAC
African countries have been challenged to reject any foreign initiated Coronavirus vaccines which the first world are deploying to the poor nations for te...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 20:28hrs | 1876 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabweans smuggling dead bodies from SA
Zimbabweans are reportedly smuggling the dead bodies of their relatives from South Africa to bury them back home.Veteran broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda said the revelations were disturbing th...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 10:31hrs | 9770 | by Stephen Jakes
BREAKING: Mnangagwa considers tightening lockdown restrictions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly considering changing the lockdown restrictions due to the sharp increase in positive cases.Online publication Zimlive reported that, "President Emmer...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 12:46hrs | 8343 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe must be vigilant on dealing with Covid --19: WILD
Women's Institute for Leadership Development - WILD, Zimbabwe has urged Zimbabwe to be now vigilant in dealing with the Covid 19 as the disease is escalating its toll."Now is the time for the ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 11:18hrs | 1174 | by Stephen Jakes
SA government is digging mass grave: Ndiweni
BULAWAYO Traders and Vendors Association director Micheal Ndiweni has warned that South African government is digging a mass grave by opening up operations in full when there is still an increase in t...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 11:16hrs | 3910 | by Stephen Jakes
Tighter lockdown for Harare, Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has announced plans to tighten lockdown regulations for Harare and Bulawayo after infections spiked to 885 as of Wednesday, with local infections also rising....Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4615 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's promises fast losing steam
IN the run-up to the 2018 polls, President Emmerson Mnangagwa made a plethora of promises which have not been fulfilled and he seems to have lost steam before his tenure has come to an end.On ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1789 | by Stephen Fari
South Africa Zimbabwe border still closed until further notice
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has said it will use the pre-clearance facility to expedite the movement of commercial cargo between Zimbabwe and South Africa when the two countries' border reo...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1192 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to resolve the economic crisis as the cost of living skyrockets.This comes as the local currency continues to lose value a...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 20:53hrs | 9671 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa updates the nation on Coronavirus
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a video on social media updating the nation on the measures that his government has taken in dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic. The President said h...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 18:40hrs | 3981 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'We don't want Covid-19 cases' says hospital - and it paid dearly for its foolishness
The Zimbabwe authorities have not been testing for covid-19 as aggressively as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended repeatedly, especially among the local community. And now it is emerg...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:45hrs | 2238 | by Wilbert Mukori
Musina businesses face collapse without Zimbabwean customers
The economic sustainability of cross-border feeder towns to neighbouring countries such as Zimbabwe has taken a massive beating during the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown.In Musina, which is loc...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:52hrs | 6006 | by City Press
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini's sister dies of Coronavirus
South African media has reported that Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekizulu's sister and AmaRharhabe Kingdom Queen Regent Noloyiso Sandile has died of Coronavirus.She was 56. Accor...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 06:38hrs | 958 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Covid-19: 18 UBH health workers test positive
EIGHTEEN health personnel working in the same ward at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) have tested positive for Covid-19 after allegedly attending to an infected patient, The Chronicle reported....Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1742 | by Staff Reporter
Ramaphosa fails to manage South Africa's coronavirus death rate
South Africa now has the world's 14th highest number of Covid-19 infections globally and officials are concerned that the virus's "doubling rate" is currently higher than all countries with more cases...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 21:38hrs | 4004 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume confident demo will attract multitudes
The organisers of the July 31 protests are confident that they will garner large crowds in the planned mass actions.Transform Zimbabwe leader, Jacob Ngarivhume who is main organiser of the pla...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:29hrs | 1742 | by Staff reporter
'100 000 Zimbabweans could die from Coronavirus'
About 50 000 t0 100 000 Zimbabweans will die of Coronavirus in the next months, Mpilo Clinical Director Solwayo Ngwenya has foretold. In a Twitter post on Wednesday Ngwenya said, "Corona virus...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:57hrs | 4190 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA closes Beitbridge border after customs officer tests positive
South Africa has temporarily closed its component of Beitbridge Border Post after one of its customs officers tested positive for the novel coronavirus (covid-19).According to border off...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:51hrs | 1872 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 34 local COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Fifty-three people tested positive for COVID-19 this Tuesday bringing the total number of positive cases to 787.In a COVID-19 daily update, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said the peopl...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:12hrs | 1904 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo leading in number of Coronavirus deaths
The Province of Bulawayo has now become the leading place with the highest number of Coronavirus deaths in the country. As of Tuesday Bulawayo had registered 4 deaths. ...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 10:52hrs | 2161 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Covid-19 plunges Zimbabwe into wildlife management crisis - What can be done before vaccine?
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an almost three-month ban on international and domestic travel to Zimbabwe's prime tourist resorts. This has plunged the country into a wildlife management crisis char...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1735 | by Emmanuel Koro
BREAKING: Mnangagwa finally fires Minister Obadiah Moyo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has finally expelled the Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Obadiah Moyo from cabinet. Moyo's latest firing comes barely a month after Zimbabweans were given a w...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:37hrs | 6202 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kenyan schools stay closed until next year
KENYAN ministry of education has stated that all primary and secondary schools will reopen in 2021. The ministry said all students would resume studies in their current classes.Educati...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 14:50hrs | 1885 | by BBC
BREAKING: ZIMRA senior manager dies of Coronavirus
A senior Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) manager in Bulawayo died on Sunday after being diagnosed with Coronavirus.The late manager has been identified as 54-year-old Thabani Sibanda. ...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 09:44hrs | 18133 | by Staff Reporter
Another Bulawayo man dies of Coronavirus
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has announced that a 54-year-old Bulawayo man has died after being diagnosed with Coronavirus. The man, who has no history of travel, passed away a day af...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 07:16hrs | 5406 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How to use your phone to know if your friend or family member has Coronavirus
Google has introduced a contact tracing application that assists android phone users to know if they have Coronavirus. According to Google, the app works as follows:...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 12:44hrs | 1841 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Covid-19: Confirmed cases reach 716 in Zimbabwe
Another 18 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the weekend total to 91 and the cumulative total since the start of the pandemic in Zimbabwe to 716, The Herald reported. Three...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 09:34hrs | 2085 | by Staff Reporter
ICAC petitions SA President Ramaphosa over calls for massive deportation by political pressure group
The International Coalition Against Coronavirus (ICAC) a civic organisation represented in Southern, Eastern and West Africa has petitioned South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over the calls...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 09:09hrs | 2762 | by Stephen Jakes
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