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Musarara chips in to cyclone victims
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe Chairman Tafadzwa Musarara has donated a tonne of Maize meal to flood-affected families in Mbire.The businessman and Mazowe District Coordinating Commitee...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 17:59hrs | 10 | by Shelton Muchena in Mvurwi
Govt, Econet fight over land for cyclone victims
LAND ownership wrangle between government and mobile operator Econet Wireless has stalled progress in the construction of houses for Cyclone Idai victims in Chimanimani, two years after tragedy struck...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimnat and Sanlam continue to assist cyclone victims
Zimnat, together with Sanlam, with which Zimnat is associated, last week donated roofing materials to yet another Chimanimani school affected by Cyclone Idai, Muchadziya Primary School in Ngorima. ...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 13:38hrs | 2 | by Agency
Ex-Zanu-PF MP donates to cyclone victims
FORMER Kuwadzana MP Betty Nhambu-Kaseke (Zanu-PF) has brought smiles to hundreds of Cyclone Idai victims after she donated some bales of clothes, children's shoes and two tonnes of sorghum through the...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC to gobble $3 m on congress amid huge debts
The MDC Alliance is going to gobble more than $3illion for its elective congress scheduled for next month in Gweru amid huge debts in unpaid workers' salaries and allowances for their 2018 polling age...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 14:35hrs | 1 | by Christopher Makaza
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 | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'3.8 magnitude earthquake hit before Cyclone Idai'
A 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chimanimani and Chipinge shortly before Cyclone Idai which left 344 people dead and destroyed property worth billions of dollars, Government revealed yesterday. ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police probe several bigwigs over Cylone Idai aid looting
POLICE have arrested dozens of people and are probing a number of senior government officials, following the sickening looting and diversion of goods donated to victims of the deadly Cyclone Idai stor...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ministry official nabbed over Idai donations
A deputy director in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development on Saturday appeared before a Chipinge magistrate facing charges of stealing Cyclone Idai donati...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Facing national challenges: None but ourselves
In mid-March Zimbabwe together with Malawi and Mozambique fell victim to the violent and destructive Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds of people and left thousands displaced in these three southern A...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 15:31hrs | 10 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Nust to identify deceased Cyclone victims
GOVERNMENT says it is working with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust)'s Applied Testing Genetic Centre (AGTC) to identify deceased victims of Cyclone Idai which ravaged the count...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Facing national challenges: None but ourselves
In mid-March Zimbabwe together with Malawi and Mozambique fell victim to the violent and destructive Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds of people and left thousands displaced in these three southern A...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:17hrs | 3 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mozambique buries Zimbabwe cyclone victims
MORE than 80 Zimbabweans swept by floods into Mozambique have been buried in the neighbouring country.They are among hundreds killed by the storms ravaging the two countries and Malawi in rece...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Aid or foreign invasion?
The US government and MIT are now admitting to what most were suspecting all along...as they openly announced (28/03/2019) plan to ChemTrail, that is, spray our skies! That leaves one to wonde...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 13:46hrs | 1 | by Robson Melasi
'A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination'
IT has reached the stage where, to be honest with each other, it is no more surprising that posting a most non-political and non-partisan message on social media praising Zimbabweans — one and all â...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Conway Tutani
Lawyers roll out free legal advice to cyclone victims
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has offered to give free legal advice to victims of Cyclone Idai seeking to replace documents lost during floods which wreaked havoc in Chipinge, Chimanimani district...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions the ultimate disaster
On Wednesday March 20, The Washington Post published an article written by Tatenda Chitagu, Paul Schemm and Siobhan O. Grady entitled; "It was too late . . . Hundreds are dead as rescue efforts stall ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:34hrs | 2 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
Macheso raps cyclone aid looters
MUSICIAN and Red Cross humanitarian ambassador Alick Macheso yesterday castigated people accused of stealing food aid meant for survivors of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and parts of Masvingo.S...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust to identify cyclone victims
GOVERNMENT has engaged the services of the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Applied Genetic Testing Centre (AGTC) to help identify people who died after Cyclone Idai hit some parts...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:43hrs | 1 | 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 | 5 | by newzimbabwe
People should stop peddling falsehoods on cyclone donations
President Mnangagwa, Vice President Chiwenga and cabinet ministers visiting the affected areas hit by Cyclone Idai at Ngangu area in Chimanimani.Zimbabweans managed to bury their differences a...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:13hrs | | by Editorial - The Chronicle
A leadership void at the top costing Zimbabwe dearly
THE Zimbabwe government's lackadaisical response to Cyclone Idai, which hit the districts of Chimanimani, Chipinge, Buhera, Nyanga, Makoni, Mutare Rural, Bikita, Masvingo and parts of Midlands between...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Editorial - Newsday
Zanu-PF grabs cyclone aid
THERE are fears that relief aid meant for cyclone victims is being "looted" after eight branded Zanu-PF vehicles yesterday drove off with foodstuffs from Silver Stream distribution centre in Chimanima...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Masawara Group hands over relief packs for 500 families
Companies in the Masawara Group on Friday (22 March) handed over relief packs to Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Sekai Nzenza and Deputy Local Government, Public Works and National ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 21:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Masawara companies come together to help Cyclone Idai victims
Companies in the Masawara Group, which is comprised of the Zimnat Insurance Group, Cresta Group of Hotels, Minerva, Botswana Insurance company and Grand Re-Insurance , have come together to help...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 21:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 300 houses destroyed
A TOTAL of 5 300 houses were destroyed leaving 511 people homeless in Masvingo Province when Cyclone Idai hit the province.Five people died in the process in Bikita while Mutimurefu Prison in ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 19:47hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
15-tonne rock falls in Bikita
A HUGE rock estimated to weigh between 10 and 15 tonnes fell from Mapadza Mountain in Bikita on Saturday, sending the community into a panic mode as the incident came shortly after Cyclone Idai left h...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:00hrs | 1 | 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 | 25 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa praise Warriors for AFCON triumph
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa have both sent congratulatory messages to the Zimbabwe senior national football team for qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 21:05hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
Govt dismisses cyclone rip-off
Government and the ruling Zanu-PF have dismissed circulating reports alleging that some homeless victims of Cyclone Idai in Bikita were being ripped off through paying a daily levy for accommodation, ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP under fire for 'lying', deserting cyclone victims
CHIMANIMANI East legislator Joshua Sacco (Zanu-PF) is under fire from his constituents, who accuse him of peddling falsehoods during the time when Cyclone Idai was wreaking havoc in the area.S...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spirit medium leads search for cyclone victims
A SPIRIT medium early this week helped villagers recover the body of a girl killed during Cyclone Idai-induced floods at Dzingire Growth Point, popularly known as Kopa in Chipinge, where over 300 peop...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Conway Tutani
Bulawayo sends help to Manicaland
BULAWAYO province yesterday donated 30 000 tonnes of mealie-meal, an assortment of groceries and clothes to victims of Cyclone Idai in Manicaland province. The mealie-meal was donated by the G...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nyaradzo to offer decent burial to cyclone victims
FOLLOWING an outcry over rushed burials of Cyclone Idai victims, Nyaradzo Funeral Assurance Company has deployed a team in Manicaland with equipment to accord relief and services to the survivors and ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fury over burial of cyclone victims
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 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No one will die of hunger, Mnangagwa tells cyclone victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has today visited Chimanimani - the epicentre of the devastating Cyclone Idai - and has assured the affected communities that none will die of hunger as government was sei...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Cyclone victims being buried in mass graves'
RESCUE efforts continued yesterday in the Cyclone Idai-ravaged Chimanimani and Chipinge districts amid reports that some people who died in the disaster could have been buried in mass graves, although...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
#CycloneIdai: 500 still missing as rescue efforts continue
MORE than 500 people are still missing in Rusitu Valley in Chimanimani district as rescue efforts are being hampered by damaged roads, 3 Infantry Brigade commander Major General Joe Muzvidziwa, who is...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Build to live not just stay
Disaster times are not for political grandstanding and populist manoeuvres. For a whole someone with ambitions to occupy the highest office in the land to say government did not do enough for cyclone ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:25hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
'300' bodies of Zimbabwe cyclone victims floating in Mozambique
SOME 300 dead victims of last week's deadly Cyclone Idai in Manicaland have been washed away into neighbouring Mozambique where they have been spotted floating by villagers.This was said by Lo...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe comes to terms with grim scale of damage
ZIMBABWEANS are slowly coming to full terms with the horrific scale of devastation that Cyclone Idai wreaked in the country — amid confirmation late yesterday that torrential rains and landfalls had...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tour Chimanimani with a clean intention
In times of bereavement, people of different political and social persuasions, even those who do not see eye to eye bury their hatchets and converge to comfort the bereaved.The devastating Cyc...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 12:29hrs | 3 | by John Sigauke
Zanu-PF youths mobilise donations for cyclone victims
The Zanu-PF National Youth League executive has mobilised party members to donate towards assisting victims of Tropical Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge, Manicaland province.Zanu PF Yo...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
NMB donates to cyclone victims, facilitates public donations
NMB Bank has donated various foodstuffs and consumables to assist families who have suffered from the devastating effects of Cyclone Idai, which hit north eastern parts of the country.To help ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga's AMG offers assistance to cyclone victims
Businessman Frank Buyanga through his group of companies, has offered to render assistance to victims of a vicious cyclone Idai that has so far killed over 70 people in Manicaland with 100 more report...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa returns to be with people
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa returns home today, cutting short his visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to make sure he is directly involved with the national response to victims of Tropical Cyclone Idai di...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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