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Zanu-PF's Mugwadi parades his net fishing catch
Zanu-PF Director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi paraded his net fishing adventures at Nyazvidzi River, which borders around being illegal.In Zimbabwe fishing by rod or line fishing, except in...Published: 18 hrs ago | 3836 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 deaths raising our eyebrows
THE devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country is now worrying, especially among the Executive. We all get worried because of the magnitude and frequency of the death of high-profile ...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 06:06hrs | 2992 | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Zimra commissioner dies
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner for Customs Mr Happias Kuzvinzwa died in Harare yesterday of yet unknown causes. Zimra described Mr Kuzvinzwa as a thoughtful and generous leade...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:54hrs | 4225 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses eminent heart specialist
Zimbabwe's prominent and foremost heart specialist physician, Dr James Gita Hakim, has died from Covid-19 related complications. He was a professor of medicine and past chair of the University of Zimb...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:54hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora calls for unity in Covid-19 fight
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora has called on all local political parties to unite in the fighting against Covid-19 as Zimbabwe's new infections and deaths continue to rise.As at January 24, 2021,...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 17:19hrs | 1015 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 patient sues government over burial restrictions
A COVID-19 patient has taken the government to court contesting recent burial restrictions as he claims they would violate his cultural beliefs in the event that he dies and is not buried at his rural...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 14:00hrs | 1334 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 spreads in rural areas
CHURCHES in rural areas must team up with the government to raise Covid-19 awareness as the novel virus is now claiming lives in the countryside.Brethren in Christ Church leader Sindah Ngulube...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 13:59hrs | 2451 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 vaccine only for the chefs
GOVERNMENT yesterday revealed that it was failing to import enough vaccines for citizens, and would prioritise Cabinet ministers and senior government officials, Members of Parliament (MPs), the secur...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:31hrs | 3973 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe, Mozambique worse affected by climate change'
ZIMBABWE and Mozambique are among the worst affected countries by climate change after Cyclone Idai in 2019 hit the two countries, resulting in loss of lives and infrastructure.This was reveal...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:06hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Two Zimbabweans severely burnt while stealing fuel in SA
Two Zimbabwean men were last Thursday evening severely burnt while stealing fuel from a pipeline in Kendal area near Phola, South Africa.Ngoni Nyamuruma (25) and Vimbai Magorosi (35) have sinc...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 17:00hrs | 2635 | by Staff reporter
Poor grain production hurting Zimbabwe economy
Zimbabwe has been a net importer of food for the past 2 decades and the country's import bill has increasingly featured grain imports with maize imports averaging 1.1 million Metric Tonnes (MT) per ye...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 13:18hrs | 504 | by Victor Bhoroma
Bulawayo roads now untrafficable
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has budgeted almost ZW$300 million for the rehabilitation of local roads this year as the heavy rains have worsened the city's dilapidated road network. Most Bulawayo r...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
Concern over gold smuggling to Dubai
At least 60kg of gold worth millions of dollars could be smuggled from Zimbabwe to Dubai monthly, prejudicing the country of the much-needed foreign currency earnings, Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai H...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:22hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Corruption rife at hospital mortuaries
CORRUPTION syndicates involving medical doctors, police officers, mortuary staff and agents of some little known funeral service companies are charging between US$40 and US$100 to speed up the post-mo...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Furore over govt claims of killer doctors
DOCTORS yesterday reacted with alarm and anger over allegations by Information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana that some medical practitioners were deliberately killing Zanu-PF politicians and hiding be...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:38hrs | 4204 | by Staff reporter
'Stop using veterinary drug for COVID-19 treatment'
THE Zimbabwe College of Public Health Physicians (ZCPHP) yesterday added its voice in calling for the total ban of controversial prescriptions and use of the veterinary drug, Ivermectin, which is repo...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:33hrs | 1680 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra intelligence officer dies
One of the key figures in Zapu and Zipra's intelligence arm, National Security Organisation, during Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, Zephaniah Nkomo, has died of Covid-19, a colleague has confirmed. ...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 21:18hrs | 2610 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana stirs hornet's nest by labelling some doctors as 'medical assassins'
Zimbabwean govt spokesman Nick Mangwana has stirred a hornet's nest by insinuating that there are doctors who are now killing "certain political players" in hospitals.This was in the context o...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 15:53hrs | 1953 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti's letter to World Bank on Zimbabwe COVID-19 aid
In May 2020, the World Bank dipped into a special health fund to provide US$7 million to Zimbabwe to help the country fight the spread of coronavirus.The US$7...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 09:09hrs | 4059 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora mourns Ministers S.B Moyo and Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba
On behalf of the MDC T Party, my family and my own behalf, I wish to express my sincere and deep heartfelt condolences to the Moyo and Gwaradzimba families and the government of Zimbabwe at the passin...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 06:59hrs | 747 | by Douglas Mwonzora
'Expect more Covid-19 cases and deaths'
THE public has been warned that the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic being experienced in Zimbabwe is far from reaching its peak, hence there are high chances that more positive cases and deaths w...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 23:29hrs | 3109 | by Staff reporter
A staggering number of Zimbabweans dying outside hospitals
A huge number of Covid-19 victims in Zimbabwe are dying outside health institutions with half of the casualties in Matabeleland South succumbing to the respiratory disease before accessing treatment, ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:48hrs | 914 | by Nokuthaba Dlamini
Coronavirus and the mystery of infection
He waited by the bus-stop, all day, shaking his car keys rather impatiently, pacing up and down as each bus arrived, as each bus left. Only a dishevelled tramp sat by the benches, mumbling incoherentl...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:45hrs | 517 | by Zifiso Masiye
Retired Major-General Nyambuya NOT dead
Retired Major-General Mike Nyambuya, former Energy minister and ex-deputy Speaker of the Senate who was reported to have died is alive and well.There are some sections of the media which repor...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:33hrs | 5035 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda hookers now working from home
BEFORE the new normal, ladies of the night were much sought-after at various drinking spots in the mining town of Gwanda. Calling on sex workers' services was the order of the day for some men after i...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1400 | by Staff reporter
Govt probes $25bn mobile money scam
Prosecutions on a wide range of financial crimes are likely as investigations continue inside and outside Zimbabwe into the huge pool of unregulated liquidity estimated at $25 billion created within t...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:20hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo burial set for Wednesday
Late national hero, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Lieutenant General Dr Sibusiso Busi Moyo (Retired), will be buried on Wednesday next week. Dr Moyo succumbed to Covid-19-re...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:19hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Wife basher stabs spouse to death, hangs self
An abusive husband from Fort Rixon, Matabeleland South province, allegedly stabbed his wife to death before committing suicide by hanging after she pressed domestic violence charges against him, polic...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:18hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Mwenezi DCC vice chair dies
The Zanu-PF District Co-ordinating Committee vice-chair for Mwenezi, Luckson Chikomo has died.He died at a hospital in Chiredzi early this morning.His son Luckson confirmed the death t...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 08:45hrs | 3024 | by Staff reporter
Aeneas Chigwedere dies of Covid-19-related complications
Former education minister, Mashonaland East governor and historian Aeneas Chigwedere has died at the age of 81. His son Casper said his father died following "Covid-19 related complications"...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 5832 | by Staff reporter
UZ Pro Vice Chancellor dies
University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Pro Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, Professor Rosemary Moyana reportedly passed on early Thursday morning at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals.The university, issu...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:56hrs | 4547 | by Staff reporter
Covid strikes Mnangagwa's VPs, cabinet ministers
THE Covid-19 pandemic has paralysed government amid reports that Vice-Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi are unwell, while President Emmerson Mnangagwa spent 14 days in self-isolation in...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 16324 | by Staff reporter
No respite for Zimbabwe under Biden
The United States of America, believed by many to be the sole superpower post-Cold War, has arguably the most staggering defence budget ever known to humanity. Post the cataclysmic attacks of ...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2053 | by Sapien Sapien
Mnangagwa in low spirits as COVID-19 ravages allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he is in "low spirits" as he buried two national heroes while mourning key ally, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, all in the absence of his two vice-presidents...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:40hrs | 3277 | by Staff reporter
Residents bemoan delays in bodies collection
BEREAVED families in Bulawayo have complained over delays in the collection of bodies by health workers and authorities.Government recently ordered that every death should be treated as a COVI...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
SA's Minister in the Presidency dies of Covid-19-related complications
Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu died of Covid-19-related complications on Thursday, just 10 days after testing positive for the disease.President Cyril Ramaphosa described him as "a...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:00hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Callous lack of humanity, empathy, and sympathy in the death of Zanu PF political leaders
Should we have empathy for those we hate?Yes we have a moral obligation to. It was a heartwarming experience to read MDC Alliance communique on the demise of the political leaders from their n...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 15:26hrs | 1168 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Mnangagwa calls for 3-day COVID-19 fasting
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabwean women to fast and pray for three days following a sharp rise in COVID-19 deaths and infections.The fasting will start today until Saturda...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:44hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Polad salutes SB Moyo
POLITICAL parties yesterday expressed shock at the death of Dr Sibusiso Moyo, saying the nation had been robbed of a dedicated veteran of the liberation struggle, a decorated soldier and an accomplish...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans mourn SB Moyo
The death of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Lieutenant General Sibusiso Busi Moyo (Rtd), yesterday morning from Covid-19 complications came as a great shock, President Mnangagwa said...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:20hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Sibusiso B. Moyo, the man who read Mugabe the riot act
November 15, 2017 is not an ordinary day in Zimbabwe's political history. The day was characterised by action-packed events that culminated in the resignation of former president Mr Robert Mugabe....Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 18:33hrs | 2718 | by Staff reporter
South Africa, China mourn SB Moyo
CHINA and South Africa have sent messages of condolences following the death on Wednesday, of Zimbabwe's Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo through Covid-19.In a statement, the Chinese emb...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 17:51hrs | 2126 | by Staff reporter
Doctor under fire for prescribing unapproved COVID-19 remedies
MEDICAL doctor Jackie Stone has come under fire from colleagues in the medical fraternity for allegedly prescribing unapproved COVID-19 remedies for her patients.Specialist physician Rashida F...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:02hrs | 2446 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Face of 2017 military coup that ousted Mugabe dies
Zimbabwe's foreign minister and face of 2017 military coup that ousted Robert Mugabe as president has died aged 61, according to multiple government sources.Highly place...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:01hrs | 7377 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 denial rife in Bulawayo
FEAR of losing loved ones is the only force that could motivate Bulawayo residents to change their behaviour and follow Covid-19 prevention measures. Over 27 000 people have contracted Covid-1...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Towards meaningful diaspora engagement
Globally, it is estimated that 1 in 7 people is a migrant. Though this measly figure appears to be statistically insignificant and to give credence to the critics of the so-called mobility bias in mig...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | 91 | by Mutsa Murenje, Queensland, Australia
Tracking the genealogies of societal violence and its manifestations in Zimbabwe
Investigating the Liberation war and post war timelines 1960 – 1987Zimbabwe is a country marred by a myriad form of violence. The entry point in this article is to establish the genealogies ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 18:02hrs | 476 | by Nomazulu Thata
Heavy rains damage Beitbridge roads
Heavy rains that have been pounding the country have left a lot of roads in Beitbridge district damaged resulting in most rural communities being cut off from the border town.The local Civil P...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 17:10hrs | 1919 | by Staff reporter
Feasibility studies for Umvumila on cards
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has started engaging potential consultants to undertake feasibility studies for Umvumila area as part of progress towards implementation of the Special Economic Zones in th...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 17:10hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
Man dies in crocodile attack
A MOUNT Darwin man was fatally attacked by a crocodile while trying to cross a flooded Ruya River on Friday.Nebart Doro's body is...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 17:03hrs | 2353 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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