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Drones to patrol Zimbabwe borders
DRONES will soon be patrolling the country's borders as Government moves to address security challenges posed by border jumpers who could be spreading infections by avoiding compulsory quarantine and ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 2017 | by Staff reporter
4 escape from quarantine centres
FOUR more people have escaped from quarantine centres around the country, bringing the total number of quarantine escapees to 187. One person is reported to have escaped from the NSSA Hotel qu...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
6 more returnees test Covid-19 positive
SIX more people, all returnees from South Africa tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, bringing Zimbabwe's cumulative total to 567 cases since the outbreak of the global pandemic in March. ...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:25hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the edge again?
A Zimbabwean shopper in a Harare supermarket shook his head, grumbling as he returned a loaf of bread to a rack after finding the price had jumped by a third and he could no longer afford it.N...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 10:17hrs | 3250 | by AFP
Zimbabwe economy run by master criminals fleecing the poor
Ordinary Zimbabweans have suffered for years as a result of currency manipulation and corruption by the elites who have siphoned US dollars away into their overseas bank accounts. Now, a recent ruling...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1436 | by Thandekile Moyo
Zimbabwe poverty datum line more than doubles
THE poverty datum line has jumped by more than 100 percent from $3 398 in May to $8 484 in June, the country's statistical agency — the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) - revealed yeste...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's former Economic Minister slams government
Zimbabwe's former Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion, Dr. Tapiwa Mashakada has slammed at the country's recent foreign currency auction.On Tuesday, the government launched ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:37hrs | 4619 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
Of ugly vultures and bad wolves in good sheep's clothing
I shall begin with our own fathers and ancestors, it is both just and proper that they should have the honor of mention, for handing free to us this country, augmented by valiant valor, their blood an...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 00:25hrs | 1538 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Robbery syndicate hit Bulawayo
Parking in Bulawayo's city centre has turned into a nightmare for motorists who risk having their cars broken into or being robbed at gunpoint. A robbery syndicate is targeting unattended cars parked ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
13 MDC legislators recalled, few fence-sitters remain 'true to their conscience' - what sell-out has a conscience
"We take the firm view that the state institutions, including parliament are being abused to reverse the will of the people and replace it with an unholy alliance between Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa and Ms ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 19:25hrs | 1488 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Winky D turns down Twabam's US$35 000
ZIMDANCEHALL icon Winky D's manager Jonathan Banda has cleared the air on why they turned down Passion Java's US$35 000 offer for an undisclosed project. Banda said they could not take up the deal bec...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:28hrs | 4352 | by Staff reporter
22 family members quarantined after harbouring 'returnee' relatives
TWENTY-TWO members of two families in Lupane have been quarantined after they failed to notify authorities about their two relatives who illegally returned into the country from South Africa and subse...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MPs will not fall for material benefits'
MDC Alliance says its remaining MPs will not be tempted to abandon the party out of material interests presented by continued threats of a recall from the house by the rival MDC-T led by reinstated pa...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2277 | by newzimbabwe
Banks urged embrace 99-year leases
GOVERNMENT is ready to work with the banking sector to fine-tune the 99-year land leases to enhance productivity in the agriculture sector, Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 confirmed cases top 500
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Zimbabwe reached 512 yesterday, although 438 of these are among returning residents in quarantine with only 74 people being infected within Zimbabwe, includin...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt says 'UN experts jumped the gun'
Government has dismissed a joint statement by five United Nations (UN) human rights experts, which concluded that three MDC-Alliance youth leaders were abducted as "premature and unreasonable" since i...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:46hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Harare man with Covid-19 escapes from centre
A Harare man last week escaped from a quarantine centre at Harare Polytechnic after testing positive to Covid-19 and police have launched a manhunt to prevent the spread of the virus. Police are also ...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Dr. Edison Zvobgo abolished lobola Mr Ziyambi: it has become commodified livestock with variable price tag!
It should never escape me to comment on what Justice Minister Ziyambi previously said about lobola in our diverse cultures. Talking about lobola nowadays, almost every society in Zimbabwe upholds trad...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 18:50hrs | 3415 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bring back rule of law to prosecutions
The judgement of the Honourable Chitapi J in the matter of [Saviour] Kasukuwere v Mujayi NO & Others (HH-562-19) (delivered on August 21 2019) is on the face of it scathing to the police, Zimbabwe...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:38hrs | 277 | by Tazorora TG Musarurwa
Ex-Bosso junior speaks on his military training
WE continue our interview with Clarence Tshuma aka Shungu Moyo, one of the several Highlanders junior players who left the country in 1976 to join the armed struggle in Zambia.Today, Tshuma co...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:08hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Guerilla training was no picnic
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa on Friday conferred the national status on former Zipra deputy chief of operations Stanley Nleya pseudonym Elish Gagisa who died in Bulawayo last Tuesday.During the armed s...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:08hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Lodges, guest houses cash in on Covid-19 quarantine escapees
SOME lodges and guest houses have been cashing in on Covid-19 quarantine escapees who are desperately trying to evade the long arm of the law, The Sunday Mail Society can reveal.The growing pr...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 902 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo Covid-19 cases spike
THIRTY-TWO new Covid-19 cases have been reported in Bulawayo, bringing to 58 the number of cases in the city. The city which had 26 cases by Wednesday before the figure jumped to 58 on Thursda...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is clueless'
The investor and I had just come to the realisation that the Victoria Falls Formula 1 Grand Prix project had been politically-infiltrated and most politicians wanted in at any cost. We decided to aban...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:40hrs | 16830 | by Shami Fred
When govt steals your car and gives you back only one wheel - the charade of civil servants' 'salary increments'
Whenever I hear the Zimbabwe government announce a civil servants' salary increment, I can not help being thoroughly perplexed, if not downright bewildered, by the proud and self-congratulatory manner...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 16:37hrs | 1585 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Shadow banks posing another danger for Zimbabwe's economy
More than ever before, it is becoming important for Zimbabwe to strengthen its legislation and regulations to guard against situations whereby shadow banks could plunge the country's economy into the ...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 21:22hrs | 3051 | by Dr Tim Rainhard
Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga outlines operational challenges
Police manning roadblocks and securing quarantine centres need more protective equipment, transport and allowances for food, with quarantine centres needing more lights and fencing, Commissioner-Gener...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:35hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown enforcement tightened
The tightening of police roadblocks on highways leading into city and town centres yesterday was part of law enforcement measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, and not meant to frustrate essentia...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Let's pray against economic demons on National Day of Prayer
TOMORROW June 15, 2020 has been declared the Presidential Day of Prayer in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic whose infections have spiked. After Zimbabwe recorded its first case on March 20, 2...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 19:28hrs | 1084 | by Robin Mungate
Madzibaba wants escaping returnees reported
CENTENARY-based apostolic prophet Madzibaba Jonah, born Biggie Musanzika (pictured above), has urged his congregants to report returnees who escape or avoid undergoing the mandatory quarantine at desi...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
For how long can Mnangagwa cling on to power?
It honestly did not have to come to this. Having suffered under Robert Mugabe's cruel pharaonic rule for the biblical 40 years, Zimbabweans desperately deserved a rescue. This explained their euphoria...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1182 | by Siphosami Malunga
Faces behind Zimbabwe's first Netflix hit
The cast and crew of Zimbabwe's first feature-length film to be featured on Netflix -Cook-Off - were recent guests on Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube's (TVN) talk show In Conversation with ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:08hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
MDC is a failed project for Matebeleland people, its time to move on
The Movement for Democratic Change "MDC was largely embraced by majority of Matabeleland people at it's formation in 1999 as an alternative to the tribalistic ZANU PF party which they never supp...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:48hrs | 461 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Govt mulls reviewing cash grants
For Sharai Chivasa, a middle-aged mother of four from Harare's high-density suburb of Glen View 3, surviving the current pricing madness is equally as important as enduring the virulent coronavirus....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:26hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's brother released without charge
FORMER Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairman Dickson Mafios, who was arrested soon after his release from Harare Polytechnic quarantine centre, has been released without charge.Mafio...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:37hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa eases lockdown
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday announced the lifting of the moratorium deferring payment of rentals and mortgages during lockdown with tenants expected to settle their debt in the next six months as th...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
47 truck drivers arrested
At least 47 drivers have been arrested for ferrying passengers in violation of Covid-19 lockdown regulations, with grain millers warning drivers that they face a mandatory 21-day quarantine. T...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:02hrs | 1514 | by Staff reporter
Huge diamonds, gold deposits in Masvingo
Huge diamond and gold deposits have been discovered in Mwenezi and Chiredzi in a massive boost for the country's economy as the resources are expected to help the Government meet its target of transfo...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:02hrs | 2097 | by Staff reporter
11 escape Bulawayo Covid-19 quarantine
ELEVEN people have escaped from Bulawayo's quarantine centres while a total of 169 returnees have escaped countrywide, posing challenges in efforts to reduce the number of local Covid-19 transmissions...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:38hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Poverty datum line up 15,7%
Zimbabwe's poverty datum line (PDL) jumped from $6 420 (PDL) in March to $7 425 in April representing a 15,7 percent increase, official figures show. According to the Zimbabwe National Statist...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:42hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's debt-to-GDP ratio to exceed 100%
THE Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit (Zeparu) says the country's debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio will balloon to 101,6% by year end due to legacy debt, farmers' compensat...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
ZimTrade pushes for online store
ZIMTRADE is working on an online store premised on the need to create a singular window for marketing and selling Zimbabwean products virtually, as part of its efforts to remain relevant and aligning ...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 exposes Zimbabwe's lack of leadership
THE COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over, but Zimbabweans must have had enough of their selfish, clueless and callous leadership. By leadership, I am not referring only to political leadership, b...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:59hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
7 quarantine escapees taken back to centres
SEVEN of the 18 returning residents who escaped from Mkoba Teachers' College quarantine centre in Gweru two weeks ago have been taken back to quarantine. The 18 allegedly escaped from the coll...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 cases jump to 265
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has confirmed that 28 more cases tested positive for Covid-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 265 with 31 recoveries, 202 active and four deaths s...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 20:42hrs | 4104 | by Ndou Paul
Prison officers skip border
TWO Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service officers who tested positive for Covid-19 positive are alleged to have illegally crossed the border to neighbouring countries.ZPCS Commissioner Ge...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 19:07hrs | 4195 | by Staff reporter
97 border jumpers arrested
NINETY-SEVEN people have been arrested for skipping borders and smuggling goods from neighbouring countries.In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 19:06hrs | 1217 | by Staff reporter
Troops deployed to guard Covid-19 centres after 148 returnees escape
SOLDIERS have been deployed to man Covid-19 quarantine centres around the country and also track down people who have escaped from the facilities, a senior government official confirmed.As of ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tightens border security
More security personnel have been deployed at borders and ports of entry and high-tech equipment will be used as part of efforts to prevent illegal border crossing by people unwilling to go through th...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:02hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
1 300 Zimbabweans arrested in 24 hours
THE number of people arrested for flouting lockdown regulations countrywide since March 31 has risen to 52 041, with a modest spike of 1 312 arrests on Tuesday when enforcement was tightened. ...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:01hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
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