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Zimbabwe forms special Anti-Corruption Taskforce

The Ministry of Local Government and Public Works has partnered with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to establish a special taskforce aimed at tackling graft and maladministration in local authorities across the country.The …

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:22hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter

False murder reports spark panic

Norton residents were thrown into panic this week following the circulation of false reports claiming multiple arrests in connection with the recent gruesome murders in the town. Hundreds of residents reportedly took to the streets, some a…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:21hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter

Panic at Sally Mugabe Hospital as fire breaks out

Panic gripped Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, formerly known as Harare Hospital, on Saturday, June 28, 2025, after a fire broke out in one of the hospital's buildings, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and sparking alarm across the capit…

Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 18:21hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter

Residents panic after lion sighting near town

Residents of Chegutu town in Mashonaland West province are gripped by fear following the sighting of a stray lion roaming in nearby bushes, causing widespread panic in the community.The big cat, believed to have wandered from a nearby wild…

Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 14:38hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter

Machakaire's panicked demeanor amplifies concerns about Zanu-PF's stability

Youth Affairs Minister and Zanu-PF Youth League leader Tino Machakaire appeared visibly unsettled yesterday as he publicly defended President Emmerson Mnangagwa amidst rising tensions within the ruling party. The party is increasingly divi…

Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 11:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe shops impose limits amid panic-buying?

Some shops across Zimbabwe have imposed "one item per person" rules for products such as milk to fend off panic-buying triggered by a new loss of faith in the country's latest currency.Last week, formal retailers warned the government they…

Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter

CCC says Mnangagwa govt 'panicking'

Dozens attending a memorial service for slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Mboneni Ncube in Gweru were arrested and detained, according to the party. Ncube was stabbed to death by suspected ZANU-PF supporters at a CCC rally…

Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 10:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt panics over CCC protests

POLICE and other security agents have been put on high alert across Zimbabwe ahead of expected opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election victory in August last year.Senior offic…

Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Panic grips Zimbabweans in SA

Two civil society organisations have made a last minute request to the South African government to extend the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (Zep), which are due to expire on June 30.South Africa last year announced its intention not to rene…

Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe-based NGOs in panic mode

A new law governing operations of non-governmental organisations is likely to be operational in Zimbabwe before year end.Predictably, there is uproar and panic in the NGO sector, including some cacophonic grumblings from some benefactor We…

Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | 2 | by Ranga Mataire

Panic grips Bulawayo

PANIC has gripped Bulawayo residents following a spike in suspected ritual murders in the city.A number of mutilated bodies have been discovered in the city over the past few months, while some residents have been reportedly kidnapped and …

Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Panic as fuel shortages loom in Zimbabwe

A FUEL crisis is looming as major dealers say they are struggling to stock up because of foreign currency shortages, which they say are threatening their viability.Fuel dealers say they may be forced to halt operations as the country buckl…

Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa panicking over Zimdollar

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been summoning business owners his government believes are manipulating the Zimbabwe dollar to fuel anger over his rule amid growing fears an economic implosion could result in blood bath for the ruling Zan…

Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

COVID-19 hits 11 schools

ELEVEN schools across the country were forced to shut down yesterday after a significant number of students tested positive for COVID-19, it has emerged.This comes as teacher unions claimed that the deadly pandemic was spreading like veldf…

Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF, govt officials in panic mode

AFRICA has a long-standing history of heavily contested elections.Most liberation war parties find it hard to let go of their grip on power.In Zimbabwe, the late Robert Mugabe had to threaten and unleash violence against opposition opponen…

Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Evans Mathanda

Panic as COVID-19 deaths hit schools

COVID-19 has hit educational institutions, with Harare Polytechnic College and Dambudzo Primary School in Mbizo Kwekwe, recording deaths and a rise in infections.One person died at Harare Polytechnic early this week, while another was repo…

Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF Midlands leaders panic as Mliswa goes back to his roots

CONTROVERSIAL Norton independent MP Temba Mliswa has caused a political storm in his Midlands home province by commissioning various development projects in his village amid growing speculation and fear that he wants to seize a constituenc…

Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Congestion, panic buying in Bulawayo

BULAWAYO residents yesterday defied stay-at-home lockdown measures that Government imposed with effect from Saturday to combat the spread of Covid-19. It was a hive of activity in the city centre as residents queued in various shops while …

Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Panic strikes Zimbabwe schools

PANIC has gripped the country's education sector as schools and other learning institutions battle to deal with the lethal coronavirus, amid fears of a second wave of the pandemic, the Daily News reports.After 100 pupils tested positive fo…

Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's cabinet panics

Zimbabwe's thermal power stations may soon fail to feed onto the national electricity grid after coal suppliers warned their stockpile lasts for 12 days, plunging the country into colossal power crisis as miners struggle to access diesel t…

Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe: It is time to panic, a little

I THINK it was 1992, the season started badly and as it progressed the heat increased until we were experiencing temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius in the lowveld. We had a business there and my son was down there living and working. It …

Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross

Mnangagwa now more paranoic and desperate

A REGIME failing to provide its citizens with basic necessities is unsurprisingly afraid of itself and those who differ with its lopsided policies.The arrest of four civil society activists this week on allegations of plotting to overthrow…

Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe in panic mode, solution needed

LAST Saturday, I attended the Mbira Festival which was organised by my friend, Albert Chimedza, at Mukuvisi Woodlands in Harare.It was an awesome venue for a traditional music festival with a modern twist and the audience thoroughly enjoye…

Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:11hrs | 2 | by Debbie Peters

Zimbabwe asylum seekers panic in UK diaspora

Zimbabweans without settled status in the UK have been alarmed by a report in a daily newspaper here, the Independent, that Britain is working with officials from the Zimbabwe Embassy to send them back home, where they say they fear persec…

Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:08hrs | | by ZimVigil

Chamisa, Mnangagwa in panic mode

WITH time fast running out ahead of Monday's general elections, opposition MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has reportedly pressed the panic button amid fears that the Sadc Troika may not find time to convene an urgent me…

Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Panic as net closes in on forex abusers

Despite feigning bravado in public, companies fingered in the externalisation of foreign currency and other assets are making a beeline for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to negotiate relaxed deadlines within which they can rectify the…

Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 12:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa in panic mode

Panic has gripped opposition political parties ahead of this year's harmonised elections, with officials worried about President Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF's resolve not to focus on electioneering on the eve of the polls.The opposition parties …

Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 10:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Tsvangirai panics

SENSING election defeat, MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday pressed the panic button by alleging Government was already planning to rig the 2018 general elections by its decision to go it alone on the procurement of Biometric Vote…

Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Tourists 'helicopter crash' causes panic

PANIC gripped the resort town of Victoria Falls on Monday after it was reported that a helicopter carrying tourists had crashed.Residents lined the streets as ambulances and fire tenders sped through to the wail of deafening emergency sire…

Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 08:53hrs | 2 | by Leonard Ncube

Changing SA permit laws, Zimbabweans urged not to panic

Zimbabweans in South Africa are being urged not to 'panic' over changes to work permit laws set to come into force later this year, with a leading refugee rights group saying it will engage the authorities on the way forward.Concern has be…

Published: 01 Apr 2014 at 18:23hrs | 5 | by Alex Bell

Corrupt Zimbabwe army bosses panic

Recent activities of defiance in the military have exposed to Zimbabwe Service Chiefs that their tight grip on the military is slipping. At a recent military high command meeting to celebrate Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day, I hear that sharp …

Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Mathula Lusinga

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