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Zimbabweans cry foul over COVID-19
Three months ago, Zororo Makamba, a multimedia journalist became the first casualty of COVID-19 in the southern African country.Before he passed on, members of his family complained about ill-...Published: 8 hrs ago | 838 | by Daniel Itai
Zimbabwe records 8th COVID-19 death
Zimbabwe has recorded its eight death from COVID-19.The 21 year old female Zimbabwean from the Harare Province with no history of travel and had no-morbidities tested positive on Saturday, and...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2064 | by Ndou Paul
Khupe barred from holding MDC-T Congress
THE government has barred interim MDC leader Thokozani Khupe from holding the party's planned extra-ordinary congress slated for July 31 - until the coronavirus pandemic is under control in the countr...Published: 12 hrs ago | 5328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 cases now at 625
CONFIRMED cases of Covid-19 rose to 625 on Friday after 7 more Zimbabweans returning from South Africa and Botswana tested positive.Eight new cases were confirmed on Friday, six of which are f...Published: 13 hrs ago | 986 | by Staff Reporter
ZEC in election U-turn, covid-19 'new norm' - without reforms, why risk even one life over a farce
"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it would withdraw its proposal to suspend electoral activities during the COVID-19 lockdown because the ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1737 | by Nomusa Garikai
Residents fined for violating lockdown rules win in court
A ZIMBABWEAN court has overturned the conviction of two Mutare residents after they successfully challenged the decision by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members to order them to pay RTGS$1 000 ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 17:02hrs | 1861 | by Stephen Jakes
Mthuli Ncube misses revenue collection target
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube missed April's revenue collection targets by 11 % owing to the impact Covid-19 lockdown had on businesses that were grounded to a halt as part of measures to minimise the...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 986 | by newzimbabwe
Pupil writes exams from quarantine centre
A 16-YEAR-OLD pupil from a high school on the outskirts of Bulawayo is writing his Ordinary Level June examinations under quarantine in Bulawayo after returning from Botswana recently. The tee...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Avenues Clinic to covid-19 test all elective admissions after 'significant increase in cases' - how many?
Dear Medical Director, The Avenues ClinicI direct your attention your letter of 01 July 2020 below."TO: All Specialists, Casualty Officers, Matrons...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:23hrs | 336 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Relief for over 3 million Zimbabwean cross-borders
MORE than three million cross-border traders will breathe a sigh of relief after the Cross-border Traders Association managed to lure various South African businesses to sell their products at Beitbri...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:31hrs | 10805 | by Staff reporter
Govt yet to decide on school calendar
THE government is yet to decide on the school calendar despite that primary and secondary schools are reopening this month.This comes as schools were forced to close early in March as the gove...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:30hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa graft fight pie in the sky
European Union (EU) ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen's remarks that the EU will not provide budgetary support to Zimbabwe as has happened to other countries to stabilise their economies in the wak...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:26hrs | 1586 | by Staff reporter
Ngodzo fights for dear life
REIGNING Castle Lager Soccer Star of the Year Joel Ngodzo and his compatriots Donald Teguru and Takudzwa Chimwe will resume their battle against relegation as Zambian Premier Soccer League (ZPSL) rest...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:24hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans with Coronavirus to pay US$5 000
Mater Dei Hospital has announced that it will be charging US$ 60 for casualty and US$3000 for a general ward and then US$5000 for ICU for all aptients with Coronavirus.Commenting on the matter...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 10:18hrs | 11214 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu PF blames 'illicit market' plus usual suspects minus MDC for growing instability - 'It is the economy, stupid'
"The politics are being shaped from the market, it is as if we are being told, if you won't have MDC-Alliance for an opposition then we will create an opposition for you through illicit market activit...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 22:06hrs | 2252 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe's political climate remains tense
WITH Zimbabwe's political situation remaining tense, the government is planning to introduce a new law which criminalises the spreading of falsehoods against key State institutions such as the militar...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 1345 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as villagers supervise exams
CHAOS rocked the start of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) June "O" and "A" Level examinations which started yesterday, with teachers' unions claiming government hired "villagers and ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:31hrs | 4490 | by Staff reporter
'Chiefs want Mnangagwa to apologise for Gukurahundi'
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) says it is pursuing the call by people from Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to issue a public apol...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:30hrs | 5115 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Matulana drops collabo album
BULAWAYO-BASED kanindo musician Obadiah Matulana, who is known as Dr Jah Kanindo, collaborated with a South Africa-based rhumba group from Matabeleland South, Mlambo Express, and released an album tit...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:24hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Villagers hired to invigilate exams
SOME headmasters were Tuesday forced to hire local villagers to assist in invigilating ZIMSEC June 'O' and 'A' Level examinations after teachers boycotted the process due to lack of proper Covid-19 sa...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1963 | by newzimbabwe
Toe to Toe with Zanu PF?
I am writing this article in response to Wilbert Mukori's article to Bulawayo24 entitled 'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40'. Yes I know that every responsible Zim...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:32hrs | 1861 | by Clement Moyo
Chinese army begins Coronavirus vaccines
Chinese media has reported that the country’s military has approved a coronavirus vaccine for use for its soldiers. The said vaccine was created by the Chinese army research unit and a biote...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 12:03hrs | 3914 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa's govt neglecting COVID-19 positive nurses'
THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) has accused the government of neglecting Mpilo Central Hospital nurses who contracted COVID-19 in the line of duty and are now quarantined at the Elangeni Traini...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema summoned over schools reopening
PARLIAMENT has summoned the minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema, junior MPs and the deaf community to share their views on the reopening of schools amid the coronavirus (Covid-19...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:48hrs | 2432 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety as schools open for June exams
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is reportedly ill-equipped to smoothly run the June examinations as the Education ministry has not deployed equipment to combat the spread of COVID-19....Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1049 | 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 | 463 | by Staff reporter
Zimra adapts to the new ICT-driven business model
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has started adapting to the information communication technology (ICT) mode of doing business to prevent the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). ...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:26hrs | 764 | 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
'Zanu-PF is debris, embrace Nelson Chamisa' advised Moyo - two faced buzzard, celebrated MDC GNU blunders
When Mai Mujuru was booted out of Zanu-PF in 2014 within months she was criticizing Zanu-PF and her former mentor, Robert Mugabe, for mismanagement, corruption, vote rigging, murderous oppression, etc...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:29hrs | 4216 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Khupe in congress U-Turn
INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe has made a dramatic extra-ordinary congress U-turn after she rolled back the new dates she had set for the Indaba to the original July 31 date.This comes ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 18:03hrs | 6807 | by Staff reporter
Taxis show Ramaphosa the middle finger
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) and the National Taxi Alliance (NTA) say government is not taking the industry seriously and that they have decided to take the "the bull by its horns...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:21hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Chakwera sworn in as Malawi president after historic win
Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn in as president of Malawi after winning an election rerun.He defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58.57% of the vote in Tuesday's poll, the electoral commiss...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 11:09hrs | 2657 | by BBC
The three pendulums of Zimbabwean politics
The names Mugabe, Mujuru and Mnangagwa have hogged the headlines of Zimbabwean politics for over a century collectively. The three have nothing to show for the hectares of space that their names have ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2734 | by Joseph 'Slovo' Mupokosera
Mnangagwa courts unrest
Zimbabweans celebrated in their tens of thousands when the military ousted Robert Mugabe and installed Emmerson Mnangagwa as president. Two-and-a-half years later, the party is over.Mnanga...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 778 | by Bloomberg
Namibia exposes Mnangagwa govt's COVID-19 test kits donation lies
The government of Namibia has denied ever donating rapid COVID-19 test kits to the government of Zimbabwe. The statement by the country's embassy in Zimbabwe comes after a claim made by the Zimbabwe M...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:30hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: 'The worst still to come'
DR Solwayo Ngwenya, a veteran medical practitioner is a worried man. He believes there seems to be lack of seriousness in flattening the coronavirus curve by the ordinary citizens and officials to an ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:30hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Pensioners send SOS to Govt
THE National Railways Pensioners Association has appealed to the Government to extend the US$30 allowances to retired workers that were not in civil service, saying pensioners were struggling to make ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:22hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
400 Covid-19 positive cases from South Africa
RETURNEES from South Africa have accounted for more than 70 percent of Covid-19 positive cases reported in the country after 400 locals who were domiciled in the neighbouring country tested positive s...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Boarding schools open today
BOARDING schools will open today to receive pupils who will be writing June/ July examinations that start on Tuesday.As part of ensuring the smooth running of examinations, the Government has ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe set to receive one million masks
Zimbabwe is set to receive one million face masks from Mask UP Africa, a recently-launched coalition of African creative industry professionals, to help curb the spread of Covid-19.The initiat...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:17hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt probing army brutality
AUTHORITIES are probing cases of alleged army brutality in Harare and at the country's borders, after soldiers are said to have gone on a rampage on Wednesday night - assaulting people and looting the...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Education ministry, parents at cross roads over opening of schools
Matabeleland North stakeholders have called for the further suspension of the opening of schools and postponement of June examinations until it is safe to open.They threatened to withhold thei...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:41hrs | 1893 | by Stephen Jakes
From boy to man the growth of Melusi from Isibaya
He was just 16 when he made his Isibaya debut as the mischievous 14 year old, Melusi Zungu. Nkanyiso Mzimela's character has literally grown up right before our eyes....Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:30hrs | 14350 | by Jera
Musona joins Kas Eupen
Zimbabwe captain, Knowledge Musona, has agreed to extend his loan deal with Belgian First Division A outfit, KAS Eupen, until the end of next season. KAS Eupen confirmed an extension to Musona...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Top Swaziland born lawyer leads 'Obadiah Moyo must go' campaign
PROMINENT human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has joined thousands of disgruntled health workers and ordinary citizens in calling for Health minister Obadiah Moyo to be fired from government over alle...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:35hrs | 1458 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa insincere in fighting corruption
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been talking tough, saying he abhorred graft which has been blamed for accelerating economic decline.In support of his pronouncement, I think all leadership po...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:31hrs | 525 | by Tarwadziwa
Teachers, parents resist schools reopening
TEACHERS and parents in Marondera have said there was no need for the reopening of schools in the wake of COVID-19 infections.Speaking during a Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ)-or...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:25hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Tinashe stages spellbinding show
UNITED STATES-BORN R&B star, Tinashe Kachingwe, on Wednesday night staged a scintillating live show during the Coke Studio Sessions on #BeApp. Her performance lived up to the promise she made earl...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
'Kombi' operators turn vehicles to mobile stores
Known as kombis in Zimbabwe, commuter omnibuses are no more, but in residential areas they have resurfaced, with conductors this time not shouting out for passengers, but for customers to rush for buy...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1093 | by Jeffrey Moyo, Anadolu News
Citizens petition Mnangagwa to fire Obadiah Moyo
TOP human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa Thursday led a team that submitted a petition signed by thousands of Zimbabweans demanding the immediate dismissal of Health and Child Care Minister, Obadiah M...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:54hrs | 425 | by newzimbabwe
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