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Woman found in possession of ‘stolen' syphilis test kits and drugs
A 21-year-old woman was found with suspected stolen medical drugs and medical equipment that includes syphilis test kits and syringes following a tip off from members of the public.The woman, ...Published: 30 mins ago | 91 | by Staff reporter
HEXCO examinations suspended
GOVERNMENT has suspended the Higher Education Examination Council (HEXCO) examinations that were set to start tomorrow due to Covid-19.The examinations were set to end on Friday.Higher...Published: 2 hrs ago | 279 | by Staff reporter
81 people escape from covid-19 isolation centre
A total of 81 people, among them 29 who were Covid-19 positive, escaped from the Beitbridge Quarantine, Isolation and Transit centre last week under unclear circumstances.The group included 71...Published: 2 hrs ago | 402 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to take delivery of 6,5 million more vaccines
Government has already paid for 6,5 million more Covid-19 vaccines, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube revealed yesterday while receiving one million others purchased fro...Published: 2 hrs ago | 335 | by Staff reporter
Steve Kwashi dies
CAPS United's 1996 championship winning coach Steve "The Dude" Kwashi has died.Close family members confirmed Kwashi died at his home in the early hours of today due to suspected Covid-19 comp...Published: 2 hrs ago | 258 | by Staff reporter
'Inflation a Zimbabwe regime change tool'
AFTER two decades of blaming sanctions imposed by the West for its failure on the economic front, the Zanu-PF government has found a new scapegoat - inflation - describing the scourge as enemy-enginee...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1805 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 weighs down Zimbabwe's TB fight
ZIMBABWE'S gains from the Global Fund's efforts to fight HIV and Aids and tuberculosis ( TB) are on a downward spiral due to the COVID-19 pandemic which continues to take its toll.The Global F...Published: 12 hrs ago | 494 | by Staff reporter
Residents cringe over crowding at vaccination centres
RESIDENTS throughout the country's major cities and towns have expressed concern over crowding at vaccination centres, saying this could aid the spread of COVID-19 due to long and chaotic queues....Published: 12 hrs ago | 920 | by Staff reporter
Census will account for all, says ZimStats boss
ZIMBABWE National Statistics Agency (ZimStats) director-general Taguma Mahonde has said no one will be left uncounted in the national census that will held next year.Mahonde made the remarks o...Published: 12 hrs ago | 392 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 hits BCC, stalls service delivery
COVID-19 has hit hard the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), stalling efforts to clear sewer blockages and pipe bursts in the city.The development was confirmed by town clerk Christopher Dube on Sat...Published: 12 hrs ago | 585 | by Staff reporter
Katai sets new personal record
ZIMBABWE's swimming starlet Donata Katai might have failed to reach the semifinals, but showed why many believe she is destined for greatness after clocking a new personal best time in the heats of th...Published: 12 hrs ago | 577 | by Staff reporter
'Suspect everyone as Covid-19 risk person'
TREAT everyone as a potential Covid-19 risk, avoid hugs and handshakes, trust nobody, a Covid-19 Delta variant survivor has said. After travelling to Mashonaland West province on a business trip on Sa...Published: 12 hrs ago | 471 | by Staff reporter
Shona Ferguson fighting for life in ICU
Filmmaker Shona Ferguson is reported to be fighting for his life at a private hospital in Johannesburg after he struggled to breathe and complained of chest pains at home. The actor underwent ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2782 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 infections spiral in two weeks
ZIMBABWE recorded the highest number of Covid-19 infections and deaths in the last two weeks since the advent of the virus in March last year despite awareness campaigns being rolled out to discourage...Published: 12 hrs ago | 556 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Makandiwa endorses 'mark of the beast' drive
United Family International Church leader Emmanuel Makandiwa yesterday became the latest evangelical Christian leader to endorse vaccination against Covid-19 and urged his followers to get vaccinated,...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1889 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe takes delivery of 1 million more jabs
Zimbabwe yesterday took delivery of one million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines purchased from China, taking the total number of vaccines brought into the country so far to over five million. With a target ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 211 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teen swimmer qualifies for next round at Olympic games
ZIMBABWE teen swimming sensation Donata Katai showed her potential to become one of the best swimmers in the world in the future after clocking a new personal best time in the heats of the women's 100...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 18:03hrs | 4756 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora party's plot to delay polls revealed
THE Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T party has started pushing Parliament to ensure that pending by-elections are suspended indefinitely, claiming that the Covid-19 pandemic has made the playing field uneve...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:26hrs | 2324 | by Staff reporter
Half Zimbabwe's population now extremely poor
ALMoSt half of Zimbabwe's population has become extremely poor because of the impact of Covid-19 and the economic contraction, a new survey has shown.the 2020 Rapid Poverty Income Consumption ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:23hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Govt 'pampers' Mapostori
The government has been accused of favouritism after spearheading the tarring of a road leading to the main shrine of the Johanne Marange apostolic sect in Manicaland.At least 10km of the road...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Zim students' battle to get internship
NGQABUTHO Mhlophe spends his days at home, burrowing around the internet in search of a marketing internship.A second-year student at the National University of Science and Technology, he need...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sugar giant clinches Coca-Cola deal
THE aggressively rebounding sugar manufacturing conglomerate, starafrica corporation Limited, says it plans to scale up its African ambition after clinching a landmark deal to export into The Coca-Col...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:19hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter
Mukanya drafts 'retirement' plan
CHIMURENGA musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo says he is setting up an arts and culture centre in Domboshava on the outskirts of Harare as part of his departure from the mainstream music industry, whic...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2165 | by Staff reporter
City unveils ambitious schools expansion plan
BULAWAYO City Council wants to expand schools and health institutions in the southern central areas to cater for increased demand in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.Wisdom Siziba, deputy dir...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland South education director succumb to Covid-19
Matabeleland South acting provincial education director Lifias Masukume has become the latest high-profile people to succumb to Covid-19.Masukume, 52, died at the United Bulawayo Hospitals on ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
'Ridiculous glory seeking' Hwende rebuked
GOVERNMENT Saturday rebuked as "ridiculous" claims by MDC Alliance party secretary-general Chalton Hwende that huge turn experienced at the health centres of citizens seeking Covid-19 jabs was due to ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
No farms for UK deportees, says Zanu PF
THE ruling Zanu PF party denies it has offered the 14 Zimbabweans deported from the United Kingdom last Thursday access to land for farming.However, the government said it would assist the 14 ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:07hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Forget about traditional funeral rituals, says Omega Sibanda
THE death of five people in Lower Gweru from Covid-19 after performing body viewing of a deceased relative from South Africa has raised concerns over rites traditionally observed upon the passing on o...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:07hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Bosso chairman in passionate plea for financial assistance
HIGHLANDERS chairman, Johnfat Sibanda has endorsed the appeal to members, supporters as well as well-wishers to assist the club so as to meet its financial obligations.Bosso are racing against...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:05hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Schools enrolment capped at 1 000
THE Government has started splitting some schools into two or more to decongest them as Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc in communities.Sunday News understands that one school in Luveve, Bula...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:03hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
UK deportees will not be mistreated by Zimbabwe government
The arrival in Harare of a batch of 14 Zimbabweans deported from Britain is in many ways a welcome sign that the British government has developed a far more realistic attitude to Zimbabwe and reckons ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:02hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 stalks the unvaccinated
Almost 90 percent of people who succumbed to the coronavirus in the past few weeks were unvaccinated, underlining the importance of the ongoing mass vaccination exercise, according to a new report fro...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:59hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has 2 747 covid-19 related deaths' - what is nauseating is some still believe the lie
Zimbabweans are a naive and gullible people, easily fooled; hence the reason the country is in such a mess. Indeed, in some cases as now we like to be fooled so we do not have to deal with the consequ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1012 | by Wilbert Mukori
Covid-19 halts judges' interviews
The public interviews of candidates nominated for the nine positions of the judge of the High Court have been deferred until further notice, the Judicial Service Commission has said.The interv...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 19:11hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
ZEC temporarily close offices
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will temporarily close its offices across the country from July 26 in response to rising Covid-19 cases, chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba has said....Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 19:11hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mahlathini heir apparent dies
The heir apparent to Chief Mahlathini chieftaincy in Tsholotsho, Jabulani Jiyane has succumbed to Covid-19.Jiyane, whose age could not be ascertained, was acting chief following the death of h...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 18:42hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
Canada vs Zimbabwe: Two divergent paths of Covid-19 vaccination
When mother-of-three Amanda Wood heard that hundreds of coronavirus shots were available for teens, only one thing prevented her from racing to the vaccination site at a Toronto high school - her 13-y...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 18:20hrs | 1507 | by AP
'No vaccination, no by-elections'
ZIMBABWE will only hold by-elections if the country vaccinates about 10 million people, representing 60% of the population required to reach herd immunity, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said. ...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-China project drills 126 boreholes in Matebeleland South
AT least 126 boreholes have been drilled in Matebeleland South under the Zimbabwe-China Agreement (ZCA) which target to drill 150 boreholes in the province to ease water challenges.As of last ...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:19hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Goods smuggled from SA impounded
Police in Bulawayo have impounded a South African truck carrying smuggled groceries worth more than R200 000. The Zambia bound truck was intercepted along the Bulawayo-Harare Road near Zuva ga...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination drive hits 2 million milestone
The 2 millionth Covid-19 vaccine dose was jabbed into an arm on Thursday afternoon as Zimbabwe's national vaccination programme accelerated even further and once the extra doses yesterday were counted...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
'Time to complete Tsvangira's democratic struggle,' says Chamisa's youths
YOUTHS from the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa say they are now prepared to finishing the legacy issue started by the late founding president Morgan Tsvangirai and complete the democratic struggle...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Fears, drama as 14 Zimbabweans return home
AT least 36 Zimbabweans, who stayed behind in the United Kingdom, raised fears of persecution by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, citing human rights violations in Zimbabwe.Only 14 o...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:33hrs | 3151 | by Staff reporter
PTUZ demands data bundles for teachers
GOVERNMENT has been urged to avail free data bundles for teachers to enable them to conduct virtual lessons in the absence of face-to-face learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic that has caused havoc g...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:28hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Children not safe from Covid-19: Experts
CHILDREN in the country are said to be increasingly getting vulnerable to Covid-19 as infections continue to soar with the virus killing thousands, medical experts have warned.This followed re...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:24hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
'Nkayi district hospital mortuary not functioning for 13 years'
NKAYI District Hospital mortuary in Matabeleland North province has reportedly not been functional for close to 13 years following equipment breakdown.The hospital is in ward 29 in Nkayi distr...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:22hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Touts set up 'bush tollgates'
TOUTS in Karoi are setting up bush "toll gates", where they force drivers avoid ing police roadblocks to pay for passage as they seek ways to combat the economic challenges that befell them when gover...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:17hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
SA unrest cuts off Zimbabwe supply chains
THE manufacturing sector is in disarray following violent clashes in South Africa in recent weeks, which have affected the supply of critical raw materials.The Confederation of Zimbabwe Indust...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:01hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firms fret over Mozambique crisis
ZIMBABWE'S industries have warned that a deadly insurgency roiling neighbouring Mozambique has emerged as the greatest threat to power and fuel imports that could further hurt Harare's fragile economy...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:57hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Facebook releases Zimbabwe widely used emojis
AMERICAN multinational conglomerate, Facebook Inc, has released Zimbabwe's widely used emojis as the international social media giant celebrates the World Emoji Day.The development comes at a ...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:46hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
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