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'Chamisa, Mwonzora taking Zimbabweans for granted'
THE Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) has accused political opponents Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora of taking Zimbabweans for granted as the two engage in personal fights at the expense of the natio...Published: 28 mins ago | 71 | by Staff reporter
Renewed EU sanctions dent Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive
THE decision by the European Union (EU) last week to maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe drives yet another dagger in the heart of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reengagement drive, amid fresh allegations ...Published: 30 mins ago | 41 | by Staff reporter
SA lacks the will to rescue Zimbabwe
IN any discussion on the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the need for South Africa's mediation to find resolution is invariably raised. Calls for South African involvement are getting loude...Published: 31 mins ago | 23 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Govt axes WHO, Unicef from Zimbabwe Covid activities
GOVERNMENT has suspended the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) from participating in Covid-19 programmes, in an unprecedented move that may have farreachi...Published: 32 mins ago | 120 | by Staff reporter
Darikwa buzzing for Warriors duty
HIS availability might still be uncertain due to the new stringent Covid-19 travel restrictions imposed by the British government but Warriors defender Tendayi Darikwa is relishing the opportunity to ...Published: 34 mins ago | 41 | by Staff reporter
Parly fights in teachers' corner
PARLIAMENT yesterday urged government to urgently improve the welfare of teachers before schools reopen for the first term to motivate them and, therefore, improve the pass rates in public examination...Published: 39 mins ago | 60 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers must not enforce lockdown, says Veritas
GOVERNMENT should not use COVID-19 as an excuse to deploy soldiers to enforce lockdown regulations, legal think-tank Veritas has said.The think-tank said use of soldiers on policing duties was...Published: 42 mins ago | 45 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 patients opt for home-based care'
MEMBERS of the public who have tested positive to COVID-19 are increasingly opting for home-based care management of the disease rather than seeking hospitalisation, a recent survey by the Women's Coa...Published: 42 mins ago | 26 | by Staff reporter
'Lupane Grade 7 pupils can't read'
A HUGE number of Grade 7 pupils in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, have reading difficulties, a factor that might have largely contributed to the poor pass rate recorded in last year's examinatio...Published: 45 mins ago | 31 | by Staff reporter
Mine workers salary talks collapse
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (Zdamwu) yesterday claimed that negotiations for first quarter wage increments had stalled after the National Employment Council (NEC) for the mi...Published: 45 mins ago | 30 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi efforts at denial pathetic
ZIMBABWE is finding itself caught in the sexual proclivities of its top leadership and regaled by the phone calls allegedly between the Vice-President of the country and two married women, all in the ...Published: 47 mins ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's COVID-19 curve flattens'
CABINET was recently informed that the country's COVID-19 curve is showing a general downward trend since mid-January 2021.This was said at a post-Cabinet media briefing by Information ministe...Published: 48 mins ago | 44 | by Staff reporter
X-Ray boost for Mater Dei COVID-19 response centre
MATER Dei Hospital in Bulawayo has received a major boost in its fight against COVID-19 after receiving an X-Ray image printer machine from a Harare-based engineering company, Flat Bridge Medical Supp...Published: 49 mins ago | 13 | by Staff reporter
Govt told resolve teachers' grievances before schools open
THERE is an urgent need for government to improve the welfare of teachers before schools reopen, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Education has said.This is one of its reco...Published: 51 mins ago | 36 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Mohadi salute Mnangagwa
VICE PRESIDENTS Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi have lauded President Mnangagwa for improving the quality of life and standards of living for the citizens in line with his vision of transforming...Published: 51 mins ago | 85 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will surpass 5 million votes, says Matemadanda
Zanu-PF has expressed confidence that it will surpass the five million votes it is targeting ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections as the opposition continues to crumble in the face of defections. ...Published: 52 mins ago | 32 | by Staff reporter
Loga battles for work permit
WARRIORS coach, Zdravko Logarusic, who is battling to extend his work permit after his initial one-year permit expired, says there is no guarantee he will get his Euro stars for the final two AFCON qu...Published: 52 mins ago | 35 | by Staff reporter
Zimra throttles smuggling
The recent upgrading of security along the Limpopo River, partly driven by the need to stop illegal movement of people spreading Covid-19, has resulted in reduced smuggling with Zimra nailing those ca...Published: 53 mins ago | 32 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa now ready to take Covid-19 jab
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and members of the Cabinet will take the lead and get vaccinated when the second batch of vaccines are delivered in the country in the next two weeks. This follows the donation of ...Published: 53 mins ago | 32 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube backs Mhlophe
Highlanders benefactor, Tshinga Dube has called for continuity and unity of purpose at the Bulawayo giants for the club to overcome the challenges that the institution is going through.Dube a ...Published: 54 mins ago | 74 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns that unvaccinated Citizens will be barred from public spaces?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Zimbabweans to get vaccinated against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic or they will soon be barred from all public spaces.Zimbabwe rolled out the national i...Published: 56 mins ago | 106 | by Staff reporter
Minister blames poor grade 7 results on sanctions, covid-19, etc.; all except real cause, Zanu PF
Zimbabwe's Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema, blamed sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries, corona virus and striking teachers for this year's poor Grade 7 ex...Published: 15 hrs ago | 468 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa's fresh headache
Cash-strapped government is struggling to raise US$1.75bn to compensate former commercial white farmers who lost their farms under the land reform programme amid revelations a bid to raise funding fro...Published: 15 hrs ago | 4961 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's exchange rates band to narrow
The gap between the official and parallel market exchange rates is expected to narrow further from the current 20% by the end of the year owing to the containment of reserve money, good agriculture se...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1153 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda, Chadzamira jumps the vacationing queue
Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister Ezra Chadzamira and Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda today headlined a group of senior Government and ruling party officials to receive the ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2240 | by Staff reporter
No bail for two ZB Bank heist suspects
Two suspects in the US$2,7 million ZB Bank cash-in-transit truck heist case, Gerald Rutizira and Neverson Mwamuka, have been denied bail at the High Court after the court ruled that evidence linking t...Published: 15 hrs ago | 521 | by Staff reporter
UK-based Warriors named in provisional squad
ZIFA has included United Kingdom-based players in the Warriors' provisional squad for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia next month.The Warriors technical...Published: 15 hrs ago | 424 | by Staff reporter
Charamba rubbishes mandatory inoculation report
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has rubbished a report in today's local newspaper alleging that Zimbabwe could consider mandatory inoculation against COVID-19 following resistance from some ...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1976 | by Staff reporter
Window closing for UK-based Warriors
THE window appears to be closing for the Warriors to secure their United Kingdom-based stars for the Afcon qualifiers next month. Zimbabwe will take on Botswana and Zambia in two matches which will de...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:24hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tops Grade 7 results
BULAWAYO province produced the best results in the 2020 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven examinations with the country's pass rate having been adversely affected by Covid-19 p...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1513 | by Staff reporter
MDC, Zanu-PF MPs get Chinese vaccine jab
RESTLESS MPs, who have been clamouring to get vaccinated against the Covid-19 pandemic, finally got inoculated Wednesday at the Parliament Building in Harare.Most of the MPs who were vaccinate...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Data Centre
The new National Data Centre commissioned yesterday by President Mnangagwa will anchor all e-government programmes and will allow co-ordinated planning and monitoring of results. The President...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
US coronavirus variant raises alarm
Scientists are raising concerns over a new coronavirus variant that has been identified in California. Two studies due to come out soon suggest the variant, which the virologists call B.1.427/...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says Zimbabwe could consider mandatory inoculation against COVID-19 following resistance from some sections of the population. Zimbabwe rolled out the...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:55hrs | 2503 | by Staff reporter
Japan gives Zimbabwe US$8,6 million
JAPAN has given Zimbabwe US$8,6 million in emergency funding to support vulnerable people who have been most affected by the humanitarian crisis in the country.In a statement yesterday, the As...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:53hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
Teachers hit back at Mathema
TEACHERS have challenged government to accept responsibility over the poor performance of Grade 7 pupils in the 2020 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council results released early this month, accusing Pr...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:53hrs | 3022 | by Staff reporter
Amplats warns Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S decision to compel exporters to surrender more of their foreign currency earnings may leave miners unable to fund operations, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), one of the country's biggest...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious death of inmate causes Covid-19 anxiety at Masvingo prison
A male inmate recently died under unclear circumstances in a prison cell at Masvingo Remand prison after spending some days battling an undisclosed illness, TellZim reported.TellZim News has i...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:25hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Teacher unions demand plan for opening of schools
Teachers' unions under the Federation of Zimbabwe Education Unions (FOZEU) have called upon government to plan and engage them ahead of the opening of schools for this year.FOZEU demands sever...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:25hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to buy 1.2m more Covid vaccine doses from China
Zimbabwe will buy an additional 1.2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from China at a preferential price, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson said on Wednesday, after Beijing agreed to give more ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:25hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Khupe rift widens?
THE rift between underfire MDCT leader Douglas Mwonzora and Thokozani Khupe over the party presidency widened yesterday with the latter demanding a rerun of the internal polls.This was after M...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 5118 | by Staff reporter
Cigarette cartels in Zimbabwe are a tax threat in SA
A recently released report on powerful cartels in Zimbabwe has exposed how cigarette companies are illegally infiltrating the South African market, while dodging the local taxman at the same time....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1501 | by Staff reporter
Govt shifts blame over poor grade 7 results
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday blamed sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries and lack of staff supervision by headmasters for the poor pass rate recorded i...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
Graft-accused top health official denied bail
A HARARE magistrate yesterday denied bail to Health and Child Care ministry director of epidemiology and disease control, Portia Manangazira, who allegedly abused her powers and employed 28 close rela...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Govt directive haunts prospective Form 1 boarders
GOVERNMENT'S recent directive ordering boarding schools to cut down on their enrolment to reduce congestion in light of the COVID-19 outbreak has backfired, with Form 1 pupils now struggling to secure...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe might not meet vaccine demand'
PARLIAMENTARY Portfolio Committee on Health chairperson Ruth Labode yesterday expressed concern over government's capacity to meet demand for COVID-19 vaccines, given that the country currently only h...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:50hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now a failed State
OUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa.Mr President, l address you on behalf of workers of Zimbabwe who are suffering and disillusioned.I also address you in my own capacity as a citiz...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1265 | by Peter Mutasa
22 COVID-19 vaccination centres set up in Bulawayo
THE Health and Child Care ministry has set up 22 COVID-19 vaccination centres in Bulawayo to inoculate 6 000 frontline workers and other vulnerable groups in the city.Bulawayo's vaccination ex...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vaccinates 400 frontliners
OVER 400 frontline workers have taken the Covid-19 vaccine in Bulawayo within two days of the rolling out of the programme in the city. Bulawayo has four teams vaccinating frontline workers wh...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance officials exposed to Covid-19 in police cells
THERE are fears that 11 of the 12 MDC Alliance officials, recently arrested for holding a meeting in defiance of Covid-19 regulations, could have contracted the deadly virus while detained at Chinhoyi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
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