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As we celebrate the 2021 International Women's Day (IWD) under the theme #ChooseToChallenge, and focus on inclusion and diversity, we reflect on the representation of women in the banking industry....Published: 13 hrs ago | 64 | by Sibongile Moyo
Armed robbers tie up staff, sell fuel for 3 hours
ARMED robbers raided two service stations in Bulawayo, tied attendants' hands before getting away with cash in dramatic incidents that occurred within two days. In the first one on Monday at a...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2795 | by Staff reporter
Brace for 3rd wave, says experts
MEDICAL experts yesterday warned that the country might be hit by a third wave of COVID-19 following Monday's relaxation of lockdown restrictions with winter approaching, and at a time new variants of...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | 3140 | by Staff reporter
Bank queues a Covid-19 time bomb
BANKS are not adhering to World Health Organisation (WHO) standards and national Covid-19 guidelines as evidenced by their failure to control clients to ensure social distancing. Social distan...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Strict measures for court attendees
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday announced strict conditions for court attendees in a statement where he relaxed some of the measures that he put in place in January to ensure that the country's co...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Marriages ban lifted
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has lifted the ban on marriages and announced the resumption of normal court operations, including the offices of the Master and the Sheriff of the High Court following the r...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Exemption letters no longer required
CITIZENS no longer need exemption letters for movement while intercity travel is now permissible with businesses including the informal sector allowed to operate up to 7PM after Government relaxed Lev...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:38hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens up the economy
President Mnangagwa yesterday re-opened Zimbabwe's economy following almost two months of level four lockdown restrictions that brought most businesses to a standstill after a second and more intense ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:24hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe High faces water crisis
MAGWEGWE High School in Bulawayo is facing serious water problems amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Parliament was told last Thursday.The issue was revealed by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:03hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Doctors give thumbs up to vaccination
Zimbabwean doctors, who are part of the frontline workers inoculated with their first doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine say it is safe and encouraged others to get the jab. Speaking to r...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:26hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans shouldn't be influenced by anyone on COVID-19 personal health decisions
The debate on whether to take, or not to take, COVID-19 vaccines has been raging on for the past few months - ever since the announcement by the world's major pharmaceutical companies of their alleged...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 13:35hrs | 637 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Suspended Natpharm boss back in court
SUSPENDED National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm) acting managing director Zealous Nyabadza appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday facing criminal abuse of office allegatio...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 297 | 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: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:30hrs | 190 | 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 | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Britain desperately needs Rhodesia/ Zimbabwe
THE most outlandish aspect of Britain's past and recent actions is that despite its posturing on Zimbabwe, the former colonial power desperately needs Harare for its economic revival efforts, especial...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 2021 | by Golden Guvamatanga
Chaos at Soul Jah Love burial
ONCE again, the police had a torrid time in enforcing Covid-19 regulations as scores of people thronged Warren Hills Cemetery for the burial of the much-loved Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love.W...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:13hrs | 3072 | by Staff reporter
Police warn felons, rotten cops
ANGRY authorities vowed yesterday that they would hammer perpetrators of violent crime in the country, while also dealing ruthlessly with rogue police officers caught participating in criminal activit...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:12hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 lockdown: How times have changed
It was after four aborted attempts at assembling that customary team of amadombo, an attempt at receiving and meeting our prospective in-laws as a non-negotiable precondition to observe the cultural r...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 186 | by Zifiso Masiye
Checkpoints and supermarkets severely exposed to Covid-19
POLICE roadblocks and supermarkets are potential Covid-19 super spreaders as they are failing to adhere to basic safety precautions to contain the deadly novel virus that has ravaged the globe....Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:12hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Police control numbers at Soul Jah Love funeral
Police yesterday dispersed mourners at the late Zimdancehall icon Soul Jah Love's Msasa Park home in Harare after they exceeded 30, the number of people allowed at a funeral in accordance with lockdow...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt cops 'demand $10 bribe', detain pregnant woman for 48 hours
Three Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers from Machipisa police station allegedly arrested a pregnant woman in Highfield for not wearing a mask and detained her for 48 hours after she failed to pa...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:27hrs | 1864 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Informal traders hail lockdown relief
INFORMAL traders in Bulawayo yesterday celebrated the lifting of a ban on their business operations by the government, saying this was long overdue as the country was highly informalised and people ne...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna denied National Hero status by the regime
CHIEF Vezi Maduna Mafu will be buried today at his rural home in Avoca, Filabusi in Insiza District, after Government accorded him a State-assisted burial. Chief Maduna (86) died on Saturday a...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:05hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes U-turn on UK free vaccine offer?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday further extended the lockdown by another two weeks with government saying it was not clear on the efficacy of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine received from China ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 07:35hrs | 9610 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe census set for August
ZIMBABWE will hold a population and housing census in August ahead of the 2023 elections, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) has announced.Zimstats director-general Taguma Maho...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:17hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's daily Covid-19 infection rate falls
By weekend the average daily infection rate for Covid-19 had fallen to around half the level of the start of the year and had dropped to actual numbers not seen since the middle of December. ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to officially receive the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today officially receive the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines which include a donation of 200 000 jabs from the Chinse government. The President will also address the nation o...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 vaccination must be compulsory
THE ministry of Health and Child Care says Zimbabwe will start receiving Covid-19 vaccines from the Ides of February.China and Russia - you guessed right - and maybe India also, will give us t...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:33hrs | 812 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimstat begins field mapping for census
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has begun field mapping and household listing work that involves partitioning the country into unique enumeration areas in preparation for commencemen...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:38hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Bring back the reed basket
Some of our African identity paraphernalia, artifacts, customs and traditions continue to vanish right under our noses. Time gnawing at them slowly as we all pretend not to notice, do not forget its s...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 18:10hrs | 851 | by Tondo Murisa
Funerals without mourners the new normal
IT WAS one cold winter evening and the streets of Corby were deserted because of the snow. As John was sleeping, a sharp ring interrupted him. He jumped out of his bed and answered with his hands trem...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:39hrs | 282 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Schools to remain closed until further notice, government says
The government has moved to squash unsubstantiated rumours confusing parents about opening dates of schools around Zimbabwe. The opening of schools will remain deferred until further notice, the gover...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:07hrs | 1185 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Betting shops gamble with lockdown restrictions
Licensed betting house Moors World of Sport (MWOS) continues to operate some of its branches across the country in theory as internet operations but in practice having staff continually going into the...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:30hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
2 Mutare men in court for assaulting cops
TWO Mutare men have appeared in court for assaulting two members of the police neighbourhood watch committee, who wanted to arrest them for not wearing face masks.Stanley Chifamata and Aaron S...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:55hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to announce new lockdown measures next week
President Mnangagwa is next week expected to announce new lockdown measures with the current regulations expiring Monday.The President said this today at the first Political Actors Dialogue ex...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 09:58hrs | 4357 | by Staff reporter
Africa is not a dumping ground
During the just-ended Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly, which was held virtually, President ED Mnangagwa prompted African leaders to think seriously about establishing an A...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1493 | by Prosperity Mzila
Magaisa was secretly dining with a Zanu-PF faction
Having gone through a lot of Alex Magaisa's recent articles, it is fair that a response by a Zimbabwean youth is given. After the disastrous 2013 election, the MDC-T family and its president Morgan Ts...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:38hrs | 2188 | by Honourable Vincent Tsvangirai MP
Arrested journalist Simbarashe Sithole fined under duress
Bulawayo24.com journalist Simbarashe Sithole was finally released from police cells after 9 hours of detention at Machipisa police station on Thursday....Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 01:24hrs | 1095 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Cops under probe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has launched investigations into a case in which a picture circulating on social media of a woman and two toddlers, believed to be twins are detained at Rhodesville Police...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:34hrs | 1698 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says vaccination will bring life back to normal
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the country can only return to normal life when citizens are vaccinated against Covid-19.The pandemic has disrupted normal life as members of the public are now ex...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:28hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Can we use ZUMBANI A traditional medicine for treatment of COVID19?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultu...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 965 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Rural teachers bemoan poor working conditions
ZIMBABWE Rural Teachers'Union (ZRTU) has bemoaned deteriorating working conditions its members were exposed to during the COVID-19 pandemic.In an interview with NewsDay, ZRTU national co-ordin...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:17hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
South Africa turns to China for Covid-19 vaccines
South Africa is turning to China to supply Covid-19 vaccines as the country prepares to inoculate healthcare workers. Answering questions before the parliamentary health committee on Wednesday...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 17:15hrs | 1511 | by Staff reporter
Blood, swab tests for Covid-19 vaccine-takers
BLOOD and swab tests will be conducted for members of the public who will voluntarily take the Covid-19 vaccine which Government will start rolling out free of charge. Identification documentation wil...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:38hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Politburo member denounces huge gatherings at funerals
ZANU-PF politburo member Kenneth Musanhi on Sunday discouraged mourners to gather in huge numbers of more than 30 people.Speaking at the funeral of newly elected Mazowe District Coordinating C...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 18:50hrs | 1669 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Roadblock fines increase challenged
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has filed an urgent High Court application to nullify the recent increase in fines charged at roadblocks.In the application, ZimRights, togeth...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 14:52hrs | 1691 | by Staff reporter
Commuters petition teargas-throwing cops
THE Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has petitioned the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) over police officers fond of throwing tear smoke on commuter omnibuses.The petition came soon afte...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans welcome free Covid-19 Vaccines
Zimbabweans have welcomed the news that Covid-19 vaccines that Government is procuring with the assistance of international partners and friendly nations would be distributed to citizens for free....Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:39hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Selective enforcement of lockdown rules
There has been some outcry by some Human Rights organisations and members of the public that the government is selectively enforcing the lockdown rules.The Human Rights Groups assert that whil...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 09:40hrs | 3483 | by Shelton Muchena
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 curve takes downward trend
THE country's Covid-19 epidemic curve is on a downward trend indicating that the national response to the disease is on the right path following imposed restrictions. However, health experts have advi...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 2596 | by Staff reporter
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