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Private media torments minister Mutsvangwa with falsehoods
Once again Social Media was abuzz and awash with photographs of honourable senetor Monica Mutsvangwa with a man the social media could not identify. They then made innuendos that the man could have be...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1203 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Let all 2020 students repeat'
THE Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) is pushing for government to nullify the 2020 academic year so that pupils have adequate time to cover essential elements of the syllabi, after norma...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:35hrs | 1898 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF internal battles escalate
The November 2017 Operation Restore Legacy changed the top echelon of political power in the country. Many business persons, politicians and politically exposed persons sponsored and supported the pro...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 14:24hrs | 1633 | by Anonymous Writer
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: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:51hrs | 4344 | 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: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:35hrs | 519 | 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 | 390 | 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 | 1539 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet raps unwarranted price hikes
Businesses hiking prices of basic goods without justification are being investigated and the Government will take action in cases where there is profiteering, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting S...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:43hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening preps underway
Preparations continue for the "inevitable re-opening" of schools with Covid-19 control measures informed by World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines being put in place to avoid a spike in infections...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:43hrs | 1882 | by Staff reporter
The truth about Dr Masimba Mavaza
I normally do not want to respond to social media neither do I want to be vilifying people. But after reading the article by Nomaz...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 22:29hrs | 2306 | by Mandla Khumalo
Grade 7 results under scrutiny
A STUDY of Grade 7 results is underway to establish the challenges encountered by schools and pupils, which saw some learning institutions registering a zero percent pass rate, the Government has said...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 18:51hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda roasts Mutsvangwa
NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda Wednesday took information minister Monica Mutsvangwa to task over the absence of both state and private media during sitting.Mudenda, during the questi...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | 6167 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs US$7m for corona vaccines
THE government is mobilising about US$7 million to acquire enoug hvaccines to inoculate 60 percent of the population with the first phase of the programme commencing on Thursday with frontline workers...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:18hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt threatens more restrictions
GOVERNMENT yesterday warned citizens to brace for more movement restrictions in light of the highly fatal and fast-spreading South African variant of the COVID-19 virus, which now constitutes 61% of n...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2814 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination roll-out kicks off
Vaccination against Covid-19 starts tomorrow with 49 000 health workers and thousands of other high-risk frontline staff being scheduled for stage one of phase one using the first batch of the Sinopha...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara speaks about Chinese vacine trials
Former Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara says if the Chinese were in a proactive and empowering partnership with Harare, clinical trials should have been done on the Sinopharm vaccine ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 20:07hrs | 6106 | by Staff reporter
Chinese doctors to help administer Covid-19 vaccines
Chinese medical doctors are in Zimbabwe to help local personnel to effectively administer the Covid-19 vaccine brought from the Asian country yesterday as the two Republics continue to exploit the goo...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF defy COVID-19, hold elections to replace Gwaradzimba
ZANU-PF yesterday claimed that all COVID-19 protocols were followed by the party when it conducted its elections to fill in the senatorial seat which was left vacant after the death of Minister of Sta...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1644 | 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
Wananchi - never awaken a sleep-walking foe
Ignorance can be pure bliss.It makes life unburdensome through avoiding the inconvenience of putting up with inconvenient truths, facts and realities.What better way of preventing the ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:38hrs | 237 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mutsvangwa thrashes fake Twitter account, fingers Jonathan Moyo
WAR veterans' national chairperson Chris Mutsvangwa has dismissed a Twitter account bearing his name saying it is the work of the fallen G40 minions who are seeking relevance by cloning his name on so...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 20:57hrs | 2267 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF disowns housing co-operatives
THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday said it was supportive of government and Harare City Council's proposed demolition of illegal structures, including those under co-operatives led by party members....Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:50hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 jabs to start next week
AUTHORITIES have confirmed that the country will start vaccinating citizens against Covid-19 from next week — with healthcare workers receiving top priority in this inaugural phase.Speaking ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:37hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains to continue for next 3 months
ZIMBABWE is expected to continue receiving heavy rains for the next three months, which can cause floods in low lying areas.Speaking during Tuesday's post-Cabinet media briefing, Information m...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:36hrs | 1418 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe purchases 600 000 Covid-19 vaccine doses from China
Zimbabwe has purchased 600 000 Covid-19 vaccine doses from China’s Sinopharm, in addition to 200 000 China has donated, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa has revealed. China last week l...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves demolition of illegal settlements
CABINET has approved the demolition of illegal structures built on wetlands and on land corruptly parcelled out by land barons throughout the country.Task teams have already been set up to ide...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1596 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds China, Russia over vaccines
ZIMBABWE's relationship with China and Russia continue to grow with the two countries promising to ensure that the country accesses Covid-19 vaccines as soon as possible. Already China has mad...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:15hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's first batch of Covid-19 vaccines expected Monday
Government has dismissed as false and mischievous claims that it does not know which Covid-19 vaccine it should import, saying Zimbabwe will receive its first batch of 800 000 jabs from China on Monda...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:14hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Russian diamond giant to donate Covid-19 vaccines to Zimbabwe
Russian diamond producer Alrosa PJSC will buy and donate the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines to Angola and Zimbabwe to help those nations' inoculation programs, Chief Executive Officer Sergey Ivanov sa...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Govt to vaccinate 10 million Zimbabweans against Covid-19 virus for free, Mutsvangwa breathes fire
The minister of Information and Broadcasting services has rubbished the headlines by Newsday which suggests that the government does not know which vaccine to buy. In the article published by Newsday ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 11:10hrs | 2307 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's govt has not yet made a decision on the COVID-19 vaccine to buy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration yesterday said it had not yet made a decision on the COVID-19 vaccine to buy although it had mobilised a US$100 million war chest to fight the global pand...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 vaccine first batch delivery next week
THE country is expected to receive its first batch of the Covid-19 vaccine on Monday with the second one at the beginning of next month as Government commits to protecting citizens from the deadly pan...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cabinet declares state of roads disaster
CABINET yesterday declared the country's road network a state of disaster as most of the roads have become untrafficable following damage by heavy rains being received across the country. The ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:39hrs | 1667 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans to vaccinate 10 million
The Government plans to vaccinate 10 million people against the Covid-19 virus for free, as the health system battles to reduce the threat of the global pandemic. Zimbabwe is expected to recei...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:27hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to receive Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses on February 15
Zimbabwe is expecting the first batch of 200,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by China on February 15. The second consignment is expected in the first week of March. Inform...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 18:06hrs | 1832 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cabinet hiatus highlights Zimbabwe leadership crisis
AT a time when the surge in Covid-19-related deaths is dramatic, amid new rampant cases of the pandemic, the Zimbabwean government's primary policy-making body – cabinet – has not been meeting, Th...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:26hrs | 2081 | by Staff reporter
Police, Zanu-PF pull blank faces over Bindura rally by Musanhi
POLICE and Zanu-PF both say they were not aware Bindura North MP Kenneth Musanhi held a rally last week in defiance of government's lockdown measures against gatherings.Police, instead, pleade...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa considering a cabinet reshuffle
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, rattled by the recent loss of three ministers to Covid-19, is considering a cabinet reshuffle that has sparked fierce jostling in Zanu-PF and government.Foreign A...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | 8178 | by Staff reporter
Who will replace SB Moyo?
ZIMBABWE is a landlocked nation which relies heavily on its sisters in the SADC region.To the East Zim has Mozambique. A troubled neighbour who happens to be dealing with a growing insurgency ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 17:26hrs | 3124 | by John Mbizvo
'Mnangagwa's govt concealing COVID-19 statistics'
HEALTH professionals have accused government of allegedly concealing COVID-19 statistics in the country to give the impression that the virulent disease was under control at a time it has ballooned ou...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:37hrs | 2492 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in a fix
The recent spate of deaths of top government officials, including ministers who succumbed to Covid-19, have left President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a predicament.Well-placed sources yesterday sai...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:12hrs | 8817 | by Staff reporter
Zimondi: A brave, ice-cool war commander
Major General (Retired) Paradzai "Tonderai Nyika" Zimondi was the pinnacle of ZANLA's military prowess.He commanded the ZANLA positional guerrilla forces during the battle of Mavonde, a.k.a Mo...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 416 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
US sanctions on Zimbabwe to stay
Former United States Department of State assistant secretary for African Affairs, Todd Moss has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the US administration will notlift sanctions and accused him ...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:39hrs | 5369 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana's brain fade cannot go unchallenged
UTTERANCES by Information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana accusing doctors of deliberately killing Zanu-PF politicians and blaming their deaths on the coronavirus cannot go unchallenged.We are u...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 06:58hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
ZBC hikes radio, TV licence fees
ZBC has hiked radio and television licence fees with motor vehicle radio licence fees rising to $450 from $300 per term. A radio licence for a household is now $75 per quarter in rural areas, ...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs retreat to farms as Covid-19 bites
SEVERAL government and Zanu-PF bigwigs have retreated to their farms and villages as the Covid-19 pandemic bares its teeth with four Cabinet ministers having died so far and President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:56hrs | 4097 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo: Epitome of Zimbabwe revolution's finest cadre
Comrade Sibusiso Moyo, the General of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces who pronounced the demise of the four decade-old Mugabe dictatorship in November is no more. Comrade SB Moyo, what a journey we have t...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 566 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Covid strikes Mnangagwa's VPs, cabinet ministers
THE Covid-19 pandemic has paralysed government amid reports that Vice-Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi are unwell, while President Emmerson Mnangagwa spent 14 days in self-isolation in...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 16594 | by Staff reporter
'SB Moyo meticulous planning saved nation from chaos' - yet 3 years on, chaos still rules the roost
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce Foreign Minister Dr S B Moyo has died," announce Emmerson Mnangagwa."Zimbabwe has lost a devoted public servant and a true hero, and I have lost a fri...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:25hrs | 994 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Parirenyatwa buried
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa's brother, Daniel Parirenyatwa was buried yesterday in Zimunya, Manicaland Province. Minister Mutsvangwa's husband, ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2104 | by Staff reporter
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