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Mahachi tests positive for Covid-19
SOUTH AFRICA-based Warriors forward Kuda Mahachi has become the first Zimbabwean footballer to test positive for the novel coronavirus. Mahachi had the tests on Thursday after receiving a late...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:04hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga sends Chamisa packing
Tongues are being rolled overtime as Zimbabweans are being fed propaganda over the suspension of by elections on December. The Vice President Dr comrade Constantino Gueveya Chiwenga, who is also...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 10:50hrs | 24677 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Chiwenga has quarantined democracy'
Electoral watchdog, Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (Zesn), has accused Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who doubles as Health minister, of putting democracy on quarantine by suspending the hol...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
SA's white party demands minutes of meeting between Mapisa-Nqakula and Zimbabwean counterpart
The DA wants to see the minutes of the meeting between Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and her Zimbabwean counterpart, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, during a visit last mont...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 17:25hrs | 1672 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants get 40% cost of living cushion
The latest 40 percent cost-of-living salary adjustment by the Government will be paid into the bank accounts of civil servants starting today, while negotiations continue with unions representing civi...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1323 | by Staff reporter
Trump tests is COVID-19 positive
United States President Trump said early Friday morning that he and the first lady have tested positive for the coronavirus, throwing the nation's leadership into uncertainty and escalating the crisis...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 06:42hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe keeps borders closed, but opens its airports to visitors
Zimbabwe re-opened its borders to air travellers on Thursday, but officials said borders would remain closed.Zimbabwe imposed a national lockdown at the end of March to curb the spread of the ...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 09:09hrs | 3262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe borders still closed to general human traffic
Zimbabwe has only opened international airports to passenger traffic while land borders remain closed to human traffic for the time being. Only commercial traffic, diplomats and returning resi...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1517 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders worry over COVID-19 testing costs
CROSS-border traders have expressed readiness to jump into action when borders re-open this Thursday and are ready to undergo Covid-19 testing in line with health and safety guidelines. Govern...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Confusion hits schools restart
CONFUSION has hit the reopening of schools, with teachers refusing to return to classes until government offers them a good salary deal.Schools, which closed in March following the outbreak of...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:52hrs | 4221 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopen today
SCHOOLS reopen today under a new normal which requires both teachers and learners to strictly adhere to Covid-19 prevention regulations as directed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education S...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 733 | by Pardon Muzavazi
Teachers, govt clash over schools opening
The standoff between the government and teachers yesterday reached tipping point with all teachers' unions declaring total job action while government sought to placate the angry educators and at the ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 08:26hrs | 3984 | by Staff reporter
Pakistan to name full strength squad for Zimbabwe
Pakistan coach Misbahul Haq has hinted that there may not be major changes his squad for the upcoming cricket home series against Zimbabwe, saying that the team already had young players.Durin...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, Mzembi tell Chinamasa to 'stop throwing sewage at us'
FORMER Zanu-PF top officials have accused the ruling party's acting national spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa of using undiplomatic language to fight his opponents.Chinamasa is holding weekly pr...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:39hrs | 6734 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa still to decide on Beitbridge Border Post re-opening
THE Government is still deliberating on whether to re-open its land borders especially Beitbridge Border Post to international travellers following an announcement by South Africa that it will re-open...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:35hrs | 4685 | by Staff reporter
Zambia travel borders officially open
Zambia travel is open to foreign nationals, however, according to the US Embassy in Zambia, the Government of Zambia has suspended all tourist visas until further notice. Travelers arriving with a vis...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:03hrs | 9956 | by Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor
BREAKING: South Africa opens borders
South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa has opened borders for travelers who want to visit and leave South Africa. In a statement on Wednesday, Ramaphosa said his country will be open...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 19:15hrs | 10168 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa's ANC admits abuse of govt resources in jet trip to Zimbabwe
The ANC has undertaken to reimburse the government for the costs incurred during its controversial use of an air force jet on a party-political mission to Zimbabwe last week after a public backlash....Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
ANC to reimburse govt for party delegation's Zimbabwe trip on airforce jet
The ANC will reimburse the government for costs incurred by a party delegation for a trip to Zimbabwe to meet Zanu-PF leaders, ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule said. In a statement on Tuesd...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:39hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: ANC issues statement on their meeting with ZANU PF
The African National Congress delegation led by the Secretary-General Cde Ace Magashule came back from a successful mission of the bilateral engagement with Zanu PF. The delegation on Monday the 14th ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 12:41hrs | 5457 | by ANC
Police increase border controls
Police have intensified patrols on illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River where smuggling has become rampant in the last few weeks. The common illegal crossing points used by criminal...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over ANC's Zimbabwe trip
A blatant and arrogant abuse of South Africa's military by the ANC.That's how the governing party's trip to meet Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe has been described by opposition parties.The party ...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:27hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 measures relaxed
Returning residents tested within 48 hours before their return have since last Friday been allowed to self-quarantine at home if that test was negative rather than stay in a quarantine centre while th...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1851 | by Staff reporter
Schools demand US dollar fees
SCHOOL headmasters are proposing charging fees in United Sates dollars or the equivalent at the interbank exchange rate, saying the local currency's volatility duringthe COVID-19-induced school cl...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 3031 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to reduce quarantine period to 2 days
GOVERNMENT is working on reducing to two days the turnaround period for people, especially foreigners on transit, kept in quarantine centres while waiting for Covid-19 results. The Polymerase ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 2959 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe acquires drones for border surveillance
GOVERNMENT has acquired drones for surveillance and patrolling of the country's porous borders as part of efforts to capacitate security personnel in addressing security challenges posed by border jum...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | 1898 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono develops Covid-19 symptoms?
JAILED journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has reportedly developed Covid-19 symptoms.This was revealed by his lawyers after the freelance scribe was examined by a private doctor Monday when he fell ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital nurse dies of Covid-19
MPILO Central Hospital has lost a nurse to Covid-19 who died at the institution last week. Sister Pretty Mpala (36) from Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo tested positive posthumously and was buried on F...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:24hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Zifa targets broadcast deal
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is working on getting a broadcasting partner that will also benefit the Premier Soccer League (PSL).The PSL has not had television coverage since their...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:39hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown brews teen pregnancies
The prolonged period of inactivity spawned by the Covid-19-induced lockdown, which began on March 30, is brewing cases of juvenile delinquency, with a local organisation reporting a 60 percent rise in...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 536 | by Tendai Chara and Veronica Gwaze
Parirenyatwa senior doctors down tools
SENIOR resident medical officers (SRMOs) at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have downed their tools with immediate effect after a number of their colleagues in the profession tested positive for the c...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 09:35hrs | 1948 | by Staff reporter
400 Zimbabweans stranded in Lindela...Embassy blocks ther deportation
About 400 Zimbabweans are reportedly stranded at Lindela Repatriation Centre in South Africa after the Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa is said to be refusing to assist to verify them so that th...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 06:07hrs | 3907 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's 5 745 confirmed covid-19 cases is an artful aberration with humongous penalty to follow
"There were 102 new covid-19 cases and one death in the country bring the total to 5 745 confirmed cases and 151 deaths," reported Ministry of Health and Child Care.The people of Zimbabwe like...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 20:19hrs | 1588 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Police warn curfew breakers
Police arrested 1 232 people countrywide on Wednesday for violating national lockdown regulations, amid concern over the high numbers of people who continue to break the curfew, especially motorists w...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:31hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
7 Zanu-PF bigwigs fall sick
SEVEN Zanu-PF politburo members yesterday failed to attend its meeting at the ruling party headquarters in Harare as they are not feeling well.In his opening remarks at the meeting, President ...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 16:17hrs | 17356 | by Staff reporter
Express lane for public transport
ZIMBABWE'S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) Cabinet received from the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Honourable OCZ Muchinguri Kashiri, chairperson of the Ad Hoc Inter-Min...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reviews lockdown curfew
THE government has relaxed business closing hours and announced that immigrants who have tested negative for #Covid-19 will no longer be detained upon arrival in the country.Information Public...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 20:56hrs | 19678 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exams complete with no Covid-19 case recorded
THE June-July Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations have been completed without a Covid-19 case being reported in centres countrywide. There was nationwide anxiety when the Govern...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Adventist Lawyers' damning statement on Mnangagwa
On the 13 of February 2020, we issued a statement condemning corruption in our society and calling on Government to the following values,I. That though justice must be deliberate yet it cannot...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 19:44hrs | 6184 | by Adventist Lawyers Association
Air Zimbabwe continue to rescue people from China
THE Air Zimbabwe flight that left Guangzhou, China on Saturday night on another repatriation mission is expected to touch down at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport this morning with 132 ...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:20hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
2 more die of Covid-19
The death toll from Covid-19 in Zimbabwe reached 132 yesterday with two more deaths, one in Bulawayo and one in Manicaland. With another 85 confirmed infections, the total of confirmed cases h...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:20hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Pressure at quarantine centres eases
With most Zimbabweans stranded in foreign countries at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic now home, the pressure on the formal quarantine centres for returning residents has eased freeing resources. ...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:19hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's permanent secretary, 8 family members test Covid-19 positive
FINANCE Ministry secretary George Guvamatanga and his entire family of nine members had to be quarantined after they tested positive for Covid-19.Although details of how they got infected rema...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:11hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe to the rescue
Even for 2020, with its once-in-a-generation global pandemic and the countless travel bans that have followed, this rescue mission seems a bit far-fetched.To get around 100 South Africans and ...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 16:51hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling groceries from SA new Covid-19 frontier
FOR most families in Zimbabwe, the days leading to month-end are a painful slog because the meagre salaries people earn do not last the distance.As soon as the funds run out, the rat race begi...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 10:02hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu wants to be reported to ZACC if he is corrupt
FORMER Mines Minister and top Zanu-PF official Obert Mpofu says he acquired his wealth through hard work and has challenged anyone convinced his riches were ill-gotten to take the evidence to the Zimb...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:28hrs | 972 | by newzimbabwe
Dr Labode recovers from Covid-19
THE chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health, Dr Ruth Labode, who tested positive for Covid-19 early this month, has said the healing process for infected patients begins in the ...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:25hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Govt should avail COVID-19 contact tracing data
THE Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) has called on government to give a detailed report on contact tracing efforts regarding the country's coronavirus (Covid-19) local transmissions.This c...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 20:28hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Over 6 000 kombis impounded
Over 6 000 kombis and pirate taxis have been impounded countrywide for violating Covid-19 regulations, as police reiterated that inter-city travel remained banned unless the traveller has exceptional ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:44hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 affects police station
A returnee from South Africa Ncube Thandazile(31) who allegedly skipped Covid-19 quarantine when she came back is reported to have spread the deadly...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:49hrs | 1770 | by Tarisai Mudahondo/Simbarashe Sithole
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