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'Those refusing to be vaccinated are a threat to national security,' says Mugwadi
TAFADZWA Mugwadi, the director of information for the governing Zanu-PF, has said COVID-19 vaccination is a matter of national security and those refusing to be vaccinated pose a national security thr...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 vaccination: So far so good
Covid-19 vaccination started on February 18, 2021 in our country, making Zimbabwe one of the first 10 countries to roll out this important programme. The national airline, Air Zimbabwe, had to fly to ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 64 | by Johannes Marisa
Desperate villagers sell cattle for US$50 as disease bites
SOME desperate villagers in Chiweshe are selling cattle for as low as US$50 as a result of the outbreak of Theileriosis, or January Disease, a tick-borne infection that has claimed hundreds of cattle ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1063 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to announce new lockdown measures
THE current Level Four national lockdown lapses tomorrow with President Mnangagwa expected to announce new ordinances to balance the reopening of the economy and mitigating against further spread of C...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2003 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe records 0 Covid-19 deaths
ZIMBABWE has recorded 0 Covid-19 deaths and 14 new cases in the last 24 hours with statistics showing a downward trend in the impact of the global pandemic.Of the new cases, 8 were recorded in...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:55hrs | 1396 | by Staff reporter
'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 | 2094 | by Staff reporter
Sinopharm withstands disparagement... as more countries use the jab
Despite concerted efforts to discredit the Chinese made Covid 19 vaccine, Sinopharm, the drug is getting popular even in unexpected countries.China has outshined most of the Western countries ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 10:34hrs | 2106 | by Health correspondent
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: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | 969 | 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 | 525 | 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: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 349 | 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 | 2808 | 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 | 106 | 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 | 1540 | by Staff reporter
MPs want to jump the Covid-19 vaccine queue
ZIMBABWE'S lawmakers have demanded that they be vaccinated immediately against Covid-19 as they are a top priority and frontline personnel at risk of contracting the deadly virus.The MPs have ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:41hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa should also check on levels of siltation in dams
NUMEROUS media channels have recently been inundated with stories on the national average dam levels breaching the 88 percent mark, which generated lots of excitement among farmers intending to produc...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 200 | by Obert Chifamba
'Millions going hungry in Zimbabwe'
MILLIONS of Zimbabweans, especially those living in rural areas, are facing hunger and starvation, a new report by relief agencies says.The report by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Comm...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:33hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records highest number of Covid-19 cases
THE country has reported two more Covid-19 related deaths and 58 new cases in the last 24-hour cycle, with the highest number of cases, 24 being recorded in Bulawayo. All the 58 new cases are ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Demystifying COVID-19 Vaccines: The Truth
We are consumed by the desire to herald the truth in the age of increased information and knowledge. For this reason, we would like to demystify some dangerous misinformation that is being peddled by ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1505 | by Oliver Dube and Dr Stanley Maphosa
Hundreds of cattle die under new wave of January disease
A new wave of theileriosis also known as January disease is killing hundreds of cattle in Masvingo Province, leaving many farmers with nothing, a survey by The Mirror has shown.Provincia...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1899 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo ready for COVID-19 vaccine roll-out
BULAWAYO yesterday received its first COVID-19 vaccines in preparation for an inoculation programme which starts on Monday amid revelations that six high-density areas top in confirmed cases and fatal...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:56hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
A letter to Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu: Hillside Bulawayo
Dear Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu, I start my letter with the first sentence of the article written today regarding the fight you had with supposedly your husband Trust Moyo. If marriage is war, the bed...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | 2574 | by Nomazulu Thata
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
When opposing becomes nonsense
The times we live in have been blessed with a tremendous tool called social media; it is one marvel that if used properly can bring about remarkable social, economic and political positive change. Unf...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:39hrs | 969 | by Charles Motsi
Econet ordered not to send COVID-19 alerts to Sikhumbuzo Moyo
THE High Court has granted a provisional order against Econet Wireless Zimbabwe to stop sending COVID-19 alert messages to Harare lawyer, Sikhumbuzo Moyo after he took the telecommunications giant to ...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1523 | 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
What kind of beast is devouring Chiwenga's generals?
"Covid -19 complications", is the cause of the death of army generals. At least that is what we are told by the government of Zimbabwe and the state media.Zimbabwe must be having a new covid- ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 08:35hrs | 7491 | by Israel Dube
'SA covid-19 variant is dominating 61%' - proof Zimbabwe has not been testing for it until now, why
"Cabinet wishes to inform that results of the genomic sequencing which was recently conducted indicate that the new SA covid-19 variant is dominating by 61%. The variant we were dealing with in 2020 h...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 08:34hrs | 1190 | by Wilbert Mukori
Lawyer sues Econet over COVID-19 pandemic alerts
A HARARE lawyer, who recently lost a father through Covid-19, has taken Econet Wireless to court complaining about what he found as irritating alerts on the pandemic being sent continuously to him and...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1579 | 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
South Africa variant now 'dominant' in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe says the coronavirus variant first discovered in neighbouring South Africa now makes up more than 60% of cases within its borders.It is the first country outside of South Africa to re...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 21:10hrs | 1973 | 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 | 9554 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa further extends lockdown
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 06:33hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Parliament resumes sittings
BOTH Houses of Parliament resume sitting today after a COVID-19-induced break which started in January, with the highly-infectious respiratory disease claiming lives of Members of Parliament and Cabin...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:28hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 vaccines welcomed
Zimbabweans have applauded Government following delivery of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines from China yesterday. The 200 000 Covid-19 vaccine doses, which were donated by the People's Republic of China a...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Wide Econet data network keeps businesses, communities going under lockdown
THE COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent national lockdowns have underlined the importance of reliable data services in keeping people, communities, busin...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 20:44hrs | 593 | by Agencies
Closure of passport offices inconveniencing the diaspora
The closure of passport offices in the country as part of measures by the government to curb the spread of Covid-19 is inconveniencing Zimbabweans working outside the country who want to renew travel ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:47hrs | 2552 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe medical professionals not trained to administer COVID-19 jabs
MEDICAL professionals yesterday said they still had not been trained on how to administer the COVID-19 vaccines despite the country expecting its first batch today, a consignment of 200 000 doses of t...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:16hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Social media and the spread of fake news in Zimbabwe
IT is not often uncommon that a new phenomenon dramatically rises up with so much clout and influence that it breaks and reshapes established African norms and beliefs.Africans are traditionally a...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:12hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
MSU students launch mining safety campaign
THE faculty of Engineering and Geosciences at the Midlands State University (MSU) has launched a mining safety campaign, whose primary objective is to ensure zero harm at the workplace, particularly a...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:05hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
'Don't open border with SA' Zimbabwe doctors fear impact of covid-19 variant
Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZDHR) have advised the government not to open land borders with South Africa when it reviews the current lockdown.The end of the extended lockdown coincides ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1481 | by Staff reporter
AID to Africa is dead aid: It must be stopped
We need to ask ourselves critical questions; is foreign aid good for Africa? What purpose is it intended for? Is aid helping the people it is intended to assist in alleviating hunger and poverty in Af...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 782 | by Nomazulu Thata
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: Insiza on edge over gatherings
Traditional leaders in Matabeleland South's Insiza district fear coronavirus cases will spike as villagers continue to gather in huge numbers for funerals despite lockdown restrictions. Malind...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:50hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga faction loses ground
THE appointment of Frederick Shava to the Foreign Affairs ministerial post this week has further entrenched President Emmerson Mnangagwa's hold on power, capitalising on political contingency and oppo...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 15:02hrs | 7514 | by Staff reporter
British officials owe Zimbabwean people an apology, says Moss
A FORMER United States State Department official says the British government should consider apologising to Zimbabwean people for supporting a failed bid to back Harare's debt arrears plan which under...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:55hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
The weaponisation of Covid-19 in Zanu-PF factional wars
A new deadly political threatTHERE is a new and dangerous security threat in Zimbabwe's politically dysfunctional post-November 2017 military state, under an increasingly factionalised Zanu-PF...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:50hrs | 327 | by Jonathan Moyo
Doorstep delivery of COVID-19 medication will stop spreading
WITH the holidays over, the touristy City of Victoria Falls is moving to curb the spike in COVID-19 cases which may have resulted from unrestricted movement in December.Steven Bafana (55) of M...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:24hrs | 94 | by Vicky
Zimbabwe should not blindly reopen borders
THE fact that our biggest trading partner, neighbouring South Africa has decided to reopen its land borders from Monday following advice from its National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC), should no...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:20hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga a hero in the making
The Police Commissioner General Mr GodwinMatanga is a gentle giant but brutally effective. The United Kingdom of Britain imposed sanctions on three security chiefs plus a minister of state sec...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:38hrs | 3528 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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