Reuters Russia and China have approached Zimbabwe about supplying vaccines to tackle its escalating Covid-19 outbreak amid concern about Harare’s ability to afford the shots, with plans for meetings with business leaders who have offered to pay for them. Authorities in the impoverished southern African nation are scrambling to contain the accelerating spread of the
By Robert Tapfumaneyi THREE youths belonging to a Zanu PF linked pressure group Saturday broke Covid-19 lockdown regulations to stage a demonstration at Tendai Biti’ law firm offices in Milton Park, Harare accusing the MDC Alliance vice president of gloating over the death of high profile Zanu PF officials due to Covid-19. The two men
By Staff Reporter PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has honoured late Foreign Affairs Minister and top ally Sibusiso Moyo with national hero status. This was announced Thursday by the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Moyo, who is said to be a veteran of the country’s liberation struggle, died Wednesday aged 60 from Covid-19 complications. He had been unwell for
By Staff Reporter INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa has praised late Foreign Affairs minister for carefully managing the transition that saw the November 2017 ouster of late former President Robert Mugabe by the military. The former top soldier-turned-government minister died from Covid-19 Wednesday. Moyo is famed for going live on national television on the night of
By Staff Reporter POLICE in Mt Darwin are keen to recover the remains of a 26-year-old local man believed to have been fatally attacked by a crocodile as he attempted to cross the flooded Ruya River on Friday. Acting Mashonaland Central province police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Naison Dhliwayo confirmed the incident, adding that officers from
By Ndatenda Njanike THE United States embassy in Harare was Tuesday inundated with angry tweets by some locals who felt the superpower was not sincere in its demands on Zimbabwean authorities to account for atrocities committed against civilians by security forces during ill-fated January 2019 anti-government protests. Zimbabwe security forces used excessive lethal force to
By Staff Reporter OUTSPOKEN Harare cleric and businessman Shingi Munyeza has surrendered his post as Faith Ministries pastor after he was forced to publicly admit to adultery by his daughter. Munyeza admitted in a short statement he had failed his wife and church. “Recently I allowed myself into a situation where I fell morally. I
By Staff Reporter MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere was arrested recently and charged for allegedly communicating falsehoods in a matter involving a baby who was initially reported dead following a baton stick strike on an illegal commuter omnibus by a Harare police officer. The politician would go on to spend seven says in state custody
By Staff Reporter THERE was pandemonium at Chiredzi General Hospital Sunday night when a crocodile mysteriously crept into a male ward and spent the night among patients. Officials believe the two-metre reptile used the flooded poor drainage system to swim all the way to the hospital before seeking refuge inside the medical facility. Zimbabwe National
By Munashe Makuwe A HIGH Court judge Friday postponed a bail appeal made by popular entertainment promoters DJ Fantan, DJ Levels and Dammer. The trio was last week convicted by Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti who sentenced them to six months in prison each for violating Covid-19 restrictions after they organised and held a New Year’s
BBC UGANDAN opposition candidate Bobi Wine has rejected the results declared so far and calls himself the president-elect, despite the electoral body saying not all votes have yet been counted. Bobi Wine alleges Thursday’s polls saw the worst vote-rigging in Uganda’s history, but did not provide any evidence to back up his claims. He declared
By Leopold Munhende AN overzealous armed Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer Thursday threatened to assault journalist Frank Chikowore at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Chikowore, a Harare-based freelance journalist, was filming the arrival of fellow colleague Hopewell Chin’ono and MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala at the courts from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison. A
BBC UGANDA has blocked access to social media and messaging apps ahead of Thursday’s hotly contested election. A letter, seen by AFP and Reuters, was sent to all telecoms firms by the communications regulator ordering the immediate shutdown. It comes a day after Facebook closed “fake” accounts it said were linked to the government, saying
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By Leopold Munhende TARGETED freelance journalist Hopewell Chin’ono says detectives from the police Law and Order division pulled him out of self-quarantine at home when they arrested him this week over a fresh offence. Chin’ono says he had taken time to go into self-quarantine after having been exposed to Covid-19 in South Africa recently. The
By Paidashe Mandivengerei FOUR family members were Thursday swept away after being marooned by heavy rains along Mutirikwi River in Chiredzi. They were part of the eight people belonging to two Chiredzi families that were were trapped midway when water levels rose while they were crossing. A military helicopter from Gweru’s Josiah Tungamirai Airbase arrived
By Paidashe Mandivengerei A MILITARY helicopter from Gweru will be used to go and rescue a mother and her five daughters who were marooned by heavy rains in Chiredzi. Information ministry permanent secretary, Nick Mangwana in a tweet said a helicopter from Gweru had been provided for the operation. “The marooned mother and her five
By Alois Vinga PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says ugly scenes witnessed on the US Capitol grounds in Washington Wednesday were signs the superpower had no moral authority to police other nations’ democracies. Violent scenes erupted in the US capital Wednesday when hordes of outgoing President Donald Trump’s Republican supporters rioted and breached the halls of Congress
By Anna Chibamu POLICE investigations have dismissed wide reports sparked by social media suggesting a baby was struck dead by a baton wielding police officer while strapped on its mother’s back. In a statement Wednesday, national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi however confirmed the ugly skirmishes at a bus stop for Bindura bound transport on
By Alois Vinga IN a bizarre incident, a Harare man has been charged for simulating sexual intercourse with the dead body of a woman he had been crushing on before her death. According to a police memo, a drunk man identified as Bigman visited the woman’s Epworth home accompanied by a friend, upon hearing about
