Police have released four more names of the 22 people who perished in a horror crash along the Masvingo-Zvishavane highway on Monday afternoon. This has brought to 18 the number of bodies identified so far. Nine of the deceased are understood to be members of the Shara family from Gutu. In a statement, national police […]
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Zimbabwe: Us$50k Cargo Vanishes At NRZ
ABOUT 10 National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) employees have been hauled before an internal disciplinary committee after a wagon loaded with brake blocks allegedly disappeared in Gweru prejudicing the company of US$50 000. The disappearance of the load of brake blocks which are mainly used in the oil industry services to equip the brake bands […]
Econet Wireless has torched a major public outcry after it increased its data packages by 20 % effective Thursday. The company justified its decision by indicating that operating costs have escalated over the past few months. Under the new prices, 8 gigabytes of data is now going for $2 030, 15 gigabytes $3 120, a […]
As of July 9 confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 5,822,718 while over 37,004,431 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 149,602 and 5,030,301 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 2,135,246 and 63,499 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (538,589), Tunisia (473,229), Egypt (282,737), Ethiopia (276,799), Libya […]
South Africa’s Covid — 19 vaccination programme is next month expected to gain further momentum, with those aged between 35 and 49 years, set to be vaccinated. While registrations will begin on 15 July, government will begin inoculating this group on 1 August. This was on Friday revealed by Acting Health Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, during […]
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Namibia: Noa Pays N$10 000 Bail
Medical intern Dennis Noa, accused of sexually violating an incapacitated patient at the Katutura Intermediate Hospital in April, was granted bail yesterday in the local court. Magistrate Esme Molefe ordered the release of Noa (26) on condition he pays N$10 000. As condition of his release, Molefe also ruled Noa should surrender his passport and […]
Transport minister Felix Mhona has announced a new six-member interim board to the run affairs of the troubled national carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) following the unceremonious departure of administrator, Reggie Saruchera. Mhona announced the appointments on Twitter Thursday. The appointments followed reports published by NewZimbabwe.com over the past few days highlighting the scale of destruction […]
The Egba women of Nigeria are keeping the craft of Adire making alive, and in doing so, earn modest forex for Nigeria. Johnson Bolatito’s Adire fabrics hung across the clothesline, swaying gently in the direction of the morning wind. Moments earlier at her cottage in Itoku area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, she had arranged […]
A criminal case has been opened after a camera SD card containing images of the former President Jacob Zuma being admitted at the Estcourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal was stolen. The former statesman, 79, was sentenced to 15 months in jail on 29 June for defying an instruction to give evidence at an inquiry into […]
Despite being a designated group for land allocations, Namibians living with disabilities feel excluded as beneficiaries of the country’s resettlement programme. Overall, the National Resettlement Policy aims to afford targeted groups (the San community, ex-fighters, former refugees, the displaced and people with disabilities as well as people from overcrowded communal agricultural land) the opportunity for […]
The vaccine rollout is proceeding full steam ahead, with over 190,000 doses administered on 8 July according to the health department. Over 4 million vaccine doses have been administered in South Africa since the rollout began in February. Over 1.2 million people have been fully vaccinated (either one Johnson & Johnson or two Pfizer doses). […]
Gukurahundi victims are concerned that perpetrators of the early 1980s human rights atrocities are dying without facing justice for the heinous crimes they committed during Zimbabwe’s darkest hour. This follows the death early Thursday morning of Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Edzai Chimonyo after a long battle with cancer. Senior opposition party officials and civil society […]
Up to 750,000 learners have dropped out of school during the Covid-19 pandemic according to the latest NIDS-CRAM findings, about three times the pre-pandemic level. Almost a full year of learning has also been lost since the pandemic started. An urgent catch-up plan and national response to school dropout is needed. As many as half […]
Former Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) group chief executive Cuthbert Dube’s efforts hold on to the company’s shareholding hit a snag after the High Court threw out his application Thursday before hitting out at him, describing him as a lazy sluggish person. Dube, who was also slapped with costs for the suit, initiated court […]
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Zimbabwe: Mash Central Mourns Top War Vet
Zanu PF Mashonaland Central war veterans league has mourned the death of one of the most senior war veterans in the province, Cde Michael Chakabva, whose liberation struggle name was Cde Vhu D Masuko. The provincial war veterans league secretary for information and publicity Cde Bruce Mugadzaweta said Cde Chakabva, who was a member of […]
United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean business magnate, Strive Masiyiwa’s firm, Liquid Intelligent Technologies has partnered with Facebook in a landmark fibre network expansion project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project will also connect the East and West Africa regions, and in the process improve internet access to over 30 million people in that part […]
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has said that seven years ago opposition leaders in Juba deceived the Kenyan government when it offered them political refuge after the country plunged into war. In an interview with Citizen TV on Wednesday, President Kiir says Kenya’s Head of State Uhuru Kenyatta worked against him to rescue a group […]
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Zimbabwe: Vaccine Blitz Gathers Momentum
Citizens without identification documents are facing vaccination challenges and have implored the Government to address the issue. While the blitz to ramp up Covid-19 vaccination has gathered momentum across the country with over 2 800 vendors getting vaccinated in the last two days, there are some citizens that have not been vaccinated because they don’t […]