Liberal Democrats Lords Spokesperson on the Climate Emergency & Energy Co-Chair All-Party Parliamentary Group for Zimbabwe Lord Oates has called for an investigation to ascertain the source of funds used to buy Rolls Royce Phantom by Youth, Sport and Recreation deputy minister Tino Machakaire. His remarks come after reports that a government minister recently bought […]
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DECORATED writer and National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) founding director, Dereck Huggins has died. His death comes a week after his wife, iconic painter, Helen Lieros succumbed to Covid-19. The couple in 1975 established the Gallery Delta in Harare which he was Managing Director till his untimely passing. Gallery Delta churned out dozens of […]
Ekusileni Medical Centre management says the health centre is now ready to open following years of closure. The hospital, which has been idle since 2001, was last year designated as one of Covid-19 centres in the city. Since then the 50 bed hospital has had a multiple false -starts. Last week a team from the […]
Unprecedent and shocking as Malawi President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has included his daughter Violet Chakwera in a 10 member delegation trip to United Kingdom for a Global Education Summit. Violet, an outbound air tickets sales agent has just been appointed as a diplomat to Brussels in Belgium. Chakwera’s second born daughter, Violet Lillie is said […]
Features Writer With the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic being felt in Zimbabwe, more people are turning up for vaccination. A total of 1 184 435 people have received their 1st dose of the Covid -19 vaccines since the start of the vaccination programme in February this year. According to the Ministry of Health […]
ZNNP+ said continuous access to HIV prevention and treatment services must always be assured especially during this lockdown period as this draw back the gains in fighting the spread of HIV virus. Tonderai Mwareka a programme officer with ZNNP+ also said that the national lockdown has also impacted on people living with HIV as some […]
The government has increased civil servants’ salaries by between 45 percent to 50 percent as it fulfils a promise to stagger the wage increment for employees. In April, Government increased civil servants’ salaries by 25 percent and committed to further increase the salaries mid-year. Further, Government has availed numerous non-monentary incentives to cushion workers. Civil […]
Government is allocating Covid-19 vaccines to private clinics and hospitals, mainly targeting hotspot areas, Health ministry permanent secretary Jasper Chimedza announced Tuesday. The vaccines will be available at a price not exceeding $434,34. This comes at a time, the government is targeting vaccinating a million people during the period of the extended lockdown. Said Chimedza […]
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has extended the Covid-19 vaccination programme to private health facilities around Zimbabwe. The institutions have been allowed to charge a nominal fee of injection by a doctor of $434,35 while an injection by a nurse will cost $220, 64. The Government is on a massive vaccination drive and […]
ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) commanders have convened several meetings over the past few weeks as they battle to contain rampant indiscipline among soldiers, characterised by the involvement of junior officers in high profile criminal activities like armed robberies as well as theft of rations, NewZimbabwe.com can exclusively reveal. This comes amid reports of heightening disquiet […]
The United Kingdom will this week start the mass deportation of Zimbabweans, who sought asylum at the height of the country’s political upheavals under the late Robert Mugabe. British envoys in Harare are said to have met Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs ministry officials to lay the ground for the imminent deportation of 150 Zimbabweans. The first […]
South African’s Cryil Ramaphosa and Pakistan’s Imran Khan also among 14 world leaders identified as potential targets The list contained phone numbers for more than 600 government officials and politicians from 34 countries ‘It’s clear that even those at the highest levels of power cannot escape the sinister spread of NSO’s spyware’ – Agnes Callamard […]
Home Affairs minister Kezembe Kazembe and Police commissioner General Godwin Matanga have been ordered by Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba, to pay $175, 000 damages to Lilian Chinyerere who was unlawfully assaulted by the police in 2019. This is the second time the 67 year-old Chinyerere has successfully sued the government. In 2018, Cain Mathema, former […]
A former Brave Warriors chiropractor, who was later charged with murder as well as poaching, has died in custody. The 56-year-old Gerson Kandjii died from Covid-19 complications in the Gobabis police holding cells, his lawyer Milton Engelbrecht confirmed yesterday. Kandjii was being held in custody with two others suspected of killing two adult white rhinos […]
Popular gwenyambira Newton Cheza Chozengwa has died. Chozengwa died on Sunday after a short illness, his friend Wilfred Nyamasvisva MaAfrika, confirmed on social media. Nyamasvisva, who is leader of the revered Mbira ensemble Mawungira Enharira, took to his official Facebook page and announced the sad loss. “Matemayi, Newton Cheza is no more,” he wrote. “Gwenyambira […]
Cottco has received 56 681 tonnes of cotton from farmers at a time prices are expected to firm on the international markets. The crop delivered so far constitutes 38 percent of the targeted intake of 150 000 tonnes. Last year, farmers delivered 82 479 tonnes to Cottco. According to the Cottco quarterly trading update for […]
A Windhoek-based Swapo youth leader, entangled in a bribery plot to allegedly mobilise for the release of the Fishrot accused from custody on bail, appeared in the local magistrate’s court yesterday. The accused Sylas Tangi Mungoba made his first appearance before magistrate Ndapewa Amadhila where he was informed of the State’s opposition to grant him […]
Walvis Bay — The reputable Walvis Bay business, Magic Discounters, was brought to its knees yesterday as a fire ravaged through the shop that has been the lifeline of many families and business at the coast. Firefighters battled for at least two hours to bring the fire under control. Neighbouring businesses such as Wasserfall Funeral […]