Victoria Falls Reporter ANXIETY and fear coupled with excitement filled a team of nine health workers as they attended to President Mnangagwa when he got his first Covid-19 vaccine jab at Victoria Falls Hospital on Wednesday. The process of vaccination starts with sanitisation, screening, registration and then vaccination after which the person goes through the […]
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The Indian Government has announced that its donation of Covid-19 vaccines to Zimbabwe’s is arriving in the country on Monday. President Mnangagwa recently announced that India had donated 75 000 doses of Covid-19 Covaxin jabs. The arrival of more doses is expected to boost the encouraging vaccination turnout recorded recently and will add to the […]
Murewa — The family of murdered Tapiwa Makore have rejected a state assisted funeral to bury the remains of their departed son who died in September last year. He is set to be buried Saturday at the Makore family home. The family, which has been seeking closure for the last seven months following the gruesome […]
A RESIDENTS group, the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA), has instructed its attorneys to file a court application against Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) over its failure to disclose amounts disbursed for roads rehabilitation. CHRA was recently rattled by utterances made by the by ZINARA spokesperson, Tendai Mugabe claiming that they had not received a […]
Serious cracks have emerged in the opposition Zapu following the nomination of the late Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo’s son, Sibangilizwe to contest in Zapu’s presidential election set for next month. Sibangilizwe’s name was reportedly forwarded by the party’s Kezi branch in Matabeleland South province where the late national hero hails from. Zapu will be […]
The Zanu-PF Central Committee member and Mutare-based businessman Esau Mupfumi has filed a US$5000 defamation lawsuit against fellow party member Pamela Razemba at the Bulawayo High Court. Mupfumi claims Razemba who is the party’s Mutare Central Proportional Representative Member of Parliament defamed him on 7 March 2021 during the party’s district meeting held at Mutare […]
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Zimbabwe: Bread Prices Go Up
Bulawayo Bureau THE price of a standard loaf of bread has risen by 6,8 percent to $94 and the bakers have blamed the increase on the recent upward review of utility charges and the price of fuel. A snap survey carried out by Business Chronicle indicated that retailers in Bulawayo have increased the price of […]
Chief Court Reporter Bail will not be granted to MDC-Alliance members Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri over their latest charges, the High Court has ruled. The two are remanded in custody on charges of breaching the recent level four national lockdown after convening a public gathering at the Harare Magistrates Court, while on bail coupled […]
This past year has been a challenge for us all, but we cannot forget the blessings God has given our nation, President Mnangagwa said this morning while rallying the nation towards the Special National Day of Thanksgiving. The Head of State and Government posted on the microblogging site Twitter urging the peace loving Zimbabweans to […]
Senior Health Reporter Government has expressed commitment to foster transparency and accountability in the use of donor funding extended towards the country’s health sector to ensure continuity of programmes and establishment of new hospitals. Zimbabwe’s health sector has in the past seven years, received support amounting to US$160 million from the European Union (EU), which […]
Senior Reporter ZANU PF has dismissed allegations by the United States that it is involved in the recall of opposition members from Parliament. Speaking at a press briefing at the sidelines of the 350th Politburo session at the party headquarters, the Secretary for Information and Publicity Cde Simon Khaya Moyo said Zanu PF had no […]
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga says he feels hurt after losing his fellow former military generals, Perrance Shiri, Sibusiso Moyo and Paradzai Zimondi describing them as “great friends.” All three succumbed to Covid-19 and they are interred at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. The VP, who doubles up as the Health Minister, said he usually […]
Opposition leaders who attended the launch of the second Covid-19 vaccination programme in the resort city of Victoria Falls Wednesday, have dismissed as false reports they each received US$US2 500 from the government. Instead they claim, the government only provided them with fuel coupons, air travel, for some, and accommodation during their stay at the […]
The wait is over! All is set for the 2021 National Arts Merit Awards (NAMAs) ceremony tomorrow, which will be held virtually under the Covid-19 pandemic regulations and will run under the theme “Our Legacy, Our Pride”. The awards will honour 40 arts legends and celebrate Zimbabwe’s 40th anniversary, as well as the 35 years […]
BULAWAYO, Matabeleland North, South, Midlands provinces recorded the highest numbers of tuberculosis (TB) deaths in in 2020 in the country, Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga has said. The provinces had between 11% and 18% deaths rates among TB patients. Giving his Key-note address during the 2021 Virtual World TB Day commemorations Wednesday, Chiwenga, who is also […]
THE trial in which Amanda Berkowitz, daughter of the late business mogul and Waverley Empire’s founder, Victor Cohen commenced at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts Wednesday with her denying the allegations of perjury. Berkowitz landed in the dock on allegations of making a false declaration in a case which is pending before the High Court. The […]
Victoria Falls — The government selected all eligible residents of this prime resort city to be vaccinated to ensure the international tourism destination was safe for visitors, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. He said this after receiving his first Covid-19 dose at Victoria Falls Hospital Wednesday and launching the country’s phase two of the vaccination programme. Mnangagwa […]
Victoria Falls — MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop politicising Covid-19 activities, urging the Zimbabwean leader to adopt politics of tolerating opponents. He said this while giving a vote of thanks at the launch of the country’s second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination exercise in the resort city of Victoria […]