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Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:50:13 GMT
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Records Sharp Decrease in Covid-19 Cases
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe has seen a sharp decline in Covid-19 cases over the past week, with daily cases dropping from 709 on January 10 to 144 Sunday, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health and Child Care Monday.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:47:58 GMT
South Africa: Germany, South Africa Collaborate On Green Hydrogen
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African government, led by The Presidency, is collaborating with the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development to promote the development of green hydrogen in the country.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:05:54 GMT
Africa: Airline Tie-Up for Kenya and South Africa - Possible Rewards, and Risks
[The Conversation Africa] Africa has 357 airlines, the top 10 of which carried more than 60% of traffic. This reflects the fact that many airlines on the continent are very small: some have as few as two aircraft. Between them the airlines carried 95...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:44:30 GMT
Zimbabwe: 'We've Adequate Number Plates' - Minister
[New Zimbabwe] Transport Minister Felix Mhona Monday said his ministry stood in solidarity with the police who are on a blitz, impounding unregistered vehicles.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:29:22 GMT
South Africa: KZN Premier Visits Site Where Two People Drowned but No-One Explains Why There's Still No Bridge
[GroundUp] The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport, Community Safety and Liaison has failed to explain why the construction of a new bridge over the Umdloti River north of Durban, where two people drowned earlier this month, has been stalled since ...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:07:33 GMT
Zimbabwe: Diplomat Killer Son Denied Bail
[New Zimbabwe] Daniel Niyata Fussum, who allegedly murdered his father, a diplomat working for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Harare, was denied bail when he appeared in court Monday.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:06:13 GMT
Malawi: Former Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda Appointed to the IMF Board
[Nyasa Times] Erstwhile former Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda has been appointed into the Administrative Tribunal of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:05:23 GMT
Zimbabwe: GMB Disaster Hero Heartbroken As Govt Makes Empty Compensation Pledge
[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is yet to fulfill a pledge made to help with medical and other expenses for a man who retrieved bodies of six Grain Marketing Board (GMB) workers in Lion's Den.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:03:42 GMT
Malawi: USCA Salutes Women Cannabis Growers of Kasungu
[Nyasa Times] The United States Cannabis Association (USCA) has saluted a group of women who cultivate cannabis in Kasungu under the banner of Women of Vision Cannabis Growers.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:02:16 GMT
Zimbabwe/Guinea: Warriors Duo Suspended for Guinea Dead Rubber
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe will play Tuesday without the duo of defender Teenage Hadebe and midfielder Kelvin Madzongwe.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:57:17 GMT
Zambia: Graft Culprits Shouldn't Cry Foul
[Times of Zambia] The fight against corruption, more often than not, starts as a lone battle and could make the initiator unpopular in some quarters.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:45:28 GMT
Zimbabwe: Lotteries and Gaming Act to Be Reviewed By Year End - Kazembe Kazembe
[New Zimbabwe] Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe says the outdated legislation governing the lotteries and gaming industry will be reviewed by the end of this year to move up with times in the wake of technological advancements.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:33:27 GMT
Zimbabwe: Kasukuwere Plots Zanu-PF Return
[New Zimbabwe] Self-exiled former Cabinet Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere says he is willing to take the lead in finding lasting solutions to Zimbabwe's socio-economic and political crises that have seen late president Robert Mugabe's henchmen hounded a...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:38:55 GMT
Zimbabwe: 400 Schools Operating Illegally in Harare
[The Herald] The dramatic rise in numbers of small private schools has now seen more than 400 such schools operating illegally in Harare with the office of the Minister of State for Harare Provincial Affairs and Devolution being inundated with compla...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:23:31 GMT
Zimbabwe: National Water Authority Owed $2,6 Billion By Clients
[The Herald] THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) is owed $2,6 billion by its various clients and has adopted the installation of prepaid water meters as a debt recovery strategy resulting in over 7 000 meters having been installed so far.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:23:30 GMT
Zimbabwe: Ruling Party Party Directors Axed
[The Herald] ZANU PF has yielded the axe on the head of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Mr Munyaradzi Katsande, and suspended the party's director for administration Cde Dickson Dzora, pending investigations into a number of wayward a...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:23:30 GMT
Zimbabwe: Dejected Warriors Seek Afcon Consolation
[The Herald] IT'S a tournament the players would want to forget in a hurry, given they flattered only to deceive in light of the massive financial support they have received from the Government through the Sports Commission.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:23:29 GMT
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Tells Off Renegade Kasukuwere
[The Herald] PRESIDENT Mnangagwa does not need the support of "moonlighting" and "failed" politicians to lead Zanu PF to a thunderous victory in the upcoming by-elections and in the 2023 harmonised elections as he will cruise to victory riding on tan...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:48:57 GMT
South Africa: Green Hydrogen a Frontier for Investment
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, says South Africa's potential in the production of green hydrogen can be catalytic for economic growth and job creation in the aftermath of COVID-19.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:45:01 GMT
South Africa: Legal Tools Exist to Protect City Ecosystems - It's Up to Councils to Use Them
[The Conversation Africa] The world is experiencing an environmental crisis coupled with rapid urbanisation. This affects city ecosystems, which are a combination of the built environment, planned green spaces and natural biodiversity. They include s...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:09:12 GMT
Namibia: Free Education Bigger Than Stationery - Steenkamp
[New Era] As some parents continue to bemoan having to pay for teaching materials while the government declared free education in Namibia, education executive director Sanet Steenkamp argued that it's every parent's obligation to contribute towards t...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:59:28 GMT
Zimbabwe: VP Chiwenga's Estranged Wife Collapses At Court Again
[New Zimbabwe] Marry Mubaiwa, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife collapsed when she arrived at the Harare Magistrates Court on Monday.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:58:08 GMT
Zimbabwe: Midlands Police Rope in Chiefs As Crimes Spike
[New Zimbabwe] POLICE in the Midlands province have enlisted the support of traditional chiefs and other influential stakeholders in the fight against rising criminal activities in the province.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:30:59 GMT
Zimbabwe: Heads Roll At Zanu-PF HQ As Mnangagwa Cracks Whip Following Corruption Scandal
[New Zimbabwe] ZANU PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sacked the party's director for administration, Dickson Dzora, after NewZimbabwe.com exposed a massive corruption scandal in which he colluded with other senior executives to smuggle a p...

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:41:13 GMT
Malawi: Truck Drivers Threaten Unspecified Action
[Nyasa Times] The Professional Drivers Union of Malawi and Truck Drivers Union have threatened to take an unspecified action if government does not address their problems.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:01:51 GMT
Malawi: Bvumbwe Police Unit Closed
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Police Service has immediately closed Bvumbwe Police Unit following a fracas that saw its offices burnt and two people die.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:58:45 GMT
Zimbabwe: Midlands Duo Acquitted for Allegedly Stoning Police Officers
[263Chat] Kwekwe Magistrate Samukelisiwe Gumbo has discharged and acquitted two victims of police brutality who had been on trial for allegedly defeating or obstructing the course of justice.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:56:19 GMT
Malawi: Admitted Patients Going Without Meals At Karonga District Hospital
[Nyasa Times] Patients at Karonga District Hospital are going without following the decision by the suppliers to stop providing the facility with foodstuffs over a K12 million debt.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:54:44 GMT
Zimbabwe: Bulawayo Unveils 2022 Road Strategy
[New Zimbabwe] The Bulawayo City has unveiled its 2022 road implementation strategy, which will focus on rehabilitating the city's pothole-littered roads.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:38:55 GMT
Zimbabwe: Ariston Revenue Declines 19pc
[The Herald] Inflationary pressures and low disposable incomes negatively impacted Ariston Holdings' performance after revenue fell 19 percent in the first quarter to December 31, 2021.



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