Zimbabwe
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:54:06 GMTGeneral Elections Set for July-Aug 2023
[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has suspended all national assembly and local government by-elections with effect from the 1st of November 2022.
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:48:36 GMTTeachers Blame Leadership Crisis, Poor Salaries for Zimsec Exam Papers Leaks
[New Zimbabwe] TEACHERS' unions have blamed the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) examination leakages on 'structural and ethical decay' as ZIMSEC continues to fail to conduct flawless exams.
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:46:57 GMTUSAID Injects U.S.$36.7 Million Assistance to Eight Food Insecure Zim Districts.
[New Zimbabwe] THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has availed US$36.7 million through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to eight food insecure districts in Zimbabwe beginning this October to March next year.
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:49:38 GMTPolice Blame Zimsec Over Exam Papers Leak - Internal Memo Urges Action At Exam Body's Harare Offices
[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has been flagged as the epicentre of examination paper leak by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP).
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:47:52 GMTUSAID Wary of Food Politicisation Ahead of Crunch 2023 Election Campaigns
[New Zimbabwe] USAID says it has put modalities in place to guard against food monopoly by political parties in rural areas ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:49:33 GMTMore Dambudzo Marechera Letters - to Karen, Flora, Amelia and Samantha (Part 1)
[This is Africa] What's race got to do with it? Dambudzo Marechera channelled his Oxford swag, Rastaman aura and leftist virtue signalling to chat up White writer-types. His stated preference for White girlfriends has been brought up by critics who a...
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:41:15 GMTU.S. Official Blames Economic Decline On Corruption, Not Sanctions
[VOA] Harare -- Poor governance and corruption in Zimbabwe are responsible for the country's economic decline, not U.S. and other Western sanctions imposed after reports of election rigging and human rights abuses, a top U.S. official said Wednesday....
Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:58:21 GMTMakhadzi, Jah Prayzah Headline Kadoma Fiesta
[The Herald] Apart from staging a show, organisers of the music fiesta that will feature South African music sensation Makhadzi and Jah Prayzah this Saturday in Kadoma at the Odyssey Hotel, have said the musicians will have a meet and greet with fans...
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:30:28 GMTOnce Revered, Teachers Now Push for Adequate Pay
[Global Press Journal] Mutare, Zimbabwe -- Educators during the country's post-independence golden age wanted for nothing. Today's teachers say they barely scrape by.
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:28:55 GMTBenefit Or Burden? A Farming Program's Mixed Results
[Global Press Journal] Harare, Zimbabwe -- Doubts about its effectiveness and allegations of corruption tarnish a contract farming program intended to reduce Zimbabwe's reliance on maize imports.
Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:17:47 GMTWith Cyber Fraud On The Rise In Zimbabwe, Customer Security Remains Essential
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Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:56:00 GMTZimbabwe Is The First County In Africa To Announce Regulatory Approval For Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir For HIV Prevention
[WHO] Today, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe announced that it has approved the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention.
Tue, 18 Oct 2022 04:43:35 GMTPoverty Haunts Resettled Farmers
[IPS] Mwenezi, Zimbabwe -- Edious Murewa has for years boasted of owning a 10-hectare piece of land, but now the 52-year-old is full of regrets. He faces poverty years after he invaded part of a farm once owned by a white commercial farmer.
Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:48:41 GMTFarm Manager Shoots Artisanal Miner Dead - Incident Spotlights Rampant Land Use Conflicts
[New Zimbabwe] A manager at a Banket farm allegedly shot dead an artisanal miner, who was part of a three-man gang that had invaded the property to prospect for gold.
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:13:11 GMTHarare Province Endorses President As Zanu-PF's Sole Presidential Candidate for 2023 Elections
[The Herald] In a show of confidence and trust in President Mnangagwa's leadership, Zanu-PF Harare Metropolitan province has unanimously endorsed and reaffirmed him as the party's sole candidate for 2023 presidential elections.
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 07:32:12 GMTLawyers Challenge Judges Wearing U.S.$3,000 Wigs
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has challenged the continued wearing of wigs by judges in higher courts as outdated and intimidatory.
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 07:26:38 GMT#ThisFlag Activist Mawarire Joins Chess Great Kasparov At Prestigious U.S. Freedom and Democracy 'Voices of Dissent' Forum
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwean human rights activist and pastor, Evan Mawarire is set to take part in a debate in the United States to discuss issues surrounding freedom and democracy.
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 14:21:48 GMTPolice Release Details of Tynwald School Bus Accident
[The Herald] Police confirms that six learners comprising, five girls and a boy, from Tynwald High School died yesterday around 1900hrs when the school bus which was on its way to a trip veered off the road and overturned at the 75 km peg along Rusap...
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 06:56:29 GMTMinister Chitando Mortgaging Zimbabwe - Special Mining Rights Dished Out to Shadowy Firms - Says Biti
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Sat, 15 Oct 2022 06:56:21 GMTNyanga School Bus Accident Claims Six Lives - MP Reveals
[New Zimbabwe] A TYNWALD School Bus was involved in an accident at Juliasdale in Nyanga Friday with five students dying on the spot, it has emerged.
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 06:56:20 GMTChief Gukurahundi Perpetrator Mnangagwa Has No Business Resolving 'Moment of Madness' - Say Critics
[New Zimbabwe] Political parties and analysts have described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a denialist who glosses over the Gukurahundi genocide that claimed an estimated 20,000 people.
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 06:56:13 GMTZimbabwe Secures U.S.$310m Indian Loan to Rehabilitate Power Station
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe has secured a US$310-million loan from the Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) to rehabilitate six units at the coal-fired Hwange Power Station in a bid to restore its capacity to 920 megawatts, Energy and Power Developmen...
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 09:03:12 GMTNo. Zimbabweans Are Not Trying to Kill You With Mossie Pills
[Scrolla] Zimbabweans are being targeted in Cape Town after a voice note spread accusing them of selling deadly mosquito pills.
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 07:05:19 GMTStop Politicking Over 'Notorious' Sikhala and Follow Court Rules
[New Zimbabwe] JUSTICE Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi says he has no authority to interrogate judges and magistrates over judgments passed in courts.
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 07:04:30 GMT'CCC Has Existing Structures' - Chamisa Responds to Opposition Critics
[New Zimbabwe] CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa has hinted at the existence of structures within his new party, telling NewZimbabwe.com that those who do not know about them were not part of the opposition family.
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 07:04:22 GMTU.S.$ Not Our Currency - We Have No Control - Minister Tells MPs After Being Challenged On Tattered Bank Notes
[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWEANS were forced to buy new United States dollar notes on the streets and other private money agencies as old worn-out notes were being rejected by users on the market, it has emerged.
Sat, 15 Oct 2022 07:04:13 GMTMnangagwa Makes Key Appointments to His Office - Recycles 'Deadwood'
[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced new key appointments in his office and Cabinet, amid concern former top bureaucrats were bouncing back.
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:17:36 GMTWorld Bank Hails Zim's Strong Economic Base
[The Herald] The World Bank has said Zimbabwe's strong economic foundations in the form of excellent human capital, rich mineral resources, and its policy reform efforts will be critical in driving productivity and progress towards the attainment of ...
Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:05:20 GMTNation Needs Yearly Growth Rates of 9 Percent to Achieve Vision 2030 - World Bank
[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE needs to sustain productivity growth rates of between eight to nine percent annually for the next seven years if the upper- middle income economy (UMIC) status enshrined under Vision 2030 is to be achieved, the Country Economi...
Thu, 13 Oct 2022 09:10:51 GMTPolitician Tendai Biti Alleges Controversial Tycoon Ken Sharpe is Implicated in Land Heist
[New Zimbabwe] Politician-cum-lawyer, Tendai Biti has implicated controversial businessman Ken Sharpe in what he said was the greatest land heist in the history of post- independent Zimbabwe.