Cholera Kills 454 A Year On In Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has recorded a total of 454 suspected and 71 confirmed deaths since the outbreak in February last year. On Monday, Zimbabwe marked exactly 12 months since the cholera outbreak was first recorded. Giving an update at a press briefing held in Harare on Monday Health Ministry Deputy Cholera Incident Manager, Stephen Karim said the fatality …

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Mnangagwa Exempts 21 Entities From Procurement Requirements

Twenty-one public entities, mostly enterprises where the State is just an investor rather than a manager, including the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and its subsidiaries, have been exempted from the requirements of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act. The Act allows the President, after consulting the Procurement …

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Kuvimba Now Under Full Control Of Mutapa Fund

Zimbabwe’s state sovereign wealth fund has now acquired all of state mining company Kuvimba Mining House Ltd., in a bid to end speculation about its ownership. Kuvimba holds some of Zimbabwe’s best mining assets, which were once owned by a company controlled by US- and UK-sanctioned tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei, an …

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50pc Zimbabweans Impoverished As Food Prices Skyrocket

Putting food on the table is becoming increasingly difficult for Zimbabweans, with a staggering 56 percent of households reporting an unsustainable spike in the prices of essential commodities, according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats). This alarming figure, highlighted in a high-frequency telephone survey of households namely Rapid Poverty …

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Editors Cautioned…Chief Charumbira Says Gukurahundi Not Genocide

Zimbabwe Council of Chiefs deputy president, Chief Fortune Charumbira says the killing of civilians in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces under a government operation code-named Gukurahundi early years of independence should not be classified as genocide. The Zanu PF politician was responding to questions from media editors at the ongoing Gukurahundi …

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Job Sikhala Convicted Again

Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has been convicted again on a charge of publishing falsehoods prejudicial to the State on his Facebook page. Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka found him guilty of a 2021 tweet alleging that police had killed an infant strapped to its …

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‘Insubordinate’ Mutsvangwa Demanded State Security Ministry

Christopher Mutsvangwa’s surprise removal as war veterans minister last Saturday came after he demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa should appoint him state security minister, ZimLive has heard. Mnangagwa sacked the garrulous Mutsvangwa, who doubles up as war veterans chairman, “for insubordination”, people familiar with the events said. When appointing Mutsvangwa …

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