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The death of Anna ‘‘Memory’’ Machaya (14) while giving birth at the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church’s Mafararikwa Shrine during their Passover gathering last month has opened a Pandora’s Box after another 13-year-old girl was allegedly married off at the same time. Although the church has spiritedly denied gathering last month, …

President Mnangagwa has said the increased tempo in Covid-19 vaccine uptake should see the country’s sporting activities, that have largely been on hold since the pandemic struck returning to their normal schedules soon. The Government, the President said, will also play its part to ensuring greater support to sport once …

A young man carefully dismantles a fluorescent light and empties a small sachet of methamphetamine into the tube. Using a cigarette lighter, the 24-year-old Zimbabwean heats it until the white crystals liquefy and begin emanating smoke. Sitting in a room in Glen View, a working-class suburb in the capital Harare, …

The second group of Zimbabwean deportees from the United Kingdom arrived in the country this Thursday. The seven touched down at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport aboard a Boeing 767 aircraft. The deportees who only had small parcels with them were media shy with one of them indicating that …

Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers have lurched into a crisis following the government’s failure to launch the long-awaited Tobacco Value Chain Transformation Plan, which was expected to spell out how the administration would fund the troubled sector from local resources. Business Times can report that the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and …

The government was accused of an “ambush” on Wednesday after announcing that schools will re-open for the second term on August 30 – a day after a Covid-19 lockdown was extended by a further two weeks. Examination classes will return to school first on August 30, with the rest of …

Nine war veterans were arrested yesterday after they allegedly besieged Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s office demanding better pensions. The war veterans, who are members of the War Veterans Welfare pressure group, who were also arrested at the New Government Complex in the central business district, were charged with inciting public …

Zdravko Logarusic has announced his squad for the next World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Ethiopia. The Warriors will face Bafana Bafana on September 3 at the National Sports Stadium in Harare before travelling to East Africa for the second Group G match on the 7th of the month. …

Britain, which deported 14 Zimbabweans a month ago, is on Wednesday expected to send back to the southern African nation at least 20 more people with criminal records. Pardon Tapfumanei, an attorney representing some of the targeted Zimbabwean people, said the deportations are part of an agreement made by the …

It would not be completely out of place to state that like many African nations, Zimbabwe too is enveloped by Chinese influence, be it with regard to the political, military, or economic class. They all seem to be bowing down to the mighty Chinese who have invested heavily in the …