By Lovemore Chazingwa in Kadoma About 30 artisanal miners are feared dead after the mining shaft they were working in flooded at Pingo, a mining claim near Brompton Mine area. Contacted for a comment, ZRP Kadoma district spokesperson Sergeant Crymore Muriro told Nhau that they had received the report but …
Read More »President Extends Lockdown By A Further Two Weeks
President Mnangagwa has extended the national Covid-19 lockdown for another two weeks as vaccines start trickling into the country. Today Zimbabwe received 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from the People’s Republic of China and President Mnangagwa said another 600 000 doses are expected in the next few weeks. …
Read More »Zim dam inflows reach second high in 47 years
Zimbabwe’s dam inflows have reached the second highest level since 1974 from the start of the rainy season in October last year, Nhau has learnt. The rainy season which starts from October has so far caused most of the country’s dams to spill raising hopes for farmers who depend on …
Read More »Temba Mliswa Freed On $20k Bail
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has been granted Z$20 000 bail by Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro on charges of violating national lockdown protocols, after conducting a press conference at his Borrowdale residence yesterday. Riot police in the company of a senior officer stormed his residence in the middle of the conference …
Read More »Courageous Hwange Teenager Escapes Croco’s Jaws
A 13-year-old Hwange boy is lucky to be alive after he wrestled with a crocodile that had attacked him while fishing at Kalope Dam. The boy from Dick village under Chief Nekatambe managed to escape after squeezing tight the nostrils of the crocodile that had bitten his right leg. “It …
Read More »Dr Chonzi Declines Acting Town Clerk Role, Prioritises To Combat Covid-19
Harare City’s substantive director of Health Services Dr Prosper Chonzi has turned down his secondment to the position of acting town clerk in order to effectively execute the task of combating the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Chonzi was offered the town clerk’s position by acting Harare Mayor Stewart Mutizwa following the …
Read More »In Zimbabwe, some businesses struggle, others adapt and thrive
School uniform maker Noah Mauto sits on a black couch in his home, writing down the details of a modest client order. “It’s better than nothing,” he told Al Jazeera. The 44-year-old’s factory also makes tracksuits and blazers. But the extended product line has offered little cushion against the blow …
Read More »Hwange Fire Caused By Fuel Leak … Unit 1 & 2 Down
The fire that broke out at Hwange Power Station is suspected to have had been caused by leaking diesel from the tanks located proximate to Unit 1. The fire went through to the feed rack, before it spread to Unit two and burnt cables, Indaba has learnt. An initial assessment …
Read More »Will ED Go East As More Sanctions Come From The West?
ZIMBABWE President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s attempts to win over the West to his cause are failing, the latest sign being the UK’s sanctions on his security chiefs. On Monday 1 February 2021, the United Kingdom (UK) announced that it had designated four security bosses for sanctions for human rights violations. This …
Read More »ZLHR Hails Withdrawal Of Military Personnel From NPA
ZLHR Hails Withdrawal Of Military Personnel From NPAThe Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has hailed Government’s latest move of recalling all military service personnel seconded to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). A February 2019 Supreme Court order set February 20 2021 as the deadline by which the NPA should …
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