Popular music producers DJ Fantan and Levelz of Chillspot Records have been sentenced to 12 months in prison for hosting a musical bash in Mbare on New Year’s Eve. The two will spend 6 months in prison after the court suspended 6 months from their sentence. DJ Fantan, real name Arnold Kamudyariwa (33), and Levelz, […]
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DISMEMBERED body parts of a local tourist who slipped and fell into a gorge at the Victoria Falls Rain Forest on New Year’s Day have been retrieved following a six-hour operation. The process, which was temporarily stopped due to rains, started at around 10am and finished around 4pm. The development is set to bring closure […]
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A record 34 people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours as the country recorded 1 365 cases, the highest figure since the outbreak of the virus last year. This brings the total number of recorded Covid-19 cases to 17 194 and 418 deaths. Recoveries now stand at 11 813, with a national recovery rate of […]
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PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday urged Zimbabweans to comply with the second lockdown, imposed by Government to curb the spread of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, which he described as the final push against the second wave of infections. His message came as the generality of Bulawayo residents and businesses complied with the lockdown measures. Yesterday, law enforcement […]
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The country is on alert for a tropical cyclone that is developing in the Indian Ocean and could end up in Zimbabwe within two weeks. Cyclone Chalane is projected to make landfall in Mozambique next week, triggering fears that it could end up in Zimbabwe just like Cyclone Idai which hit the country last year. […]
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BULAWAYO’S road network has collapsed following heavy rains that are being experienced in the city and elsewhere across the country and council needs approximately US$500 million to fix them. Earlier this year, the local authority said 70 percent of its 2 389km road network needed urgent attention. Motorists in the city have bemoaned the dilapidated […]
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Child marriages have always been a challenge in many Zimbabwean communities. Gender inequality, poverty, family pressure, gender-based violence (GBV) and early marriage have kept girls from completing school in Zimbabwe, and this has had lasting effects. The lockdown which was enforced to reduce the spread on Covid-19 at the end of March this year, was […]
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Police here have recovered the body of a suspected border jumper who drowned in the Limpopo River while illegally crossing between South Africa and Zimbabwe. The body was found in an advanced state of decomposition. Currently, the Limpopo River, now six metres deep, and many streams are in flood with heavy rains continuing in most […]
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President Uhuru Kenyatta inspects a guard of honour mounted by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) upon arrival at the Nyayo National Stadium during the Jamhuri Day celebrations on Saturday, December 12, 2020PSCU President Uhuru Kenyatta granted Kenyan Citizenship to 1,670 members of the Shona community who relocated to Kenya from Zimbabwe between the 1930s and 1950s. 1,300 […]
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Eddie Cross, a member of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), said that if he was the finance minister, he would raise the Intermediated Money Transaction Tax (IMTT) from the current 2% to 5%. Cross feels the 2% being collected by the Treasury is “nothing” and should be hiked to 5%. […]
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