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Zimbabwe goes back to hard lockdown over rising COVID-19 deaths, infections
In a statement read on Saturday night, Zimbabwe's Vice President said 1,342 infections and 29 deaths recorded in the past week were the highest so far.
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Zimbabwe VP's estranged wife appears in court on stretcher bed
Reportedly critically ill with an unknown ailment, Mary Mubaiwa was briefly hauled into a Harare magistrate's court where her legal team argued she was not well enough to stand trial for allegedly assaulting a domestic worker.
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Zimbabwe VP named health minister after virus graft scandal
Former health minister Obadiah Moyo is suspected of illegally awarding a $20 million contract for coronavirus testing.
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Zimbabwe VP in China for medical check
Chiwenga spent four months undergoing treatment in China last year and returned home in November.
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Bail for Zimbabwe VP's wife accused of trying to kill husband
Marry Mubaiwa, 38, who is the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, 63, was arrested last month on allegations of attempted murder, fraud and contravening the country's exchange control laws.
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Mary Chiwenga due in court over alleged money laundering
Mary Chiwenga was arrested at the weekend and state media has confirmed rumours that the couple’s eight-year-old marriage is under strain.
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Zimbabwe's Chiwenga returns after 4 months in China receiving medical treatment
Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has spent a large part of the year away from work, also receiving treatment in South Africa and India.
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Zimbabwean vice president in China to receive treatment for unknown illness
Constantino Chiwenga, who has previously received treatment in India, was in a hospital in South Africa before being taken to China, presidential spokesperson George Charamba said in a statement.
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Mnangagwa denies rift with deputy - newspaper reports
Mnangagwa said in comments published on Friday by the privately-owned weekly 'Zimbabwe Independent' and daily 'News Day' that there was no evidence of a rift between him and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga.
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Outcry as Zimbabwe’s VP accuses striking doctors of not being doctors
Constantino Chiwenga says the striking doctors haven’t finished medical school yet and were still on internship.
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Zimbabwe says VP in SA to treat blast injuries
A grenade blast at an election rally in the second city Bulawayo killed two people and narrowly missed President Emmerson Mnangagwa while leaving Chiwenga with apparently superficial injuries.
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Zimbabwe nurses end strike, challenge dismissal in court
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga last week announced the sacking of 16,000 striking nurses, accusing them of a 'politically motivated' walkout.
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Meet the force behind Zimbabwe's 'Crocodile' president
On 15 December, General Constantino Chiwenga's 10-vehicle convoy, complete with soldiers toting AK-47 assault rifles, roared into a congress of the ruling Zanu-PF party.
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Former Zimbabwe army chief Chiwenga sworn in as vice president
Recently retired army chief Constantino Chiwenga, who led a de facto coup last month that ended Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule, was installed as Zimbabwe’s vice president in Harare on Thursday.
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Ex-army boss, veteran politician to be sworn in as Zim vice presidents
The pair, appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, were elevated to similar positions in the ruling ZANU-PF party on Saturday.
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Zanu PF appoints new deputy presidents
Many Zimbabweans have welcomed the appointment of general Constantino Chiwenga as one of Zanu PF's new deputy presidents.
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[CARTOON] Mugabe Falls
By Chip & Curtis.
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Mapisa-Nqakula: Zim situation is perplexing
President Jacob Zuma, in his capacity as SADC chair, last week sent Mapisa-Nqakula and State Security Minister Bongani Bongo to Zimbabwe.
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Zim army calls for calm ahead of meetings to oust Mugabe
The elderly statesman's failure to heed the call to quit by noon on Monday has forced Zanu-PF to remove him through parliamentary processes.
