Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa confirms COVID-19 death of foreign affairs minister Moyo
Foreign affairs minister Sibusisio Moyo is the latest top government official to succumb to the virus, following the weekend death of Manicaland provincial...
The journalist was arrested six days ago for tweeting about an alleged police assault on a baby.
Government said that bodies could not be taken home for family members to pay their last respects.
Hopewell Chin'ono, 48, was jailed a third time last week for posting a video allegedly showing a police officer beating a baby to death.
The journalist was picked up at his Harare home on Friday afternoon and police are accusing him of communicating falsehoods.
Zimbabwe, like many other countries, is experiencing a surge in coronavirus deaths and infections, with 15 deaths and 871 cases in the past 24 hours, though there's been no confirmation it's due to the new variant.
Police say the driver and his two colleagues gave a lift to six passengers. One produced a pistol and disarmed the drivers at a lay-bye near the Gwebi River.
The three had organised a musical event on New Year’s Eve in breach of a ban on public gatherings.
There has been a sudden surge in infections and deaths, with 564 new cases and four deaths reported over the past 24 hours.
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.
Travellers seeking entry into Zimbabwe have spent nearly a week at the post in queues stretching several kilometres.
Tendai Biti, 53, was freed on $10,000 bail after a night behind bars, after having been charged with assault.
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.
Around 40 people are thought to be stuck underground in the town of Bindura, around 70 kilometres (43 miles) northeast of the capital Harare, where the disaster occurred five days ago.
The party’s Shadow Minister of Defence Kobus Marias and his team have been on an oversight visit to evaluate conditions at several border posts between South Africa and Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
DA shadow minister of defense Kobus Marius said the department must act and stop making empty promises.
Zimbabwe has so far recorded 8,897 cases of coronavirus, including 257 deaths, far fewer than in neighbouring South Africa, which has notched up more than 750,000 cases with 20,314 fatalities.
He had initially been arrested in July on charges of inciting public violence ahead of planned anti-government protests but was freed in September on bail. He was rearrested for violating a ban by posting information on Twitter.