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Zim student who hacked into university database heading to tech summit
The computer whiz, hacking into a university database to alter his results, has had his bail conditions altered this week so that he can attend the event in Switzerland.
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Zim patient suspected of coronavirus tests negative
The 27-year-old woman arrived in Harare from China on Wednesday and has been quarantined.
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Woman quarantined in Zimbabwe tests negative for coronavirus
The 27-year-old arrived in Harare on Wednesday aboard a plane from China where she was treated for flu-like symptoms.
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Zimbabwe's central bank leaves rates unchanged
Worsening poverty is upsetting the fragile calm that’s prevailed since the 2017 coup that toppled the country's long-time President Robert Mugabe.
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Quarantine travellers from China for three weeks – Zim former health minister
Zimbabwe’s former Health Minister Henry Madzorera said if the virus came into the country, it would be very difficult to stop it from spreading.
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EU suspends sanctions against Grace Mugabe
After the European Council met in Brussels on Monday, it issued a statement to say restrictive measures would be lifted against four individuals in Zimbabwe.
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Hunger stalks southern Africa as climate crisis deepens
The WFP says that 60% of Zimbabwe's 15 million people are currently food insecure.
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Several families stranded in Zim after heavy rain, flash floods
The airforce has sent two helicopters to airlift stranded villagers to safety.
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Zimbabwe police ordered to stop using personal cellphones while on duty
It's understood that one police officer had been arrested for leaking confidential information via WhatsApp.
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Two illegal Zimbabwe miners die in gold mine collapse, 20 trapped - media
The newspaper quoted a Civil Protection Unit (CPU) official in Kwekwe district, 200 km south-west of the capital Harare, saying a rescue team had found two bodies but was yet to start rescuing the trapped miners.
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After a brush with death, poisoned Zim vultures back to flesh-pecking selves
A group of critically-endangered white-backed vultures were nursed back to health after being poisoned in Zimbabwe.
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Dozing giants: Rare pics of elephant herd asleep in Zim park
Professional guide Julian Brookstein, who is from Zimbabwe, came upon the rare sight as he took clients on safari through the park’s Lukosi section.
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Zimbabwe sets pay deal with government workers
Civil servants late last year said they had no option but to stay at home because their wages, devastated by inflation, no longer stretched to the next pay day.
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Zimbabwe says grain stocks running out after drought
The grain reserve has capacity to hold 500,000 tonnes but it has been run down after a poor harvest. Zimbabwe consumes 80,000 tonnes of maize every month.
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Zimbabwe billionaire to pay doctors about $300 a month to end strike
The doctors went on strike on 3 September to protest against poor wages and a lack of adequate equipment and medicines, leaving many poor people unable to get treatment.
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Zimbabwe's main opposition warns of more protests
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa addressed thousands of supporters in Mbare township at a rally that had previously been barred by authorities, who cited security concerns.
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52 endangered white-backed vultures poisoned in Zimbabwe - conservation group
The vultures are on the critically endangered list and conservationists said they play a vital role in the ecosystem.
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In Zimbabwe, a backyard hydroponic farm beats drought to grow veg
In hydroponic farming, water is conserved because it is reused multiple times. Hydroponically grown plants also require no pesticides because there are no soil-borne diseases.
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Zimbabwe authorities seize Mugabe nephew's farm
In an affidavit, businessman Robert Zhuwao, the son of the late Robert Mugabe's younger sister Sabina, protested that the land ministry revoked his title to the 233-hectare "on the basis of a false allegation."
