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  • Former first lady Grace Mugabe walks past a portrait of Robert Mugabe during the burial of the former Zimbabwe leader at his home village in Kutama, on 28 September 2019. Picture: AFP

    Zimbabwe court says Mugabe can be reburied

    A Zimbabwe court on Friday sided with traditional chiefs seeking to exhume the remains of ex-president Robert Mugabe from his home village and move them to the capital, going against the family's wishes.

    296 days ago
  • A member of the military administers the SinoVac vaccine to a citizen at a mobile clinic in Emganwini township, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on 3 August 2021. Picture: Zinyange Auntony/AFP

    Get a jab or resign, Zimbabwe govt tells state workers

    The southern African country has already made the vaccine mandatory for trading in markets, working out at gyms, frequenting restaurants and sitting university exams. Some private employers have followed suit.

    299 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwean flag. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Zimbabwe set to buy drones to tackle border smuggling

    State media said the purchase of drones worth over R28 million was now at an advanced stage. The drones will be used to help survey Zimbabwe's porous borders and curb smuggling.

    300 days ago
  • FILE: It's not the first time in the country that the quest for selfies with wild elephants has ended in tragedy. Picture: 123rf.com

    Zim man killed while trying to take selfies with elephants

    State media said the victim, who hasn’t been named, was gored and then trampled to death by one of the elephants, while his companion was seriously injured on Tuesday.

    306 days ago
  • Zimbabwe police ask for travel documents at a road block in Harare 31 July 2020 where they were deployed following a ban on anti-government protests planned for the same day by Zimbabwe opposition political leader Jacob Ngarivhume who has since been detained in custody pending an application for bail. Picture: AFP

    More than 4,000 Zimbabweans arrested for flouting lockdown rules

    Under current lockdown rules, businesses can only operate until early afternoon and inter-city travel is banned.

    311 days ago
  • FILE: He was also charged with having sex with a minor and remanded in custody without entering his plea. Picture: Supplied.

    Zimbabwe man charged with murder for child bride death

    The death of Anna Machaya sparked widespread outrage on social media, drawing condemnation from rights groups and the United Nations.

    317 days ago
  • FILE: Fourteen-year-old Memory Machaya died after giving birth to a healthy baby boy. Picture: Pixabay.com

    Zim police arrest several suspects after teen dies during childbirth

    The tragedy has reignited debate over the prevalence of child marriage in the country, where one in three girls is reported to be married before the age of 18.

    318 days ago
  • Wedding rings: Picture: freeimages.com.

    UN slams child marriages in Zimbabwe after teen died in labour

    In a statement dated Saturday, the United Nations said it "notes with deep concern and condemns strongly the surrounding circumstances leading to the untimely death of 14-year-old Memory Machaya... who died while giving birth at an apostolic sect shrine.

    329 days ago
  • FILE. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News.

    Zim to send 300 more military instructors to insurgency-hit Mozambique

    President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that more than 1,400 South African troops have been sent to help quell the fighting.

    339 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwean businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei. Picture: AFP

    Britain slaps Mnangagwa ally with sanctions for alleged corruption

    The UK said that businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei would not be allowed to use bank accounts in Britain, or travel there.

    345 days ago
  • Zimbabwean government spokesman Nick Mangwana. Picture: @nickmangwana/Twitter.

    14 Zimbabweans deported from the UK in quarantine

    Writing on Twitter, government spokesman Nick Mangwana said Zimbabwe welcomed these deportees home and said they would be safe.

    346 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwean flag. Picture: Supplied.

    Zim police arrest more than 10,000 people over lockdown regulation breaches

    The latest figures showed that the Zimbabwe Republic Police are arresting and fining around 3,000 people per day.

    364 days ago
  • FILE: A woman walks through the central market in Pemba on 25 May 2021. Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado, has taken in tens of thousands of people fleeing from violence wreaked by Islamist insurgents across the northern province of Mozambique for over three years. Picture: JOHN WESSELS/AFP

    Southern African bloc to send troops to insurgency-hit Mozambique: official

    A document leaked earlier this year recommended sending around 3,000 soldiers to Cabo Delgado province, where insurgents have seized control of towns and villages, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.

    375 days ago
  • Bangladesh beat the West Indies by 120 runs in the third one-day international in Chittagong on 25 January 2021 to sweep the series 3-0. Picture: @ICC/Twitter.

    Bangladesh to tour Zimbabwe despite COVID restrictions

    The tour will feature a Test, three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 internationals. Players will be in a bio-secure bubble.

    375 days ago
  • A queue of people with plates in hand forms outside Samantha Murozoki's home in Chitungwizaon on 5 May 2020, where she feeds the underprivileged a free meal during the government-imposed COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown period in Zimbabwe. Picture: AFP

    Zimbabwe govt postpones opening of schools as COVID-19 infections rise

    The decision to delay the opening won't be popular as schools have only been open for around three months this year. And there are concerns for those who were supposed to begin writing public exams in October.

    375 days ago
  • FILE: In 2020, the country's gross domestic product declined by a further 4%. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    IMF forecasts solid growth for Zimbabwe economy

    The Fund's optimistic forecast was released after Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube aimed for punchy 7.8% growth following years of contraction.

    381 days ago
  • FILE: Mthuli Ncube. Picture: AFP.

    Zimbabwe optimistic for pandemic-beating economic growth

    The finance minister's outlook was more than twice the level forecast by the International Monetary Fund.

    389 days ago
  • FILE: On Friday, the Supreme Court overturned that sentence and ordered their immediate release from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison. Picture: SAPS.

    Zim court acquits 2 MDC Alliance members wrongly accused of murdering a cop

    The MDC Alliance has always maintained that Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere were innocent and said they were political prisoners.

    394 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Picture: AFP

    Echoes of Mugabe as Zimbabwe president entrenches power

    Critics see little difference between Emmerson Mnangagwa - Robert Mugabe's former deputy - and his ex-boss, accusing him of seeking to create a one-party state under the ruling Zanu-PF.

    397 days ago
  • The presidents of Mozambique, South Africa, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana attend the SADC Extraordinary Double Troika to discuss insecurity in the region on 27 May 2021. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Regional talks end with no solid plan to quell jihadist violence in Mozambique

    The talks had been widely expected to decide on a reported proposal to deploy some 3,000 soldiers to Cabo Delgado, where insurgents have seized control of towns and villages, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.

    402 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Extraordinary Double Troika Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held in Maputo, Republic of Mozambique, on 8 April 2021. The summit deliberated measures to address terrorism in the Republic of Mozambique. Picture: GCIS.

    Southern African leaders to hold summit on jihadist threat

    The meeting is expected to discuss the possibility of SADC deploying 3,000 troops to battle the insurgents.

    403 days ago
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