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    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.

    294 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.

    304 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.

    310 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.

    311 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.

    329 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.

    340 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.

    340 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.

    340 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.

    346 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.

    354 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.

    359 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.

    362 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.

    367 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.

    368 days ago
  • Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa (in green) unveils the statue of Mbuya Nehanda on 25 May 2021. Picture: @edmnangagwa/Twitter

    Mnangagwa criticised after unveiling Mbuya Nehanda statue on Africa Day

    Mbuya Nehanda played a key role in the 1896 rebellion against white settlers and was later a rallying inspiration for those fighting for independence.

    369 days ago
  • 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

    Robert Mugabe's widow told to pay for 'improper burial' in livestock

    Grace Mugabe is accused of burying her husband in the courtyard of his home in Kutama, some 90 kilometres west of the capital Harare, while he was supposed to be buried in a place chosen by his mother or immediate family.

    373 days ago
  • FILE: But coverage of the crisis caused by the coronavirus variant in India will likely prompt fears of a third wave. Picture: 123rf.com

    Zim records COVID variant first detected in India

    Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who doubles as Zimbabwe's health minister, said cases were detected among a group of people in the central town of Kwekwe after a local returned from the Asian country late last month.

    374 days ago
  • FILE: A bull rhino. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News

    Zim's IAPF reveals top investigator attacked by suspected rhino poachers

    The International Anti-Poaching Foundation said that its 28-year-old investigator was stopped in his car and had his hands tied with shoelaces. His car was doused with fuel and set alight.

    375 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at Loftus stadium for the inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa as the sixth democratically elected president. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    Zimbabwe leader extends tenure of controversial top judge

    Luke Malaba has notably been criticised for dismissing an opposition petition which sought to annul the 2018 presidential election results over alleged rigging in favour of Mnangagwa.

    382 days ago
  • Robert Mugabe’s family including his wife, Grace (veiled,) sits and watches on as members of the public view the body of the former president. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News.

    Grace Mugabe summoned by chief to face charges of inappropriately burying Robert

    According to 'The Voice of Zimbabwe,' Chief Zvimba wants Mugabe to exhume her late husband's body and rebury it at a gravesite where his mother, bona, was laid to rest.

    382 days ago
  • Pakistan's Babar Azam plays a shot as wicket keeper Regis Chakabva looks on during the third Twenty20 international cricket match between Zimbabwe and Pakistan at the Harare Sports Club in Harare on April 25, 2021. Picture: Jekesai Njikizana / AFP

    Chakabva leads Zimbabwe fight in follow-on

    Zimbabwe were 98 for two at tea in their second innings after being forced to follow on 378 runs behind.

    385 days ago
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