Ideas Party of Democracy (IPD0 leader, Herbert Chamuka has challenged the government to provide food assistance to citizens affected by the second COVID-19 lockdown. The government last week announced a 30-day lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus which has surged incredibly in Zimbabwe with
Local hospitals in the country are reportedly overwhelmed by patients seeking treatment for COVID-19 with former deputy finance minister Terrence Mukupe claiming that he saw dead bodies everywhere after he visited Parirenyatwa hospital in Harare. Posting on Facebook, Mukupe said his friend was recovering from a
The police have for the third time arrested journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and charged him with communicating falsehoods over his tweet in which he said an officer had beaten and killed a child while attempting to hit a kombi along Second Street in Harare. Chin'ono announced his
Health and Child Care Minister Constantino Chiwenga on Friday 8 January 2021 buckled to a protest by lawyers and immediately designated legal practitioners as essential service providers, who are exempt from national lockdown restrictions imposed by government last week to contain the spread of coronavirus. Chiwenga
The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has warned members of the public and healthcare practitioners against using veterinary medicines in the treatment of COVID-19. This follows inquiries and reports received by MCAZ concerning the use of veterinary ivermectin injection for the prevention and treatment of
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union (ARTUZ) has called on government to stop 'abusing' its members who are fighting for labor justice but rather focus on fixing the national 'crises'. The union's president Obert Masaraure told 263Chat that he is tired of the government's consistent persecution of its
Speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda has called for policy reform in the mining sector saying the country was being short changed by investors due to over reliance on antiquated maps and corruption within the sector. Speaking during a recent mining workshop in Mutare, Mudenda urged
Former Masvingo Provincial minister, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has dumped the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance while endorsing the newly elected MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora. Bhasikiti was expelled from ZANU-PF in 2015, during the late former president Robert Mugabe’s time and went on to join the Zimbabwe People
MUTARE- The Dangamvura water project missed a December 2020 deadline due to poor workmanship by engineers on the project, city fathers have revealed. Speaking to local media, Mayor councilor Blessing Tandi said that it was due to a faulty first batch of pipes that were not
Two workers at Banc ABC Bulawayo branch are reported to have tested positive for Covid-19 amid reports that no contact tracing was done by the bank and the City Health department. By Shelton Muchena in Bulawayo A source close to the bank said there has not been
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