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AllAfrica.com
April 3, 2018
Tourism minister Prisca Mupfumira recently approached British Airways (BA) regarding the possibility of direct flights between London and Harare but was turned down by the UK flag carrier, it has emerged. According to Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive Karikoga Kaseke, BA wasÃâà...
CNBC
April 3, 2018
China also sent an envoy to Zimbabwean capital Harare soon after Mnangagwa took power. China says that it did not play any role in Mugabe's downfall. Mnangagwa has been touting a "Zimbabwe is open for business" mantra in an effort to reboot the country's economy, which has famously struggled withÃâà...
NewsDay
April 3, 2018
To find affordable books is good news not just to readers alone, but also to Zimbabwean writers, who, from the look of the current landscape, demonstrate a little appetite for reading, as enunciated by the poor quality of their offerings. From wide reading will come a desire for diversity, diffusion, quality andÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
April 2, 2018
Champions Royal Assembly Harare congregate Gregory Magwere said: "I am excited because our Papa is going to pray for our nation. Even as we approach elections, he will join us in prayer for peace. #Peace and unity in Zimbabwe." Machiri said they were expecting thousands of people, includingÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 31, 2018
Zimbabwe's two biggest hospitals Harare and Parirenyatwa effectively shut their doors to the public as President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to dither in resolving a month-old strike by junior and middle level doctors. According to a letter addressed to clinical directors at the two hospitals by seniorÃâà...
Voice of America
March 31, 2018
He was in Harare for the launch of Mawarire's movement. "It is important because independent candidates do not carry any baggage, but they have a voice because they want to reclaim their country," she said. "So it is very commendable that people have come together. The other thing is that when they'reÃâà...
New Zimbabwe.com
March 31, 2018
ZIMBABWE's two biggest hospitals Harare and Parirenyatwa effectively shut their doors to the public as President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to dither in resolving a month-old strike by junior and middle level doctors. According to a letter addressed to clinical directors at the two hospitals by seniorÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 31, 2018
A coalition of aspiring independent candidates running for local government seats in council by-elections, Peoples Own Voices (POVO), was launched in Harare amid a wide range of promises to local residents. Harare has traditionally been dominated by the MDC-T since 2000 and the candidates saidÃâà...
DailyNews
March 25, 2018
HARARE - Zimbabweans are still in shock and searching for answers why they national cricket team lost to minnows United Arab Emirates which wretched the side's chances of qualifying for the 2019 World Cup. At the same time, coach Heath Streak and a number of senior players have come out toÃâà...
The Philadelphia Tribune
March 25, 2018
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's new president is commuting death sentences for some prisoners and releasing thousands of people from prison, including most women and everyone under age 18. President Emmerson Mnangagwa's announcement Wednesday is an effort to ease overcrowdedÃâà...
News24
March 25, 2018
Harare - Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe says South Africa should have sent troops instead of a team of negotiators to prevent his ouster by the military last year. Mugabe said his regional neighbours betrayed him "in a sense", in an interview with the privately-owned Zimbabwe IndependentÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 24, 2018
The Zimbabwe Power Company is set to meet senior officials from Jaguar Overseas Limited (JOL) in a preparatory meeting ahead of imminent release of $70 million by Afreximbank for rehabilitation of Harare Power Station. The Herald Business also gathered that the impending meeting provides anÃâà...
News24
March 23, 2018
Tsitsi Jambaya was killed by the crocodile on Wednesday morning as she tried to cross a river in Budiriro, south-western Harare, to fetch firewood, a Zimbabwe state parks authority spokesperson Tinashe Farawo was quoted as saying. "She was accompanied by her neighbour, who later notified residentsÃâà...
News24
March 22, 2018
Harare - Zimbabwe's former first lady Grace Mugabe ordered national parks officials to release ivory to her from its storerooms to be given as gifts to first ladies in Asia, a newspaper claimed Wednesday. Environment minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has commissioned an investigation into the allegedÃâà...
Times LIVE
March 18, 2018
Oozing charm and confidence, 22-year-old Sithembiso Mutukura beat 12 other contestants in Zimbabwe's first Miss Albinism beauty contest aimed at reducing stigma and increasing awareness about the condition. Friday's "Beauty Beyond the Skin" pageant was held in a Harare nightclub, makingÃâà...
The Zimbabwe Mail
March 18, 2018
HARARE – The political transitions that took place in Zimbabwe and South Africa were initiated by the peoples of the two countries and they both took place in a smooth and peaceful manner. This came out of the meeting held by Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa and Cyril Ramaphosa of South AfricaÃâà...
The Zimbabwe Standard
March 18, 2018
President Emmerson Mnangagwa may be part of the audience set to watch Operation Restore 'Regasi', an 80-minute-long play that gives a comical account of the events that took place in the country last November, leading to the resignation of then president Robert Mugabe, it has emerged. By KennedyÃâà...
VOA Zimbabwe
March 17, 2018
Harare Central Hospital has been shutdown following a crippling doctors' strike joined by nurses, surgical registrars and other critical staff. The workers said they were no longer in a position to perform their duties as they are being equally affected by the doctors' strike. Nurses in other parts of the countryÃâà...
DailyNews
March 16, 2018
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has redeployed close to 30 senior police officers as the law enforcement agency continues to reshuffle personnel in the hope of reinventing itself. The Daily News can report that a few assistant commissioners (Asst Comms) were spared by the latestÃâà...
DailyNews
March 16, 2018
HARARE - Zimbabwe face Ireland this morning at Harare Sports Club with an aura of optimism after Afghanistan clipped West Indies' wings with a three-wicket win yesterday. Afghanistan's win presents the hosts with a good opportunity to leapfrog the Caribbean Islanders ahead of their clash on MondayÃâà...
The Zimbabwe Mail
March 16, 2018
HARARE – Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday that the country “has moved on” in response to claims by former president Robert Mugabe that he was ousted in an illegal coup d'etat. Mnangagwa said in a short statement that he “noted recent remarks made to the media” byÃâà...
Eyewitness News
March 16, 2018
Zimbabwe has $1.75 billion in foreign arrears. The IMF has suggested Harare cut public sector wages and farm subsidies as well as improving transparency in the mining sector and reaching an agreement on compensating farmers. Once its multilateral arrears are cleared, the bilateral debt would be nextÃâà...
CNBC
March 16, 2018
Ousted former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said that he doesn't hate his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa, speaking in his first televised interviews since leaving office. "I don't want to be president again. I'm 94," Mugabe added. Mnangagwa's presidency thus far has been characterized byÃâà...
News24
March 16, 2018
"What we're finding is that a lot of the snake species are migrating into Harare because of the explosion in the rat population, and the Gambian (pouched) rats that we have," Vermeulen told News24. No-one seems to know how Gambian rats ended up in Harare: they're not indigenous to Zimbabwe.
NewsDay
March 15, 2018
“In Zimbabwe, a host of barriers are preventing adolescents, defined as aged 10 to 19 years, from accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services safely and confidentially without the consent of their parents,” said Angela Makamure from MSF. Without free and informative access to health servicesÃâà...
Herald-Whig
March 15, 2018
FILE - In this Friday, April, 18, 2008 file photo the then Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, waits to deliver his speech during the 28th Independence Celebrations in Harare. Mugabe, 94, told South African broadcaster SABC in the broadcast aired Thursday, March 15, 2018, that he was pushed out byÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 9, 2018
A single case of cholera has been confirmed in Harare, barely a month after five people succumbed to the disease in Chegutu. A 12-year-old girl was treated at a clinic in Waterfalls on Tuesday. In an interview with The Herald yesterday, Health and Child Care permanent secretary Dr Gerald Gwinji saidÃâà...
News24
March 5, 2018
Harare – US President Donald Trump has reportedly "extended sanctions against Zimbabwe for another year", saying that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration "remained a threat to Washington's foreign policy". According to Voice of America (VOA), the extension was made in a notice signedÃâà...
News24
February 26, 2018
Harare – Zimbabwean former freedom fighters have reportedly rebuked ex-president Robert Mugabe for criticising the new administration, saying that the nonagenarian "was dreaming" if he believed that he could rule the southern African country again. Mugabe, who was ousted in November last year,Ãâà...
Independent Online
February 23, 2018
Harare - The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Friday, said it was investigating deadly clashes between the force and the public. The police said only two people had been killed in the melee, and not three as earlier reported on the Thursday night clashes. Police Commissioner General Godwin MatangaÃâà...
BBC News
February 18, 2018
Zimbabwe's president has called on all citizens to unite to mourn opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who died of colon cancer last week. A memorial service for Tsvangirai was held in a packed church in the capital Harare, while outside hundreds of supporters of his Movement for Democratic ChangeÃâà...
africanews
December 31, 1999
... Lady Grace Mugabe was a key figure during the military operation which saw her husband being toppled by the army led by General Constantino Chiwenga,who is now the country's Vice President. The play was showcased at Harare's Theatre in Park and hundreds of Zimbabweans packed the venue.
