THREE family members have died in a suspected case of food poisoning in Gwanda. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele said Jotham Sibanda (64) from Matshiye Village died on Saturday while his two grandchildren aged six and eight died on Thursday and Friday last week. He said Jotham’s wife Mrs Khohliso Sibanda (58) prepared food for her family on May 7 and they all fell ill resulting in the death of her husband and two grandchildren. I can confirm that we recorded a case where a man and his two children aged six and eight years died in a suspected case of food poisoning. On May 7 in the morning Mrs Khohliso Sibanda prepared food which she ate with her husband and their three grandchildren aged six, eight and 12 years,” he sai
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Kudakwashe, one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s sons is allegedly involved in the poaching of wildlife in Nyangambe in Save Valley Conservancy, a Chiredzi magistrate has been told. The allegations were made by Farai Chauke, a Harare lawyer who comes from Nyangambe and is also the legal representative of the Nyangambe Community Wildlife Project. Chauke who is facing fraud charges for allegedly forging title deeds to the project told the court in his defense that he was being tormented for resisting poaching activities involving the President’s son. Nyangambe Community Wildlife Project is run by villagers and allegations are that Kudakwashe is in the habit of coming along with one of the directors of Green Africa Safaris, Philip Mafuta to hunt and poach wildlife outside hunt
Apostle Chiwenga was amused by a viral video that was posted about him critisizing other prophets. Chiwenga laughs at the video and explains his message and how he preaches. Watch the video below as Prophet Chiwenga Addresses The video.
DARING MDC legislators on Tuesday openly revolted against the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC faction’s directive to disengage from parliamentary business after attending a portfolio committee meeting, as factional wars in the main opposition party took a new twist. This came a day after hordes of MPs roundly rejected overtures by the faction to boycott parliamentary business in protest to the recall last week of four legislators by the Thokozani Khupe-led group temporarily in charge of the MDC following a recent Supreme Court ruling. Three MPs, Peter Moyo (Southerton Constituency), David Tekeshe (Makoni Central) and Winnie Kanguni (Sunningdale), attended the Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare parliamentary committee meeting in defiance of Chamisa’s directive. In an inte
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he was under pressure to lift the national lockdown and re-open the country’s ailing economy, but indicated that his priority is to save lives first before the economy. This comes as the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Zimbabwe has risen to 37, with doctors warning that authorities should forestall a health catastrophe by embarking on mass testing of people and increase surveillance at ports of entry in the wake of rising incidence of coronavirus through local transmission. Speaking during a presentation of Covid-19 donations by various local companies held at the State House in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the government had studied the World Health Organisation(WHO)’s measures on how to prevent the spread of the
THE Covid-19 testing laboratory in Bulawayo, which has been struggling to clear a backlog of about 700 cases, has stopped conducting tests due to a critical shortage of consumables. This was revealed yesterday by the director of the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Applied Genetic Testing Centre, Mr Zephaniah Dhlamini. Mr Dhlamini made the remarks during a tour of Nust by Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation and Science Technology Development Deputy Minister Raymore Machingura to assess the university’s state of preparedness in response to the fight against Covid-19. Mr Dhlamini attributed the latest development to the non-availability of testing kits to conduct polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing at Mpilo Central Hospital’s National Tube
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THE number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in Zimbabwe has risen to 37 after one more confirmed case was reported in Harare yesterday. In its latest update, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said the total number of reported deaths remained at four while there have been three new recoveries. The latest recoveries include three cases from Harare that were confirmed through two consecutive PCR negative tests from samples taken at least 24 hours apart in line with the WHO guidance. Zimbabwe now has 12 recoveries. “The Ministry would like to report that today, 740 rapid screening tests and 670 PCR tests done in the public sector. Additionally, 94 screening tests and 56 tests were done in the private sector giving a total of 834 rapid screening tests and 726 7
A total of 85 legislators elected on the MDC Alliance ticket publicly threw their weight behind party leader Nelson Chamisa at a meeting held at the party’s Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters in Harare on Monday. Party secretary-general Chalton Hwende said only 15 of its MPs and senators did not attend, including organising secretary Amos Chibaya, who was involved in a road accident on Sunday on his way to Zvishavane, party spokesperson Daniel Molokele currently in South Africa, Marondera Central MP Caston Matewu also in hospital after being involved in an accident and three others who are outside Zimbabwe. “We are sure that over 90% of the legislators are backing the leadership of president Chamisa and they are clear about the challenges that we are facing. W
