ZTN Correspondent ZIMBABWE’S President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he will review the country’s lockdown conditions, in the wake of the continued exponential increase in Covid-19 cases. President Mnangagwa told the Zanu PF Politburo that, “the recent rapid spike of infections requires that we make another review of the Covid-19 lockdown measures soon”. On Thursday the […]
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ZTN Correspondent Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 cases have risen by 98 in 24 hours – the highest spike since the country recorded its first case in March 2020. This takes the country’s tally to 885 cases. Of the new cases 47 are local while the remainder are returnees from Botswana (28), South Africa (22), and Swaziland (one). The […]
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Mukudzei Chingwere Former Zimbabwe international defender Dickson Choto has opened up on a failed move to English Premier League heavyweights, Arsenal. Choto confirmed that he was tracked by scouts sent by former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in 2007, but despite ‘impressing’ the move suffered a still birth because of an injury. Polish goalkeeper Lucasz Fabianski […]
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ZTN Correspondent. Zimbabwe’s Minister of Health and Child Care, Obadiah Moyo has been fired from Cabinet. Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda announced Dr Moyo’s dismissal on Tuesday night. In a statement, Dr Sibanda said the Health Minister was “removed from office of Cabinet Minister with immediate effect for conduct inappropriate for […]
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Mukudzei Chingwere Former Zimbabwe national football team defender Dickson Choto says the absence of television coverage of local football has dented players’ prospects of playing abroad. Choto spent more than a decade playing football at the highest level in Poland and was also part of the Warriors team at their maiden 2004 Africa Cup of […]
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Mukudzei Chingwere Zimbabwe Warriors coach Zdravko Logarusic says he is better informed about the local game following his comprehensive research on the team. The Croat was appointed Zimbabwe coach early this year but is yet to take charge of a single national team assignment due to the Coronavirus lockdown which affected major sporting activities globally. […]
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ZTN Correspondent The Zimbabwe Government has suspended the stock exchange and mobile phone-based transactions “to deal with malpractices, criminality andeconomic sabotage”. In a statement on Friday, Secretary for Information Nick Mangwana said “impeccable intelligence” shows that mobile phone-based money service providers were colluding “in illicit activities that are sabotaging the economy”. He said the Zimbabwe […]
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ZTN Reporter Zimbabweans have put their football club affiliations aside as they mourn Dynamos assistant coach Biggie Zuze. The 55 –year old Zuze died in Harare on Thursday after a short illness. He was rushed to a medical facility at Highglen Shopping Complex in the morning after complaining of breathing difficulties before breathing his last […]
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Ndakaziva Majaka FUEL prices in Zimbabwe have surged by about 150 percent, effective June 24 following an earlier review of the country’s exchange rate. According to a schedule released by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA), petrol will now retail at ZW$71.62 up from an average of ZWL$28. In USD terms, a litre of petrol […]
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Ndakaziva Majaka The official Zimbabwe Dollar: US Dollar exchange rate is now $57.36 following operationalisation of the Southern African country’s Foreign Exchange Auction System on Tuesday. The exchange rate had remained at 1: 25 since March 2020 under Zimbabwe’s managed rate. The street rate stood at an average $77 by close of business on Tuesday.The […]
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