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THE wife of ex government minister Sylvester Nguni died from Covid-19-related complications yesterday.Nguni confirmed the death of his wife, but was quick to say that he be left alone as he was still in a “big shock”. This is the second Covid-19 death in the family following that of his mother in April last year.Nguni’s mother, Gogo Nguni, nee Chitemere, was one of the first people in Zimbabwe to succumb to Covid-19 last year.Gogo Nguni,…

ZIMBABWE barred from voting at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly as it is in US$81 770 arrears in the payment of financial contributions According to a letter from the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres to UN President Volkan Bozkir, dated 13 January 2021, Zimbabwe is one of the 10 countries that have also lost their voting rights due to the arrears.“At present, 10 Member States are in arrears under the terms of Article 19 of…

ZIMBABWE last week recorded 200 Covid-19 deaths as the country continues to suffer the consequences of the second wave of the global pandemic.With health officials saying scientists are still to ascertain whether the new infections are a result of the new strain of the virus or not, figures in the country continue to balloon with the recovery rate tumbling to below 60 percent.According to statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care the country…

THE ZIMBABWE UNITED COMPANY (Zupco) will tomorrow raise bus fares for urban routes by 100 percent, after a directive to slash the number of passengers aboard hit the parastatal’s revenues.Authorities recently directed Zupco to enforce social distancing on buses in order to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission.Treasury last week approved the new fares following a request from the parastatal.Passengers on Zupco buses will now pay $30 up from $16 for a trip within a…

45 JAILED, SUSPENDED POLICE OFFICERS challenge detention through the High Court seeking an order to be released from Chikurubi Detention Barracks (DB) where they have been committed since January 4.The officers, through their lawyer Tafadzwa Muvhami, have filed an urgent chamber application citing police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga, Assistant Commissioner (Harare province) Dube and Criminal Investigations Department Sergeant Zaranyika as respondents.Assistant Inspector Raymond Chidyagwai and 44 other officers were ordered to report for duty on…

A BULAWAYO BUSINESSMAN AND PHILANTHROPIST WAS FOUND DEAD at his house in Bellevue Tuesday afternoon, with his hands tied behind his back and his home ransacked.Mr Bevan Bernard Peters of Bellevue suburb, was allegedly robbed and killed by unknown assailants who are still at large.His attackers allegedly got away with approximately US$ 12 000 and two gold watches.Mr Peters ran Peter’s Bargain Centre, in the Bulawayo city centre.Neighbours told The Chronicle that Mr Peters used…

Amnesty International has called on the Zimbabwean government to drop “malicious” charges against journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and opposition MDC Alliance officials Fadzayi Mahere and Job Sikhala.The global human rights advocacy group says the trio’s continued detention is “part of a growing crackdown on opposition leaders, human rights defenders, activists, journalists, and other critical voices.”“It is consistent with the constant harassment and intimidation that we have seen against anyone who demands respect for human rights, transparency,…

MINISTER of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister Ellen Gwaradzimba (60) has died from Covid-19.

ZANU PF FIRST SECRETARY FOR YOUTH AND CULTURE, veteran nationalist Morton Dizzy Paul Malianga (91) died this morning. Malianga , was one of the few remaining Second Chimurenga pioneers.He was Zanu PF`s first Secretary for Youth and Culture, appointed at the party`s first Congress in May 1964.In 1965, he was arrested by the settler regime for his liberation efforts and spent ten years in prison. During his time at Salisbury Maximum Security Prison, Cde Malianga…