The British government has announced sanctions against four Zimbabwean security officials, accusing them of human rights abuses, including killing protesters. Owen Ncube, the Minister of State for National Security , as well as the head of the police, the intelligence agency and the former chief of the presidential guard, will …
Read More »Covid-19: extension of lockdown in Zimbabwe ‘to save lives’
After the 30 days lockdown which has started on January 5, Zimbabwean authorities have extended the lockdown by another two weeks, until 15 February in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who is acting health minister, made the announcement on national television: “The president …
Read More »Nick Mangwana apologises for “medical assassins” slur
Zimbabwe’s government spokesman Nick Mangwana has apologised after the country’s medical association reacted furiously to his Tweet that doctors were behind the deaths of top government officials who succumbed to Covid-19. Nick Mangwana tweeted “medical assassins” to insinuate that the politicians were being deliberately eliminated. Four cabinet ministers have now …
Read More »Zimbabwe: doctors dissatisfied after a reaction from Nick Mangwana
Doctors in Zimbabwe have protested against a Twitter slur by the government spokesperson, who referred to them as “medical assassins” in the wake of the deaths of senior government officials from Covid-19. Medical Assassins— Nick Mangwana (@nickmangwana) January 24, 2021 The doctors’ association said it was unfortunate that a government …
Read More »A Zimbabwean ‘hardworking’ Minister dies of coronavirus
Zimbabean media are reporting that Ellen Gwaradzimba, the minister for Manicaland Provincial Affairs, has died of Covid-19. She was 60 years old. Gwaradzimba is the second serving Zimbabwean politician to die of coronavirus after Perrance Shiri minister for Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement who died in July last year. Read …
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