Harare, (New Ziana) – The cost of living rose 5.5 percent in December, with a person requiring $4 670 not to be deemed poor, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has said. According to Zimstat, the figure rose from $4 426 in November, reflecting continued rise in the cost of living. “This means that an […]
Harare, (New Ziana) – Zimbabwe on Thursday reported over 1 000 new Covid-19 cases, the third time inside ten days it has suffered such high daily infection rates. Maxwell Musanga The country is overwhelmed by the second wave of the pandemic, with both infections and deaths rising sharply. It first crossed the 1 000 case […]
Harare (New Ziana)-Zimbabwe recorded 38 Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, the highest single day fatalities since the onset of the pandemic in March last year. The capital, Harare, accounted for 20 of the deaths, taking the national tally of those who have succumbed to the virus to 589. In a daily update, the Ministry of Health […]
Harare (New Ziana)-Freelance journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was on Thursday denied bail by a Harare magistrates court on charges of communicating falsehoods. Chin’ono allegedly published a story on social media alleging that a police officer had fatally assaulted a child which was strapped to its mother’s back. It later turned out that the policeman had not […]