ANA REPORTER

PRETORIA – The 41st Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government, hosted in Lilongwe, Malawi has once again called for the unconditional removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. “The summit reiterated its call (for) the unconditional removal of sanctions imposed on the Republic of Zimbabwe, and supports Zimbabwe in […]

Nearly 4000 people were arrested for violating immigration laws in December, state media in Zimbabwe reported on Friday. According to a report in the Herald, the department of immigration arrested 3967 people for border jumping, failure to get a passport stamped and travelling using stolen documents.   Statistics show that 200 undocumented children were intercepted […]

Pretoria – Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga has been dragged into the messy divorce between that country’s 63-year-old vice president Constantino Chiwenga and his jailed wife, Marry. A report in the Zimbabwe Morning Post alleges that the South African-based Buyanga had been “scouting for properties” in South Africa on behalf of Chiwenga’s estranged wife. The story […]

National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise has reiterated South Africa’s stand to support the lifting of the targeted economic sanctions against Zimbabwe. “We stand as South Africa to say to our brothers, our sisters, our neighbours – in fact our family because we have intermarried, to say that your pain is our pain,” she Modise. “Without South […]

Johannesburg – Hilal Elver, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the right to food and a human rights expert, has warned that starvation is “slowly making its way” into Zimbabwe, with most households unable to obtain enough food to meet their basic needs. Elver made her assessment of the current situation following an 11-day visit […]

PRETORIA – The government of Zimbabwe, through its embassy in Pretoria, strives to constantly engage its multitude of citizenry based in South Africa but the process is hampered by the deep polarisation among the Zimbabweans, Ambassador David Hamadziripi said on Monday. “Talking to my colleagues, Zimbabwean compatriots who are in the diaspora, I want to […]

PRETORIA – Zimbabwe would flourish if the sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union are lifted, the Zanu PF’s spokesperson in South Africa Kennedy Mandaza said on Friday. “It is a flimsy excuse by the United States of America and its allies to say the sanctions are targeted at certain individuals. It […]

Johannesburg – Zimbabwe is among the countries with high TB burdens that achieved treatment coverage levels of more than 80 per cent, in 2018, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveals in its latest Global TB Report. In the same report South Africa is listed among countries where people suffer most. The other countries include China, […]

The government of Zimbabwe on Wednesday urged its citizens based in South Africa, or travelling to the neighbouring country to “take necessary precaution” in the wake of widespread attacks on foreign business owners and looting of their goods. “All Zimbabweans living in South Africa, and those travelling to the country are urged to take necessary […]

JOHANNESBURG – The Zimbabwe Cross Borders Transport Association (ZCBTA) has warned that it will stop all South African cross-border transport if reputed attacks by South African nationals on foreign truck drivers proceed. “Due to threats by South African nationals that on September 2, 2019 they are embarking on an attack on foreign national drivers, the […]

According to Zimbabwe home affairs minister Cain Mathema, Western envoys in Zimbabwe are fomenting unrest in the country as security forces go on high alert for protests this weekend planned by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). “The government of Zimbabwe is disturbed by the activities of some diplomatic missions in Zimbabwe, who are […]

South Sudan’s interior ministry is to deport 16 Kenyans and 4 Britons, employed by a private security company, following a pay dispute, allegations of unpaid taxes and the exploitation of local workers. Their deportation comes a few days after Insight Security failed to resolve a pay dispute over salaries and arrears of guards working for […]

Zimbabwe could face a new outbreak of violence and unrest after the main opposition party unveiled plans for fresh rallies and strike action starting on Friday. Last month senior Zanu-PF officials warned that the government wouldn’t hesitate to deploy the army to confront protesters before warning that soldiers were trained to kill, the Guardian reported. […]

Zimbabwe teachers protesting their low wages are threatening to go on strike when schools reopen next month as the country’s deteriorating economy simultaneously faces yet another hike in fuel prices. The Progressive Teachers’ Union Secretary-General, Raymond Majongwe, issued the warning on Twitter saying it would be difficult to open schools when the third term begins […]

Johannesburg – Zimbabwe opposition group, the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu), intends to establish a government in exile as an alternative to the current Zanu-PF-led government Mark Mbayiwa, treasurer-general of the party made the assertions during a rally in Johannesburg last week. “We are going to form a government in exile and present it to […]

Harare – International human rights organisations have petitioned Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to “respect the human rights” and “end the escalating crackdown” on protesters. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam International implored Mnangagwa to take concrete and effective action to address the deteriorating human rights situation and increasing risk of a humanitarian crisis in […]

Johannesburg – The South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) has condemned the blocking of journalists by Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams from covering the actions of protesters at an ANC elections manifesto launch in Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape. “Sanef has seen the video footage which was also broadcast on television stations showing the minister […]

The bodies of four South African friends who drowned while holidaying in Mozambique arrived in the country on Wednesday morning, according to family spokesperson Bongani Diako. Diako told African News Agency (ANA) on Wednesday morning that the bodies had arrived just after 7am and were being kept at a funeral parlour until they were redirected […]