Vice-President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga warned yesterday that government could soon be forced to make the COVID-19 vaccination certificate a prerequisite for public services if citizens continue shunning the inoculation exercise. Speaking during an interview with broadcaster Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa at his offices in Harare, Chiwenga said the move would be made to encourage inoculation and achieve the targeted 60% herd immunity. “Remember the COVID-19 certificates, eventually they are going to become our passports,” he said. “If you watch the news globally, you will see that there are deliberations in all capitals on vaccination passports.” Last month in Nyamandlovu, President Emmerson Mnangagwa insinuated that there would come a time when vacci
UK-based businesswoman Olinda Chapel-Nkomo revealed that she is going to be launching her own Television show soon. Speaking during an interview with The Herald, Olinda opened up on her new upcoming television show which she said will be launched soon. Olinda revealed that the new upcoming tv show which is still in the post-production stage will focus on business, empowerment, and philanthropy. “We are launching the Olinda Chapel television show which is based on business and philanthropy work where we highlight our successes,” she said. Olinda who is already involved in philanthropy work through her foundation the Olinda Chapel Foundation said her love to assist the young, especially girls made her involved in philanthropic work. She revealed that the reason why s
Following news that Vice President Kembo Mohadi has resigned, Social media users especially Twimbos have started to speculate on who will be his replacement as the country’s second Vice President. a). In a WhatsApp Group Pindula is in, group members are saying President Mnangagwa might choose Sithembiso Nyoni the current Minister of Women and Youth Affairs: If ED plays the gender card Sithembiso Nyoni could be in b). Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri c) Thokozani Khupe Human Rights Activist Dewa Mavhunga said: Those touted to replace disgraced Vice President Mohadi who resigned over a sex scandal are ZANUPF chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri & outsider Dr Thokozani Khupe. Thoughts? d) Jacob MudendaAccording to Hopewell Chin’ono: Another name being talked about is
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has tendered his resignation to President with immediate effect. The News that Mohadi has resigned was shared by the Ministry of Information which shared Mohadi’s resignation letter that stated that he is resigning as a way to demonstrate great respect to the office of the President so that it is not compromised or caricatured by actions that are linked to his challenges as an individual. In his resignation letter Mohadi said: Greetings to you the Citizens of this Great Nation. I want to begin by appreciating the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Cde Emmerson Munangagwa for the opportunity to serve under his grace for the past three years. I literally sat under his tutelage and tapped from his wisdom, clear eyed vision and political dexterity.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and members of the Cabinet are set to follow Vice President CDG Chiwenga’s lead in getting vaccinated against the Covid-19 pandemic. Vice President Chiwenga took the lead when he volunteered to be the first in the country to be vaccinated against the novel virus with the controversial Chinese Sinopharm vaccine. iHarare learned from The Chronicle that President Mnangagwa and his Cabinet will get the Sinopharm vaccine jab when the second batch of the vaccines arrive in the country in two weeks time. The president dispelled widespread rumors doing rounds on social media that the Sinopharm vaccine was not safe and that the country’s leadership was not going to get vaccinated. He said pressing government business prevented him from officiatin
Musician-cum preacher and politician Hosiah Chipanga has revived efforts to meet and have a conversation with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying that he has to deliver a message from God that will save the country from turmoil. Chipanga told TellZim News in an interview that the country has derailed from God’s path and was now isolated in a wilderness marked with endless suffering. He said the country lost its direction beginning from the days of former president Robert Mugabe to the ‘new dispensation’ which has done nothing to remedy the ‘curse’ that has befallen the country. “For the past 40 years, I have tried all means known to me to meet the President of my country both the late and the current one to no avail. “It is true that tho
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has furiously denied sexual misconduct allegations against him following the release of a series of audios in which he is purportedly asking for sexual favours from his subordinates, who include married women. At a press conference held on Wednesday, the Vice President said that the allegations levelled against him are false and part of a well-orchestrated plot to demean and soil his image. Mohadi said that the audio clips which are currently circulating on social media are a result of “voice cloning,” and that he is an innocent victim of “political machinations.” Curiously in the same statement, the Vice President said that his private communications have been hacked. Mohadi also insisted that he is not going to step down from his
Vice President Kembo Mohadi was left nursing wounds after being bashed over an extramarital affair with a married female Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent who works in his office. According to ZimLive sources, Mohadi was on Sunday left bleeding after a raucous showdown with Jacob Mumpande, Abigail’s husband, who was accusing him of dating his wife. Mumpande together with his wife allegedly stormed the 71-year-old’s Milcox Road residence in Glen Lorne after learning of the affair. It is also alleged that, an unidentified woman who was with Mohadi inside his Harare home got so angry at the discovery that he was seeing another woman she hit the vice president with an object, possibly a shoe, which caused him to bleed from the head, following the confrontation
THE Covid-19 pandemic has paralysed government amid reports that Vice-Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi are unwell, while President Emmerson Mnangagwa spent 14 days in self-isolation in Harare after his close security details, cabinet ministers and top bureaucrats tested positive. This means that the country was left on auto-pilot as there was no acting President. Mnangagwa had to cut short his annual leave. Information gathered by the Zimbabwe Independent from senior government and intelligence sources indicates that Mnangagwa's co-deputies are ill. Top businessman and presidential advisor, Kuda Tagwirei, is also battling the deadly virus. Mohadi, acted as president before disappearing from the public scene as he was taken ill. It was not immediately clear if C
Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Retired Lieutenant General Sibusiso Busi Moyo has died. Moyo succumbed to COVID-19 in Harare on Wednesday morning. He was 61. In a statement announcing Moyo’s death, the Acting Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, George Charamba described the late as a decorated soldier and freedom fighter. Said Charamba: His Excellency the President, Cde E.D. Mnangagwa, regrets to announce the passing on early this morning of Dr S.B. Moyo, our Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The late Minister succumbed to Covid-I9 at a local hospital. The Nation will be kept apprised of further developments regarding this untimely demise of the late Minister, himself a decorated soldier and freedom fighte
