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Econet ‘loans’ advert a phishing strategy by scammers
ZimTracker Reporter A recent online advert claiming that technology and telecommunications company Econet is offering loans, is a scam. The advert, mainly circulating on social media networking platform WhatsApp, is fake. Titled, ‘Ecocash Instant Loan’ (in caps), the message reads; “ECOCASH is Giving Out Instant Loans Up To $500 To All its Willing Customers As…
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Picture of sextuplets not from Zimbabwe
ZimTracker Reporter A picture which recently went viral on social media platforms of a lady that had given birth to sextuplets did not originate from Zimbabwe, our fact check reveals. On many social media platforms in Zimbabwe, many claimed the lady is from the southern province of Masvingo. Trending on many social media platforms, it…
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Presidential title deeds: One year on, no joy in Epworth
By Blessing Jena HARARE-IN April 2023, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced his government would deliver 11 000 title deeds to houses built in Epworth, an informal settlement, a few kilos east of the capital city Harare. Title deeds are legal documents that give proof of allotment of a property by an authority and empowers the holder…
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Explainer- SADC Summit of Heads State & Government
The 44th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads State and Governmentis being held in Harare, Zimbabwe under the theme: “Promoting Innovation tounlock opportunities for sustained economic growth and development towards anIndustrialised SADC”. The SADC Summit is responsible for the overall policydirection and control of functions of the Community, ultimately making it thepolicy-making institution of SADC. The…
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Key facts about Monkeypox
Common symptoms of mpox are a skin rash or mucosal lesions which can last 2–4 weeks accompanied by fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, low energy, and swollen lymph nodes.
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Community care givers; the unsung heroes in the fight against malnutrition
By Hazvinei Mwanaka MASVINGO-The nearest health center for villagers in Bikita district, a rural outpost in Zimbabwe’s southern Masvingo province, is more than fifteen kilometers away. It is a clinic called Dewure 1, which serves close to 5 000 villagers from the surrounding 14 villages. This has made the villagers’ health care seeking behavior the…
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