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Explainer: Measles outbreak-close to 700 children die in Masvingo and Manicaland
Measles, one of the world’s most contagious diseases, has resurfaced in Zimbabwe and is killing children in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces. The last outbreak hit Manicaland ten years ago and was attributed to apostolic sects whose religious beliefs abhor vaccinating children or seeking any medical treatment. The long lull was broken on April 10 this…
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Investigation: Do not believe Zimstat figures about Zimbabweans in SA, they are false!
FIGURES of Zimbabweans resident in South Africa peddled by the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZIMSTAT) are false! A fact check by ZimTracker shows that there are more than 2.5 million Zimbabweans residing in South Africa alone, and not 773 246 as revealed by the body which carried out a census in April. ZimTracker’s conclusion was…
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Factcheck: President Mnangagwa misled voters on Cold Storage Company’s revival
What President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed: At a campaign rally held on June 15, 2018, at Mucheke Stadium ahead of the 2018 general elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa told thousands of supporters that the Cold Storage Company (CSC), which was the largest employer in Masvingo with 6 000 workers at its peak, would resume operations on July…
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ED fails to build own ‘Trabablas Trail’, seven years after promising to do so in Masvingo
“Tra..Trabara, Trabarasi..eh…Trabablas!” Do you remember this moment when Vice President, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga struggled to pronounce the word Trabablas in Masvingo on 1 July 2022? When he finally made it, amid cheers from the crowd at the well-attended rally, the VP noted that ‘Trabablas’ himself had corrected him. While it may have passed off…
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Idai survivors seek exhumation of relatives given pauper’s burials in Moza in 2019
By ZimTracker Hundreds of Zimbabwean nationals who perished when Cyclone Idai struck Chimanimani in March 2019 remain in pauper’s graves in Mozambique. They were given pauper’s burials by the locals there who felt compassionate about the dignity of the dead after their bodies were washed away by the deadly Cyclone. The Mozambicans also circulated pictures…
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