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Last night a statement was released by the Zimbabwean Ministry that all their borders will be closed with immediate effect, except for commercial services only. For more on the statement made by VP Chiwenga while addressing journalists Denis Juru who is the founder of the International Cross-Border Traders Association speaks to the SABC.

Vice President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga has announced new lockdown measures in response to a spike in coronavirus cases in Zimbabwe. All workers, save for essential services will not be allowed to go to work during the next 30 days.

Tich Zinyemba from the Meteorological Services Department of Zimbabwe gives the SABC an update on Cyclone Chalane which made landfall on Wednesday night.

Victim’s family reacts outside the High Court after Thanks Makore is granted bail in the Murehwa ritual murder case involving 7-year-old Tapiwa Makore.

Serial armed robber Musa Taj Abdul and his accomplices speak outside the Harare Magistrates Court. Police forced journalists at the scene to delete footage of the armed robbers outside court.

Martin Moyo, 21, who suffered a work related injury in August this year, making a plea for an artificial limb to enable him to start his tertiary education next year.

Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba arrives at the scene of a gruesome murder where a 17 year old boy killed 3 people, an 84 year old granny , his 78 year old wife and an 80 year old sister as revenge. He alleged that the act was to settle an old grudge that the family killed his parents.

Deadly violence in Zimbabwe’s gold mining sector was a problem for years until COVID-19 restrictions brought it to a sudden, surprising halt.  Now, with lockdown measures gradually lifting, some in the sector fear the violence will return.

A rescue operation is underway in Zimbabwe’s town of Bindura after at least 40 informal miners were trapped underground following the collapse of a shaft in a disused gold mine.

Moana’s mother Yolanda Kuvaoga tells H-Metro why she is wearing her daughter’s clothes.