On this day in 2020, Zimbabwean journalist Zororo Makamba succumbed to COVID_19 (Coronavirus disease) at the age of 30. Makamba was the second person to test positive for the virus and his death was the first case recorded in Zimbabwe.
Read More →The tropical Cyclone which brought heavy rains and strong winds causing floods and landslides in parts of Zimbabwe dissipated. The disaster claimed over 340 lives and 51 000 people were displaced.
Read More →On this day in 2020, His Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa joined other countries to declare coronavirus disease a national disaster. This was before any cases were confirmed in Zimbabwe. The president called off all social gatherings and cancelled local and international traveling for citizens.
Read More →On this day in 2020, Obadiah Moyo then Minister of Health and Child Care in Zimbabwe confirmed the country’s first case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID_19). The infected person was a male resident of Victoria Falls who had traveled back from the UK.
Read More →On this day in 2019, heavy rains and strong winds fell across the eastern parts of Zimbabwe especially Chimanimani as cyclone Idai meandered through the country’s border with Mozambique. The cyclone caused flooding, landslides and rockfalls leading to the destruction of infrastructure, property, crops as well as loss of human and animal lives.
Read More →Iron Duke Dam partially collapsed and killed two people on this day. Iron duke Dam is near Glendale in Mashonaland Central. The cause of the collapse were believed to be caused by heavy rains in the area, damaging the infrastructure.
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