STANDBY: President Emmerson Mnangagwa expected to speak shortly about Covid-19 measures as a level 4 lockdown extension is due to expire today. Mnangagwa was expected to speak at 3.30PM but speech delayed
President Mnangagwa expresses "profound gratitude" to Chinese government for donation of additional 200,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine. Adds another 600,000 vaccines arriving in coming weeks from China, and "a further 1.2 million availed by Chinese companies to Zimbabwe"
LOCKDOWN REVIEW:
🔴 Curfew now 10PM to 5.30PM, letters no longer required
🔴 Supermarkets can open until 7PM, industry now open
🔴 SMEs can reopen under WHO standards
🔴 Schools 'must prepare to open'
🔴 Unis, colleges 'prepare to open'
🔴 Intercity travel can resume
LOCKDOWN REVIEW 2/2:
🔴 Funeral gatherings to remain 30
🔴 Social gatherings allowed but limited to 50 people
🔴 Restaurants open for takeaways
🔴 Bars, nightclubs, gymnasiums remain closed
President Mnangagwa has ended his short speech which made no reference to the re-opening of land borders to foreign visitors
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#LIAR Vice President Kembo Mohadi claims his phone was hacked, his voice was cloned, or alternatively it's all fake. We dare him to take us to court as we rerun the audios of his calls to married and vulnerable women. It's not exhaustive 1/
The Vice President of Zimbabwe cannot go in front of the nation and LIE that he has been HACKED, or CLONED or FAKED without demonstrating how this was done. He in fact says his call recordings fake. He's bluffing. He takes all 15 million Zimbabweans for fools 2/
#ChamisaRally 'Zimbabwe is paying a legitimacy price, a legitimacy cost, a legitimacy burden. Some say we have an economic problem. No, our problem is one of governance' - Nelson Chamisa
#ChamisaRally 'The corruption of elections is the mother of all corruption... We need to deal with the leadership question' - Nelson Chamisa
#ChamisaRally 'Zanu PF wants to construct a statute (for Mbuya Nehanda) in Harare. This shows that they are wired wrongly. They have their priorities wrong' - Nelson Chamisa
#CoronavirusZim Getting answers to any question from @MoHCCZim is nigh impossible. Yet we continue to get information about suspected outbreaks of coronavirus around the country. Let's try this, perhaps they will answer: A Thread
On March 24, a man walked into Dema Police and said their relative had died from suspected Covid-19. Police took body to Chitungwiza Hospital. They were screened and man who reported dead relative had temperature of 39.5°C.
# What was done with dead body, the relative & officers?
There are reports of a Chinese national and a Zimbabwean driver who died at ZESA Hwange - the suspicion being that this was from Covid-19. Has this come to the attention of the command centre? Have the bodies been tested for Covid-19? What's been done to other employees?
These cartels are very powerful and connected, and not just connected to one political party. Whoever comes into power will leave them still stealing - Godfrey Tsenengamu
Press conference was delayed because I was on the phone with someone who was trying to bribe me to stop me from talking here - Lewis Matutu