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CLAIM: The Lambda variant of the coronavirus causing COVID-19 has been found in Zimbabwe. Source: SABC News, citing South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases VERDICT: UNTRUE. The authorities in…
Do you now need an exemption letter to commute under current COVID-19 measures? No. According to the government, only essential workers who need to move around after curfew are required…
CLAIM: You will now need to show a vaccination card to be allowed to pass police roadblocks mounted on highways leading into Harare VERDICT: False On Monday, July 5th, a…
By Nelson Banya In an interview aired on CNN’s One World on June 30, 2021, finance minister Mthuli Ncube made a number of claims about Zimbabwe’s economy and the government’s…
A widely circulated claim that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a two-week national lockdown is false. According to the report, the President made the announcement at a “meeting in Parliament…
