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The Zimbabwe Independent December 24, 2020 A mid pomp and circumstance, something called the National Dress Fabric was launched last Saturday, but there was one missing detail: who manufactures the fabric? Speeches full of platitudes were said and read, but this small detail was glaringly absent. Said President Emmerson Mnangagwa: “The fabric plays an important role in the preservation of national values and cultural heritage and helps create unity among our people. I chall...

Tropical Storm Eloise triggers severe weather warning for South Africa By Jehran Naidoo Share Weather experts in South Africa are bracing for heavy rains over the next few days should a tropical depression developing offshore Madagascar make its way towards Mozambique and other parts of south-eastern Africa. The South African Weather Service says a tropical system called Eloise has developed over the north-eastern coast of Madagascar and is moving towards the Indian Ocean island. It is expected...

By Ndatenda Njanike THE tropical depression, Cyclone Chalane, that passed through Zimbabwe at the end of December 2020, could help the country reduce its food insecurity crisis. In a situational report released this week by the World Food Programme (WFP), the current rains being experienced in the country, including Cyclone Chalane, have seen the number of people who are food insecure dropping from six million in November 2020 to 5.58 million at the end of December 2020. “During December, mos...

Villagers troop out of evacuation centres BY KENNETH NYANGANI Chimanimani residents who had been moved to safe areas ahead of the anticipated devastating effects of Cyclone Chalane have started moving out of evacuation centres with the last batch expected to go back to their homes today. The move brings relief to the government that was apparently struggling to feed the villagers in the safe havens. There were fears that Chimanimani would be hit hard by the Tropical Cyclone Chalane which appear...

January 3, 2021 Nyasa Times Reporter 7 Comments Weather experts say the destructive Cyclone Chalane is dead. This means its threat to Malawi is over. Nkhokwe: Chalane is no more a threat to Malawi According to Jolamu Nkhokwe, the director of Meteorogical Services and Climate Change, the cyclone has died down in Zimbabwe. Earlier predictions showed that the Tropical Cyclone was set to hit the country in the past 3 days after landing in Mozambique on Wednesday. There were fears of flooding...

THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) yesterday said “the storm is over” as the country is safe from the weakened tropical depression Chalane which has passed Zimbabwe. The country was expected to be hit by Cyclone Chalane which downgraded into a very weak tropical depression resulting in most parts of the country receiving light, moderate and heavy rains. Tsholotsho received 87 millimetres (mm) and Lupane received 68mm and were among the areas that received the heaviest rains in the ...

‘Tropical Chalane has passed’  T HE much-feared Cyclone Chalane, which later downgraded to a tropical depression has passed Zimbabwe, the weather forecaster has said. However, over the past three days the tropical depression destroyed some infrastructure mainly in the Eastern Highlands, including Chipinge and Chimanimani. “The tropical depression has greatly weakened and has now passed, we continue to monitor specific areas to assess the rainfalls and downstream effects, as significant r...

Amid new variant of COVID-19 and threat from Cyclone Chalane, government opts to suspend reopening of schools John Cassim   | 31.12.2020 ZIMBABWE, Harare  Zimbabwe will no longer open schools in January in light of the surge in COVID-19 infections and threats posed by the Cyclone Chalane, officials said. “In light of the surge in COVID-19 infections and the new and more contagious variants of the disease as well as threats by Cyclone Chal...

Tropical storm heading straight for Namibia   A DEEP low-pressure system currently situated over Namibia combined with tropical storm Chalane bearing down on the country from the east will see heavy downpours occurring over large parts of the country over the next few days.   The tropical storm has already made landfall in Mozambique on Monday and in Zimbabwe, flood warnings have been issued.   Moist air over central Africa is being drawn down over Namibia by the deep low-pressure system tha...

Zimbabwe-Schools-Opening December 31, 2020 to 08:25 937 APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) The Zimbabwe government has indefinitely deferred the reopening of the 2021 school calendar amid a spike in COVID-19 infections, a senior official has said. Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education permanent secretary Tumisang Thabela said the government has resolved to postpone the reopening of schools which was set...