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Incumbents
- President: Emmerson Mnangagwa
- Vice President
- Constantino Chiwenga (1st)
- Kembo Mohadi (2nd, until 1 March)[1]
Events
Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
- 13 January – COVID-19 pandemic: Traditional funerals are banned as infections increase.[2]
- 19 January – President Mnangagwa says the United States has no standing to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe following the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[3]
- 24 January – COVID-19: A fourth member of the Cabinet of Zimbabwe dies in two weeks.[4]
- 27 January – Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono is released on bail after three weeks in prison. Chin’ono accuses Mnangagwa's administration of human rights abuses and corruption; the government accuses Chin’ono of spreading false information and inciting violence.[5]
- 1 March – Second vice president Kembo Mohadi resigns after allegations of sexual misconduct.[1]
Scheduled events
Deaths
- 12 January – Lazarus Takawira, 68, sculptor; COVID-19.[6]
- 15 January – Ellen Gwaradzimba, 60, Minister for Manicaland; COVID-19.[7]
- 19 January – Stephen Lungu, 78, evangelist; COVID-19.[8]
- 20 January – Sibusiso Moyo, 61, politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; COVID-19.[9]
- 22 January – Aeneas Chigwedere, 81, politician, Minister of Education (2001–2008) and Governor of Mashonaland East (2008–2013); COVID-19.[10]
- 22 January – Joel Matiza, 60, politician, Minister for Transport and Infrastructural Development; COVID-19.[11]
- 22 January – Paradzai Zimondi, 73, former major-general and commissioner-general of Zimbabwe's prisons and corrections services; COVID-19.[12]
- 25 January – David Katzenstein, 69, international HIV and global health expert based in Harare; COVID-19.[13]
- 16 February – Soul Jah Love (real name Soul Musaka), 31, Zimdancehall singer; diabetes.[14]
- 7 March – Janice McLaughlin, 79, Maryknoll sister and human rights campaigner.[15]
- 25 June – Ahmed Bilal Shah, 67, medical doctor and TV presenter; COVID-19.[16]
- 7 July – Edzai Absolom Chimonyo, 68, commander of the Zimbabwe National Army; cancer.[17]
- 13 July – Sandra Nyaira, 46, investigative journalist; COVID-19.[18]
- 14 & 19 July – Helen Lieros, 81, painter, followed by her husband Derek Huggins, 80. Together they founded Harare's Gallery Delta.[19]
- 29 July – Janet Banana, 83, former First Lady; kidney failure.[20]
- 6 August – Jane Ngwenya, 86, politician.[21]
- 7 August – Robert Martin Gumbura, 65, disgraced religious leader and convicted rapist; COVID-19.[22]
- 11 August – Rejoice Timire, 62, activist and politician, senator; COVID-19.[23]
- 24 August – George 'Mastermind' Shaya, 72, five-time Soccer Star of the Year.[24]
- 9 September – Christopher Mapanga, 69, Zimbabwe's ambassador to Iran.[25]
- 14 November – Simon Khaya-Moyo, 76, former Zanu–PF spokesperson, cabinet minister and ambassador; cancer.[26]
- 29 November – Douglas Munatsi, 51, CEO of Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency; carbon monoxide poisoning following house fire.[27]
See also
References
External links
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