By Chris Takudzwa Muronzi HARARE, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's health authorities on Thursday began administering the long-acting HIV prevention drug lenacapavir, making the country one of the first globally to roll it out as the southern African nation seeks to curb new infections.

Zimbabwe had already defeated two previous champions, Australia and Sri Lanka, in the group stage. In the Super Eight, they will lock horns against two-time champions West Indies and India, and South Africa,

Pakistan and New Zealand will clash in Colombo on Saturday as the second "Super Eights" phase of the T20 World Cup kicks off without former champions Australia, who shockingly failed to make it out of their group.

A family lawyer says a son of former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was one of two men detained for questioning in South Africa over the shooting of a man at a house in Johannesburg.

Although Zimbabwe recorded a marginal improvement in 2025, the overall trend underscores the fragility of earlier gains and persistent scepticism about the effectiveness of anti-corruption reforms.

Zimbabwe is now one of the first countries in the world to start a lenacapavir program, which was made possible through funding from the United States government and The Global Fund.

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Mitch Marsh's injury-depleted Australia squad crashed out of cricket's Twenty20 World Cup on Tuesday after Zimbabwe's Group B game against Ireland was abandoned because of rain without a ball being bowled.

Drawing on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) as an analytical framework for assessing institutional performance and underlying governance norms, the Government of Zimbabwe can pursue a set of targeted measures aimed at strengthening public-sector integrity and reshaping institutional and organisational cultures.

As Zimbabwe’s largest agricultural export and a primary foreign currency earner, tobacco dominates its trade with Beijing.