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]
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]
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