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Barak Obama is out of touch about Kamala!
Brother Obama, president (2008-2016) is himself the cause for the decline of support among blacks for the Democratic Party.The entry of former president Barak Obama into the fray on behalf of ...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:03hrs | 171 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Govt, Bulawayo turn abandoned buildings into drug rehab centres
The government, in collaboration with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), has embarked on an initiative to identify and renovate abandoned buildings for use as rehabilitation centres for drug abusers. Th...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
China-aided hospital bears testimony to growing China-Zimbabwe ties
IN Zimbabwe, a China-aided hospital stands as a testament to the growing ties between the two countries.The Mahusekwa Hospital, also known as the China-Zimbabwe Friendship Hospital, was built ...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:28hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF criticised for third-term obsession
The ruling Zanu-PF party is facing growing calls to concentrate on delivering its 2023 election promises rather than engaging in discussions about extending President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure....Published: 03 Sep 2024 at 19:26hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean nurse aid robs Ireland pensioners
"LOCK them up for a long time because they are evil," were the words of one of six vulnerable pensioners preyed on by their former carer for Euro 34 000 in violent burglaries in Athlone, Co. Westmeath...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:13hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
NetOne's lying, incompetent, and thieving ways!
All those who are close to me know fully well how much I detest incompetence and ineptitude.The only other thing I loath more is lying. One can, therefore, only imagine how I would fee...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 21:22hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe crime rate surges
ZIMBABWE has recorded a 21,5% jump in crime to 221 596 from 182 427 previously recorded in the last quarter, latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) figures have revealed.Th...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why close Sekunjalo Bank account when Steinhoff is still having one?
The decision to shut down the Sekunjalo Group's bank accounts and associated companies is a clear case of discrimination masquerading as concern over "reputational risk."Ongoing legal battles ...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 08:12hrs | | by Edmond Phiri
Ingutsheni overwhelmed by abandoned patients
AUTHORITIES at Zimbabwe's largest psychiatric hospital, Ingutsheni in Bulawayo, have accused families of dumping their loved ones who are suffering from mental health issues at the facility, resulting...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
UBH paediatric unit reopens 17 years on
A PAEDIATRIC unit at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) opened for admissions this week, 17 years after being closed due a shortage of specialists.UBH acting clinical director Harrison Rambanapas...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo drug dealer arrested
A 49-YEAR-OLD drug dealer from Entumbane high-density suburb in Bulawayo was arrested last week after he was caught in possession of sachets of mbanje.Bulawayo deputy provincial police spokesp...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:31hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Poly students jailed for Chicken Inn, Mukuru robberies
Two engineering students from Bulawayo Polytechnic who were involved in a series of robberies targeting a Mukuru outlet, two Simbisa retail outlets, and several houses in Bulawayo have been sentenced ...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers found guilty
Yesterday, two armed robbers who carried out a series of robberies in Bulawayo pleaded guilty and were convicted on their own admissions. They have been remanded for sentencing today.These ind...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man who used false documents for job as child psychologist is jailed in Ireland
A man who used false documents to secure employment as a child psychologist and “live a fake life” has been jailed for four years.Nikiwe Dube (41) with an address at Colpe Drive, Deepforde...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 13:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Rules for writing college or university application essays
For many applicants, the college application essay is one of the only places they get to showcase their personalities outside of their grades and standardized test scores. This is why it's essential t...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 13:28hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Harvard accused of favouring mostly white students
Harvard's practice of granting preference to undergraduate applicants with family ties to the elite college is facing a legal challenge.Advocacy groups have petitioned the government to stop t...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 08:53hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
29 new Covid-19 cases
Covid-19 cases are under control even though there are 29 new admissions compared to 11 in the previous week, Government has said.This was said by acting Minister of Information, Publicity and...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Experts give COVID-19 warning
HEALTH experts have urged COVID-19 caution ahead of schools opening next week and the approaching winter.Speaking to NewsDay on Tuesday, chief coordinator of the COVID-19 taskforce in the Offi...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Psychiatric Hospitals in Zimbabwe Oversubscribed with Drug Addicts
Psychiatric hospitals in Zimbabwe are oversubscribed with drug addicts. Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital in Bulawayo is receiving as many as 10 new patients per day, despite various government interven...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 07:52hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
ZRP throtles PUP's fight against drug abuse, bans demo against substance abuse
Police in Manicaland have banned a People's Unity Party (PUP) demonstration which was planned for the province this Saturday to protest the surge in drug use among youths in Zimbabwe, with youth being...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 14:36hrs | 5 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa's govt bans AGMs on school premises
THE Government has banned holding of annual general meetings within school premises even for day schools as part of mitigatory measures against the spread of Covid-19.Early this week Governmen...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt rolls out Covid-19 vaccination blitz
A Covid-19 vaccination blitz is starting this week in parallel with the second phase of the special polio vaccination campaign, so parents and older children can get their Covid-19 jabs when they take...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:11hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on alert for measles outbreak
Cabinet received an update on the Country‘s Response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and a report on the procurement and roll-out of vaccines, as presented by the Chairman of the National Covid-19 Inter-M...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in no hurry to relax masks mandate
GOVERNMENT says it is in "no hurry" to relax mandatory wearing of face masks despite a decline in new COVID-19 infections in the country.On Tuesday, Information and Publicity minister Monica M...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donations to Ramaphosa' CR17 campaign linked to State capture?
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for accepting donations from Bosasa and other undisclosed donors despite his denials that he did not know.In Part 5 Volume ...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lifts curfew, but masks to remain mandatory
The government on Tuesday lifted a midnight to dawn curfew imposed as part of Covid-19 containment measures, noting that the pandemic situation in the country is under control.Zimbabwe has imp...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 18:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to Covid-19 self-testing
THE Government is ready to introduce Covid-19 self-testing mainly at ports of entry and in remote areas as part of continuous, thorough and effective response to the global pandemic to minimise its ef...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive looting of Covid-19 relief funds exposed
A parliamentary report has exposed massive graft, looting and diversion of material and financial resources worth several millions of dollars earmarked for the Covid-19 fight.The Brian Dube ch...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:17hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Govt raises mandatory fuel blending to E20
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced mandatory blending of fuel with ethanol, increasing it from E-10 to E-20, a move which could set it on a collision course with motorists.This was announced at a ...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Govt raises grain producer prices
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced new producer prices for maize and traditional grains citing rising costs of production, a development that will inevitably push up the cost of mealie-meal and other basi...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shock as negligence by hospital staff leads to baby's leg amputation
AUTHORITIES at the state-run Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have landed themselves in trouble after a newly born baby had her leg amputated less than one month after being born.Zimbabwe Lawye...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 08:43hrs | 12 | by Stephen Jakes
Hospitalised cases of Covid 19 continue to decrease
Government has revealed that the cases of Covid 19 who get hospitalised continue to decrease in the country, a sign that the nation is not able to manage ...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:06hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Covid-19 testing scrapped for fully vaccinated arrivals
Covid-19 testing for fully vaccinated travellers arriving in Zimbabwe is no longer required, which should speed up business travel and help tourism, although the unvaccinated still have to present a r...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biden admits that sanctions on Russia don't work and they make USA poorer
President Biden on Thursday made two big admissions about the US-led economic sanctions on Russia. The first is that the sanctions will lead to food shortages for many countries other than Russia, and...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 12:00hrs | 1 | by Ryan McMaken
UBH records no COVID-19 admissions
UNITED Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH), which was designated as one of the COVID-19 centres in the province, has revealed that currently the unit has no admitted patients.UBH acting chief executive N...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's active Covid-19 cases jumps to 5 161
ONE person succumbed to Covid-19 yesterday as the country recorded 456 cases in the last 24-hour reporting period.Zimbabwe has so far recorded 243 365 cases, 5 417 deaths and 232 787 recoverie...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 17:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 cases increase to 394
TWO people succumbed to Covid-19 yesterday as the country recorded 394 cases in the last 24-hour reporting period.Zimbabwe has so far recorded 242 909 cases, 5 416 deaths and 232 425 recoverie...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 15:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Surge in COVID-19 admissions worries govt
GOVERNMENT yesterday expressed concern over increasing COVID-19 hospital admissions.This was revealed at a post-Cabinet media briefing by Information and Publicity minister Monica Mutsvangwa, ...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 die as active Covid-19 cases increase in Zimbabwe
TWO people succumbed to Covid-19 yesterday as the country recorded 409 new cases in the last 24-hour reporting period.Zimbabwe has so far recorded 233 980 cases, 5388 deaths and 225 143 recove...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 person dies of Covid-19 in Zimbabwe
One person succumbed to Covid-19 while 194 new cases were recorded in the country yesterday.The single death was recorded in Manicaland province whilst Mashonaland East province recorded the h...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans cleared of wrongdoing in Botswana
Four Zimbabwean brothers and a compatriot charged with unlawful prospecting of minerals without a permit or licence authorising them to do so have been cleared of wrongdoing because of lack of evidenc...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
13 Covid 19 deaths on Day One of 2022
COVID-19 claimed 13 lives on the first day of the year, while 269 were hospitalised as of December 31 countrywide.On New Year's Day Zimbabwe had recorded a total of 214 214 confirmed cases, in...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
BCC bemoans shortage of ICU facilities
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expressed fears that a possible spike in new COVID-19 cases following an outbreak of the Omicron variant could trigger a shortage of hospital beds as the city's health ...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo, UBH service delivery threatened
OVER 170 doctors and nurses at Mpilo Central Hospital and the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) are in isolation after testing Covid-19 positive, a development that is likely to cripple health care serv...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Covid-19 hospitalisation rises
THE number of Covid-19 hospitalised patients countrywide has started rising with statistics indicating that there were 260 in hospital on Friday up from only 17 cases a fortnight ago.Bulawayo'...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
399 new Covid cases, 1 death reported yesterday
ONE person succumbed to Covid-19 while 399 new cases were recorded in the country yesterday.All the new cases are local transmissions.The seven-day rolling average for new cases rose t...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 17:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
No covid deaths in last 24 hours in Zimbabwe
Zero people succumbed to Covid-19 on Sunday, while the country recorded 40 new cases in the last 24-hour reporting period.Zimbabwe has so far recorded 133 991 cases, 4 705 deaths and 128 655 r...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 16:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
1 person dies of Covid-19 in ZImbabwe
ONE person succumbed to Covid-19 yesterday as the country recorded 115 new cases in the last 24-hour reporting period.The country has so far recorded 133 951 cases, 4 705 deaths and 128 646 re...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 14:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Four die from COVID-19
FOUR people succumbed to Covid-19 while 33 new cases were recorded in the country yesterday.All the new cases are local transmissions. The country had last recorded a death on November 1...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 08:42hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Manama Mission Hospital rehab to be complete in two weeks
REHABILITATION works at Manama Mission Hospital are expected to be completed within two weeks, before work to upgrade the hospital begins.Sections of the hospital's critical buildings were ext...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:22hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
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