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Sexually transmitted infections spike in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO recorded a total of 10 165 new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2019 with reports indicating that 12 percent of those cases tested HIV positive. STIs include HIV, chancroid, ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:42hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
US praises Zimbabwe
THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc world-wide with countries such as the United States (US) being one of the most affected. Zimbabwe has so far recorded over 50 confirmed cases, 18 ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:09hrs | 3301 | by Staff reporter
He knows the number of hairs in your head
The world health officials, gurus, and experts on viruses have disappointingly admitted that Coronavirus may not go away anytime soon. What does that mean for the world and especially for our beautifu...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:58hrs | 220 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Is our money safe in this lockdown?
JUST recently, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya blamed a faceless devil for the economic crisis that a whole new generation now takes as custom.He was right. There is cert...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:41hrs | 947 | by Tawanda Majoni
EcoCash saga: Arrest highway robbers, not Zinara officials
WHEN highway robbers become a menace, does it make sense for the authorities to solve the problem by arresting Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officials?This has become a burni...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1759 | by Brezh Malaba
Healthcare professionals discover their voice
There is a seismic shift in Zimbabwe's political discourse. A critical segment of its population is beginning to find its voice - healthcare staff.Doctors, nurses and psychotherapists have lar...Published: 23 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 1704 | by Sandra Kudenga
HIV+ Zimbabweans in SA, Botswana stranded
THE Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has revealed that Zimbabweans living with HIV in neighbouring countries have been left stranded as they are no longer able to access their antiretroviral (...Published: 22 May 2020 at 20:15hrs | 2662 | by Staff reporter
People living with HIV in dilema-ZPP
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has revealed that in a survey conducted in various districts respondents were at pains to explain that people living with HIV and AIDS are struggling to have the recommended...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:51hrs | 1739 | by Stephen Jakes
Health experts fear spike in HIV infections
Informal traders in Marondera yesterday said the CoVID-19 lockdown restrictions were hindering access to life-saving HIV medication, particularly for those in rural areas, among other challenges....Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Dumb criminals: US$20 000 watch sold for 30 bond
TWO youths from Bulawayo allegedly stole a US$20 000 wristwatch from a house in Montrose suburb and sold it for $30 (about US50 cents on the streets). The watch was part of the $1,5 million loot the d...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
Harare hit by crime wave amid COVID-19 lockdown, residents organise neighborhood watch committees
The current lockdown currently underway to fight coronavirus pandemic has seen a surge in crime as people are hard-struck to make a decent living in Harare. Residents took to social media time...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1568 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Sex vendors in the jaws of COVID-19
THE catastrophic effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic wreaking havoc across the globe have left many people financially crippled and impoverished.While lockdown proclamations in many...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1831 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 shifts attention from other health services
In a few days time, Langa Mthethwa will be due for a visit at Mpilo Central Hospital to get her Jadelle removed. The implant contraception has helped ensure she does not have unplanned pregnancies as ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Illegal entry points a cause for concern
Illegal entry points along the Zimbabwe-Botswana Boundary line in Bulilima may result in the unchecked community spread of Covid-19.According to Habakkuk Trust report villagers who are engaged...Published: 18 May 2020 at 15:45hrs | 927 | by Stephen Jakes
Illegal entry points a cause for concern
Illegal entry points along the Zimbabwe-Botswana boundary line in Bulilima may result in the unchecked community spread of Covid-19. Local villagers, who are engaged in menial jobs as maids and herd b...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 307 | by Habakkuk Trust
Condoms, HIV testing for quarantined returnees
NATIONAL Aids Council (Nac) and its implementing partners are working with the Ministry of Health and Child Care to provide HIV related healthcare services, among them provision of condoms and HIV tes...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:23hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has adequate ARVs in stock'
THE National Aids Council (Nac) has said the country has adequate stocks of ARVs to last up to the end of the year. The council said those collecting ARVs must be given at least three months' ...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Mahomva booted out over 'refusal to bend the rules'
CHIEF Covid-19 coordinator Agnes Mahomva's sudden removal from the Ministry of Health and Child Care after a short-lived tenure as permanent secretary was the culmination of fierce clashes with Health...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:08hrs | 2183 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Cyril Ramaphosa's speech on lockdown measures
My Fellow South Africans,This week, our country reached a sad moment in the progression of the coronavirus pandemic, as we recorded our 219th death from the disease.Every life lost is ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 21:46hrs | 4137 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
Pair up for $1m armed robbery
TWO Bulawayo armed robbers have appeared in court facing charges of stealing property and cash worth $1 041 996 in two house raids.Peter Ngwenya (52) and Thulani Ncube (39) were not asked to p...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:55hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
'Only God will end COVID-19'
AFRICA Johanne Masowe leader Andby Makururu has said God will guide scientists and health personal across the globe in their quest to find a vaccine for COVID-19.In an interview with NewsDay y...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:11hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Govt dismisses claims of ZDF deployment in Mozambique
Government has dismissed allegations by some opposition elements that it has deployed troops to Mozambique to help its eastern neighbour crush an Islamist insurgency in the Cabo Delgado region that ha...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:18hrs | 794 | by Christopher Makaza
Bridging the digital divide - Digital libraries - Case for Zimbabwe
"If you can't visit the Web, the Web can be brought to you. "The challenges that face ICT development in Africa have to be tackled at the same level at which they occur .The digital divi...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 142 | by Robert Ndlovu
Zimbabwe HIV, TB patients in Bots, SA raise lockdown alarm
THE Covid-19-induced lockdowns in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe have had a great impact on HIV-positive Zimbabweans and TB patients based in the neighbouring countries. A significant num...Published: 05 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
How strong democratic values help defeat a pandemic
If ever the world needed a reminder of the critical importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is it. The coronavirus knows nothing of national boundaries, ...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:56hrs | 199 | by Brian A. Nichols, United states ambassador
'Mealie-meal distribution non-partisan'
ZANU-PF Bulawayo Area 5 District Co-ordinating Committee chairperson Mnothisi Nsingo has said politicians should refrain from hijacking the maize-meal distribution system being spearheaded by Governme...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:08hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 ravaged US pledges more support for Zimbabwe's COVID-19 fight
THE United States government has pledged to continue assisting Zimbabwe in its COVID-19 fight thorough cash and technical support, but implored Harare to play its part by enforcing World Health Organi...Published: 01 May 2020 at 08:24hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Mozambique after government kills 129 people
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's is expected to meet Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi after Mozambican contract killers gunned down 129 extremist Islamic rebels. According to reports Nyus...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 14:22hrs | 11128 | by Mandla Ndlovu
A fading hope for Zimbabweans living in South Africa
South Africa went into a lockdown four weeks ago in order to flatten the global pandemic Covid19 -Coronavirus curve and the lockdown has positively exposed some of the hardships faced by foreigners wh...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 10:46hrs | 2474 | by Leonard Koni
Fading hose for Zimbabweans living in South Africa
SOUTH Africa went into a lockdown four weeks ago in order to flatten the global COVID-19 curve and the lockdown has positively exposed some of the hardships faced by foreigners who are employed in the...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1292 | by Leonard Koni
UNDP unveils US$4m for PPEs for Zimbabwean health workers
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Zimbabwe yesterday donated US$4 million for personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers fighting Covid-19.In a statement, UNPD Zimbab...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 00:01hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
HIV and TB patients urged to stock up on medication
HIV positive and TB patients must be given medication that can last them for over three months to prevent frequent visits to health centres, a National Aids Council (Nac) official has said. Mo...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:38hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among world's top food crises, says UN
ZIMBABWE is among the world's top 10 countries where children are at risk of stunted and impaired physical and cognitive growth due to hunger-induced dietary challenges, the United Nations (UN) said y...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:30hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 exposes groupthink mentality in Zimbabwe
On 25 April 2020 I went to buy some groceries for the first time in a month. I must admit it; I was scared of coming closer to strangers. What made it worse was the total disregard of social-distancin...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 10:34hrs | 683 | by Sam Wezhira
Home is best; one of the COVID-19 lessons
THE past few weeks have been tough and the next weeks or months promise to remain so, as the world grapples to contain the novel coronavirus. Without efficient and effective suppression and precaution...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 22:32hrs | 1221 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zimbabweans in South Africa fall victim to Covid-19 food aid hoax
Zimbabwean football internationals Khama Billiat and Nyasha Mushekwi have been dragged in yet another food aid hoax this time in Pretoria.An audio message (provided) widely circulated on Whats...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 18:19hrs | 1279 | by Josiah Mucharowana and Masara Taruberekara
Second tests confirm woman died of Covid-19
Second Covid-19 tests done on samples taken from the late Gogo Nguni have come out positive. The second tests were necessitated by information from Gogo Nguni's relatives who insisted that the now dec...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:11hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Switzerland pledge $2.3 million Zimbabwe and 4 other countries in SADC
The Government of Switzerland, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), has pledged $2.3 million to support Zimbabwe and four other countries in Southern Africa in their respons...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 15:11hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF not covid-19 testing malaria cases just as China silenced Dr Li Wenliang and regardless of heavy price to pay
Last week government announced that it was going to increase the number of covid-19 tests from 40 or so per day to 1 000 per day. This was a welcome move. "Long overdue!" many people rightly said beca...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 10:17hrs | 869 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
More isolated in Victoria Falls
THE number of deportees quarantined at Mosi-oa-Tunya High School in Victoria Falls to curb the spread of Covid-19 had risen to 35, up from eight last Friday. Those quarantined travelled from B...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Don't confuse Malaria for Covid-19 - George Charamba
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has warned against confusing the rising Malaria cases in Zimbabwe for the ravaging Covid-19.&n...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 12:59hrs | 1096 | by Moyo Roy
George Charamba calls for deployment of Air Force of Zimbabwe
Presidential Spokesperson George has urged the government to deploy the Airforce of Zimbabwe, to embark on traditional spraying missions in malarious regions, all of which are well-known....Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 12:09hrs | 3662 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Nothing unusual about Zimbabwe's latest malaria rates'
A post by the Ministry of Health and Child Care that 131 people had died from malaria so far this year stoked social media speculation, with some users saying these figures are unusual and could be Co...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 225 | by ZimFact.
4th COVID-19 death triggers contact hunt
An 82-year-old woman from Mhondoro died from Covid-19 yesterday morning triggering a search for potential contacts since she was in almost total isolation at her homestead. Covid-19 has been c...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 07:42hrs | 1269 | by Staff reporter
Malaria is the other fight we should not forget
MALARIA incidences in the country remain very high following revelations by the Health and Child Care ministry that 131 people have so far died from the disease this year.Although the figures ...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 08:37hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe food situation gallops to alarming levels'
ZIMBABWE'S food crisis is expected to worsen and reach new lows by June this year, with about 4,3 million citizens expected to be food insecure.According to the Global Report on Food Crises fo...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 08:28hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
29 returnees quarantined in Victoria Falls
THE number of deportees quarantined at Mosi-oa-Tunya High School in Victoria Falls to curb the spread of Covid-19 had risen to 29 yesterday, up from eight last Friday while two more people were expect...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 lockdown: Coercing the poor, coddling the rich?
From the perspective of reducing the negative public health effects of the coronavirus, national lockdowns will almost certainly - if adhered to - reduce the number of coronavirus transmissions while ...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 22:21hrs | 897 | by Seán Muller
Zinasu calls on govt to address women and children's plight during lockdown
A student representative, Zimbabwe National Students Association has challenged the government to address the plight of groups such as women and girls during the National lockdown amid complains that ...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 08:35hrs | 313 | by Stephen Jakes
Socio-economic implications of the spread of COVID-19 in Africa
During the early stages of the outbreak of the deadly new corona virus (COVID-19), the widespread belief among ordinary Africans was that COVID-19 was a Chinese and Western disease, and had the mistak...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 92 | by Shem CHAIBVA
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