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Zimbabwe military offer free medical support to Tsholotsho
When approached by a man in military uniform at her local hospital on Tuesday afternoon asking how he could help, Mrs Simayedwa Mnkandla of Sipepa area in Tsholotsho was taken aback .By her ow...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:30hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono friend abducted
Suspected state security agents abducted a Harare-based construction manager - who has done a lot of building works for award-winning Zimbabwean filmmaking journalist Hopewell Chin'ono - yesterday in ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
MSD forecasts heavier rainfall in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has predicted increased rainfall in certain regions of the country on Tuesday.In an evening weather report and forecast, the MSD revealed ...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Extremely high temperatures that threaten health recorded in Zimbabwe
HIGH temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius were recorded in some parts of the country today with meteorologists warning that fluctuating weather conditions can affect public health.The rain...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 18:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans warned about heatwave effects
HEALTH experts have warned of life-threatening illnesses, including deadly heat stroke due to the extreme temperatures being recorded in most parts of the country recently, as they urged members of th...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Cold spell affecting Zimbabwe to continue until Tuesday
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said the cold spell, cloudy and windy conditions that affected Matebeleland South, Bulawayo, Masvingo and Manicaland provinces from yesterday will cont...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-lovers fight over child's school
A Harare woman lost a court bid to have her child transferred to a nearby school where she stays after her ex-husband opposed her application.Lillian Ncube's ex-lover Sizo Sinyoro opposed the ...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Some govt ministries derailing the Mnangagwa's efforts
ZIMBABWE boasts more than 60 minerals which have the capacity to annihilate poverty which is endemic among our people. The country is bedevilled by hyperinflation, prices are soaring with the breadbas...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Johannes Marisa
Lithium war erupts in Zimbabwe
THE scramble for lithium in Zimbabwe - which boasts Africa's largest and the world's fifth-biggest reserves of "white gold" - is escalating against the backdrop of soaring demand for the lucrative min...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 15:15hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
The nightmare of hiking on 'Mushikashika' vehicles
Sure, here is the text in paragraphs:The alarm sound from my comms gadget wrenched me from the dream world. It's 3:30 am, time to get ready if one wants to board 'mushikashika' commuter cars, ...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by TT Murisa, Chinehasha
Zimbabwe teachers earn ZW$39 636 (US$33)
THE impoverishment of professionals by the government has reached heart-rending levels, but those who dare complain are often victimised, leaving public sector workers feeling helpless in the face of ...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa forced to abandon car, finish journey on foot
Zanu-PF Secretary for Finance Patrick Chinamasa was recently brought face-to-face with ordinary Zimbabweans' realities when he was forced to abandon his vehicle to finish a trip on foot after encounte...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Key tips for getting the most out of your medications
As we get older, many of us learn that we need to take at least one prescription to treat a long-term health concern. This happens all the time. Even though it becomes second nature after a while, som...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 12:57hrs | 2 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa salutes heroic Zimbabwe Chevrons
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday saluted the Zimbabwe national cricket team after the Chevrons wrote a new piece of history in Australia by qualifying to the prestigious Super 12 of the ICC Men's T20 Wor...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda based war vet Nkomo awaits hero status
THE first commander of the ZPRA women camp in Zambia, Mkushi during the armed struggle, Highten Khuluma Nkomo commonly known as Billy Mzamo who died on Wednesday at his homestead in Gwanda District su...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to donate 2 ambulances to Binga community
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to donate two ambulances to the community in Binga after touring the area on Wednesday. Binga is one of the constituencies that recently voted for the...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 14:46hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Woman dies after collapsing in Bulawayo city centre
AN unidentified woman collapsed and died in Bulawayo's city centre on Tuesday.The incident occurred at 9AM along 8th Avenue and Herbert Chitepo Street near York House.Witnesses said th...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omicron Schools to remain open
SCHOOLS will remain open until the end of the term on 17 December despite a resurgence of Covid-19 that has seen numbers of new cases rising.Some universities have, however, reportedly stopped...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Strong winds, drizzle across Zimbabwe
The strong winds and thunderstorms over many areas since Sunday including drizzle and light rain in some areas yesterday arise from a strong high pressure system over Zimbabwe. Meteorological ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
More showers expected today
Scattered thunderstorms and light rainfall occurred in several places across Zimbabwe yesterday, although some areas in the south saw falls as high as 28mm, the Meteorological Services Department repo...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council sued over air pollution
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has taken Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to court for failing to properly manage its sanitary landfill site popularly known as Ngozi Mine in Richmond suburb resu...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex workers urged to get Covid-19 jabs
SEX workers have been urged to get vaccinated against Covid-19 because of the nature of their business which does not allow physical distancing.Sex work is one of the sectors in the country th...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ngozi Mine smoke chokes Bulawayo suburb
THICK plumes of smoke billowing from a sprawling Bulawayo City Council (BCC) landfill site popularly known as Ngozi Mine in Richmond suburb are a daily sight. The hazardous smoke is now encroa...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Useful products that will help with the relief of hay fever
Hay fever causes flu-like symptoms such as itchy eyes, sinus congestion and sneezing. Unlike the flu a virus doesn't trigger these symptoms. They are caused by allergens such as dust, pollen and pet d...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 21:19hrs | 16 | by Staff writer
Churches offered group vaccinations
Churches willing to have their members vaccinated as groups can approach the Ministry of Health and Child Care so that teams of doctors and nurses within a church can get the required doses. People wi...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 benefits of hiring a residential cleaning service
No matter how busy you get, your home needs a deep cleaning once in a while to keep it clean and healthy. Hiring a cleaning service is a better option for residential cleaning if you barely have the t...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 09:10hrs | 16 | by Staff Writer
Cold and drizzly weekend ahead
ZIMBABWEANS should brace for an extremely cold and drizzly weekend and vulnerable members of the public should be adequately dressed to avoid diseases like pneumonia. The relatively cold and d...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stampedes at vaccination sites
BULAWAYO residents, mostly informal traders, thronged various mobile centres dotted across the city to get vaccinated against Covid-19 during the national...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe gets light showers
Some parts of the country received showers yesterday amid indications that cloudy conditions and isolated showers are expected over Manicaland and Mashonaland East today.Yesterday, Harare Metr...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scattered rains expected tomorrow
Rain showers are expected over the eastern parts of the country tomorrow while the rest of the country should be mostly sunny and cold in the morning.In an update, the Meteorological Services ...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sewer bursts, flows torment Bulawayo residents
SUPPER is the one meal that is supposed to bring families together. It is that meal eaten when, in most cases, most families are now gathered together after a long day at work or school.It is ...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Cold spell expected to continue in some areas
THE cold spell that was experienced during the past few days was caused by rainfall patterns in Botswana which came through Matabeleland and spread to different parts of the country. Temperatu...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Liberation War in Nkayi, Matebeleland: The Agenda by Rhodesian Army & State to starve 'terrorists', a personal experience!
In today's Africa, we often ascribe the violation of African rights to only African governments and easily forget a long-standing history of wanton violation of African rights by gun-ho racialist geno...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 22:38hrs | 11 | by Thembani Dube
Teachers start receiving Covid-19 vaccine jabs
The second stage of the national vaccination programme against Covid-19 opened in Harare yesterday with teachers, the elderly and people with underlying conditions now getting their jabs with the roll...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt threatens more restrictions
GOVERNMENT yesterday warned citizens to brace for more movement restrictions in light of the highly fatal and fast-spreading South African variant of the COVID-19 virus, which now constitutes 61% of n...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
HIV, Asthma, BP patients cannot take Chinese vaccine
THE Chinese Covid-19 vaccine donated to the country by the Asian ally may not be administered on HIV or cancer patients and those with uncontrolled chronic conditions such as hypertension and diabetes...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 jabs to start next week
AUTHORITIES have confirmed that the country will start vaccinating citizens against Covid-19 from next week — with healthcare workers receiving top priority in this inaugural phase.Speaking ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can we use ZUMBANI A traditional medicine for treatment of COVID19?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultu...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Blood, swab tests for Covid-19 vaccine-takers
BLOOD and swab tests will be conducted for members of the public who will voluntarily take the Covid-19 vaccine which Government will start rolling out free of charge. Identification documentation wil...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwe zumbani story
IT is my pleasure to tell our own Zimbabwean story about one of our local plants and its benefits.In my early years as a growing scientist, I realised that if I wanted to find out about our lo...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Michael Bhebhe
Transport mogul Munhenzva dies of Covid-19
Transport mogul, Regis Munhenzva, the president of the Zimbabwe Long-Distance Bus Operators Association, has died.Family spokesperson and a nephew of the late Munhenzva, Lloyd, confirmed to ZI...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 13:45hrs | 7 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa leads people astray new covid rules are not political
In the past 24 hours United Kingdom has lost 53.000 fifty three thousand people to COVID 19. The number is growing. In twenty four hours six Zimbabwean nurses in the UK have lost their lives to COVID ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 16:43hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Woman 'assaulted' by police, sustain broken arms and legs
A 20-year-old Bulawayo woman was last week hospitalised at Mpilo Central Hospital after sustaining broken arms and legs while being assaulted by Nkulumane police for allegedly trying to escape from th...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 15:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
A tale of two funerals
THE angel of death has once again struck - it has paid the nation the all but unfamiliar visit.It is not the visit that surprises many, but it is how it stole from the roll-call of the famous ...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:24hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Gringo's burial on today
THE late popular actor Lazarus "Gringo" Boora, who succumbed to cancer on Monday morning at a private health institution in Harare, will be buried today at his rural home in Rukweza, Rusape.Ye...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Organ enlargement herbs a myth'
A local traditional herbalist has dismissed claims of the existence of organs enlargement herbs.In an interview Dr Gilbert Chahwanda has rather encouraged men to seek long lasting solutions in...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops in soup for tear-gassing bus passengers
Seven police officers, who threw teargas cannisters into a bus full of passengers at the Harare Exhibition Park yesterday afternoon, now have to account for their actions with one officer identified a...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Citizens are collateral damage in sanctions matrix
SEVENTY TWO-year-old Sihle Jani* wriggles and whimpers in pain in a dim-lit kitchen hut where a cloud of smoke belches out in no particular order through the grass thatch giving evidence of life at a ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:29hrs | | by Vincent Gono
ZBC radio licencing law needs overhauling
Earphones in place, unkempt hair and in tight dropped jeans, the young man shakes his head as if stung by an African bee. ZBC Mbare studious are on air beaming 'Dzatakakusarudzirai, no wonder ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 316 | by Thomas Murisa
Environmental benefits of the internet
There are more than 2.5 billion people who are connected to the internet from over the world. The carbon footprint and energy of the Internet are assumed to surpass air travel. Right from shipping and...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 21:30hrs | 4 | by Staff Writer
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