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Air Botswana resumes flights to Harare
Air Botswana has resumed the Harare- Gaborone route in a development that is expected to boost business interactions and tourism sector in Southern Africa. This comes at the back of post COVID-1...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:01hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Storm-damaged Manama hospital gets facelift
RENOVATIONS at Manama Mission Hospital where infrastructure and buildings were extensively damaged by a violent storm late last year are nearing completion following the erection of a new roof....Published: 13 Jan 2022 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Police hunt for COVID-19 positive quarantine escapees
POLICE are still searching for 12 COVID-19 positive inmates who escaped from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province last Friday.The inmates were put on mandatory quaran...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs raise Covid-19 alarm
CHIEFS have raised alarm over Zimbabweans sneaking into communities from neighbouring countries where they are based amid strong suspicions that some of them are border jumpers who are evading Covid-1...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 paralyses Parly business
PARLIAMENT business ground to a standstill on Wednesday as legislators argued over whether the House should adjourn due to rising COVID-19 cases.The issue was raised as a matter of privilege b...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:52hrs | 9 | 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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa Covid-19 positive after attending FW de Klerk memorial
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was seen in a video that went viral dancing without a mask, is receiving treatment for Covid-19 symptoms after testing positive on Sunday (12 December)....Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
+50 Zanu-PF Mashonaland West Members Fall Sick With Suspect Covid
A Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial coordinating committee (PCC) meeting scheduled for Saturday was postponed indefinitely after over 50 members sent apologies they could not attend after exhibiting...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:10hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda, Clerk Of Parly In Isolation As 50% Staff Test Covid Positive
THE SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda and the Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda have rushed into isolation after 50% of the parliamentary staff tested Covid-19 positive.There wa...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa Tests Covid Positive As Parly Closes Due To Spike In Cases
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa Thursday tested positive for Covid-19, a day after he walked out in the National Assembly in protest over its failure to adjourn as coronavirus cases increased.Mliswa We...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Vigilance paramount as 4th wave sweeps
ALL indications are that we are faced with a fourth and possibly deadly wave of the Covid-19 with disastrous consequences for both the national economy and human life. Official statistics point to a s...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Schools hit by COVID-19 outbreak
A NUMBER of private boarding schools have closed down and sent students home after an alarming increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases at the learning institutions.According to situational report...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Manama Mission Hospital rehab almost complete
REPAIRS at Manama Mission Hospital where infrastructure and buildings were extensively damaged by a violent storm early last month are at an advanced stage with works expected to be complete by Decemb...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa weaponising Covid-19'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) are ‘weaponising' the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic containment measures to conveniently perpetuate the delay in holding parliame...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
$8 million for Manama Hospital repairs
GOVERNMENT has released $8 million to fund repairs at Manama Mission Hospital where infrastructure and buildings were extensively damaged by a violent storm early this month.Roofs of several w...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
$5m for Manama Hospital repairs
THE Civil Protection Unit (CPU) has availed ZW$5 million needed to rehabilitate Manama Mission Hospital and the army has since been seconded to carry out construction works at the health institution t...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
US$40 000 damage at Manama Hospital
HEAVY rains that pounded Gwanda District recently left Manama Mission Hospital without electricity and damaged solar panels, water tanks and telecommunication cables resulting in the suspension of cri...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 situation remains dire in schools'
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday said the COVID-19 situation remained bad in schools and accused government of failing to deal with the situation.Two weeks ago, seve...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa considers reopening borders
THE Government is considering re-opening land borders to the general public in time for the festive holidays as the country has officially gone past the Covid-19 third wave and continues to see a decl...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe considers reopening borders
THE Government is considering re-opening land borders to the general public in time for the festive holidays as the country has officially gone past the C...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'COVID-19 surge won't force schools closure'
GOVERNMENT has resolved to keep schools open despite a surge in COVID-19 cases in schools since early this month. In a post-Cabinet Press briefing yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa sai...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 hits vaccinated Ingutsheni staff, inmates
INGUTSHENI Central Mental Hospital in Bulawayo has recorded 15 COVID-19 positive cases among its staff and inmates although they are fully vaccinated.The issue was confirmed yesterday by Ingut...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho MP declared liberation hero
TSHOLOTSHO South legislator and Zanu-PF Central Committee member Zenzo Sibanda, who succumbed to Covid-19 on Wednesday, has been declared a liberation hero.Sibanda (50) will be buried in Bhubh...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 13:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt not paying civil servants promised Covid-19 insurance
THE government is not paying out the promised US$$650 Covid-19 insurance cover to civil servants who test positive to the deadly pandemic, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has said....Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 09:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's underlying conditions exposes him to Covid-19
AT least three security details assigned to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga tested Covid-19 positive ahead of his trip to Beijing, China, while another was later struck by the virus in the far-flu...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
How safe are Covid19 Vaccines?
I first heard of it in January 2020 that there was a viral disease which was killing people in China. I didn't take it seriously . I thought it was going to be a Chinese disease which was going ...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 19:57hrs | 1 | by Etiwel Mutero
How safe are Covid-19 Vaccines?
I first heard of it in January 2020 that there was a viral disease which was killing people in China. I didn't take it seriously . I thought it was going to be a Chinese disease which was going ...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 22:54hrs | 2 | by Etiwel Mutero
81 people escape from covid-19 isolation centre
A total of 81 people, among them 29 who were Covid-19 positive, escaped from the Beitbridge Quarantine, Isolation and Transit centre last week under unclear circumstances.The group included 71...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 16:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fears, drama as 14 Zimbabweans return home
AT least 36 Zimbabweans, who stayed behind in the United Kingdom, raised fears of persecution by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, citing human rights violations in Zimbabwe.Only 14 o...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt reduces workforce to 10%
GOVERNMENT has further decongested its workforce to 10 percent from 40 percent and temporarily closed some of its district offices in Hwange after staffers tested Covid-19 positive. In a circu...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Biti trial fails to take off
The trial of MDC-Alliance vice president Tendai Biti on allegations of manhandling a Russian national during an altercation outside Harare Magistrates Court hit another brick wall yesterday after his ...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Acie Lumumba, Chamisa's MP test Covid-19 positive
Zanu-PF activist and socialite Acie Lumumba and MDC Alliance MP for Mutasa Central, Trevor Saruwaka have announced that they have tested Covid-19 positive.Lumumba confirmed he, and "a few memb...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 passengers on bus from SA test positive for Covid-19
Police impounded a Sable bus caught offloading passengers and goods in Marondera after entering Zimbabwe without the passengers showing Covid-19 test certificates and then drove most of the way across...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Mapostori pilgrimage
LAW enforcement agents have come under fire for alleged selective application of the law after allowing thousands of Johane Marange followers to hold their annual pilgrimage at Mafararikwa village in ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
66 SA deportees test COVID-19 positive
Health officials in Beitbridge have put into isolation 66 Zimbabweans who tested positive for Covid-19 during screening soon after arriving from South Africa on Thursday.The group is part of 2...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 21:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
12 pregnant women test positive at maternity wing
TWELVE pregnant women at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH)'s Lady Rodwell Maternity Unit have tested positive for Covid-19 prompting authorities to conduct mass testing for everyone and disinfecting...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown enforcement tightens
While preparations continue for a safe reopening of schools, Government wants to see full enforcement and compliance of the enhanced Level 4 lockdown put in place last month and last week and is fundi...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tightens COVID-19 lockdown after deaths of government ministers
THE government has set its foot flat at the Covid-19 lockdown, with immediate banning all movements and reintroducing exemption letters ...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 06:15hrs | 4 | by Shelton Muchena
Zimbabwe top courts closed amid Covid-19 cases
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has closed the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and the Labour Court in Harare after some members of staff tested Covid-19 positive.In a statement on T...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 19:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans paying more than necessary for Covid tests
ZIMBABWEANS are forking out way above what should be logically reasonable, up to over 100% more than their neighbouring South Africans for similar Covid-19 tests.Laboratories and some private ...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:51hrs | 2 | by staff reportr
Govt sets Covid-19 vaccination deadline for frontline workers
GOVERNMENT has set July 14 as the deadline for the vaccination of frontline workers with those who would have shunned the exercise losing out on Covid-19 insurance payouts.Vaccinated frontline...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Health authorities tighten border control
Health control measures have been tightened at ports of entry to minimise chances of a person infected with Covid-19 entering Zimbabwe without being tested or quarantined. Tourists and busines...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Covid-19: Judicial Service Commission closes five more courthouses
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) closed five more courthouses in Gweru on Friday after some members of staff tested Covid-19 positive.Some officials at the Labour Court and another employ...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 21:45hrs | 1 | by Staff Writer
US$70 million war chest for Covid-19 vaccines
Government is set to utilise the US$70 million left in its coffers from the US$100 million set aside by Treasury for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines as the fight against the pandemic intensifies in ...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:56hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
3rd wave triggers stampede for vaccination
THE COVID-19 third wave, already wreaking havoc in the country, has triggered a stampede for vaccines, with statistics showing a fourfold increase in the number of people being inoculated across the c...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZRP cracks whip on lockdown violators, intercity buses impounded
Authorities yesterday intensified the enforcement of Covid-19 control measures with police impounding buses that were operating illegally, while the Judicial Service Commission announced the closure o...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Covid-19 outbreak at prison
At least 40 Covid-19 positive cases were recorded at Bindura prison yesterday.Insiders told Bulawayo24.com that the outbreak forced the prison and Bindura magistrates court to hold an emergenc...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 18:05hrs | 14 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
CABS closes two branches after staffers test Covid-19 positive
CABS has temporarily closed its Jason Moyo Branch in Bulawayo and another in Karoi after its staffers tested positive for Covid-19. The closure of the two branches paves way for the bank to di...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe can be COVID-19 free'
AUSTRALIAN gastro-enterologist, Thomas Borody, has claimed that Zimbabwe can achieve a COVID-19-free status if correct interventions to combat the respiratory virus are followed.Speaking at a ...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to avert potential Covid-19 3rd wave
THE Government has moved in to avert a potential Covid-19 third wave following a surge in positive cases and deaths over the past seven days which saw 596 new Covid-19 positive cases and 26 deaths bei...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 19:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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