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Hopewell Chin'ono's Save Our Hospitals initiative good idea but he is offside
I like Hopewell Chin'ono, he is an ambitious young man full of political energy. He is the mastermind of the idea behind the Save Our Hospitals initiative launched in the month of March 2019. He alrea...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 21:03hrs | 1495 | by Don Chigumba
Cyclone Idai hits Zimbabwe
THE eastern parts of the country should expect rainfall and windy conditions with effect from today as Cyclone Idai hits the country, the Meteorological Services Department, said yesterday. In a...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:52hrs | 2540 | by Staff reporter
Doctor weeps in front of Zimbabwe Health minister
Senior doctors at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals yesterday narrated to the minister of Health Obadiah Moyo, of the horrors and deaths occurring everyday at major hospitals because of acute shortages ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 13:33hrs | 2429 | by Staff reporter
Judith Makwanya burial today
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Diplomatic Correspondent Judith Makwanya will be buried at Warren Hills Cemetery today at 11am. The veteran journalist died on Monday at West End Clinic i...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:52hrs | 5493 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's behaviour invites sanctions
WITH respect to the elections of 2018, it is obvious to all, except those in Zanu-PF, that there were multiple breaches of the Electoral Act and our new Constitution.That Zanu-PF cannot see th...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:59hrs | 733 | by Corruptionforce
Zimra avails $250 000 for border repairs
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) expects to spend $250 000 on repairing infrastructure at Beitbridge Border Post damaged by violent storms. Zimra's head of communications, Mr Francis Chi...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:05hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Age of consent stirs debate in Zimbabwe
LEGISLATORS have dismissed reports that they are pushing for the downward review of the age of consent to 12 years, explaining that they were calling for minors who are sexually active to access treat...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Why did Ian Smith give in so easily and abruptly?
Let's look abroad before coming home. We all know Donald John Trump, the 45th and current President of the USA. If Trump were African, they would say Africans are daft to have elected him president. B...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:36hrs | 4884 | by Baffour Ankomah
Forex shortages hit cancer clinics
PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals consultant oncologist Webster Kudzatsa has said foreign currency shortages have hit cancer clinics, affecting patients as institutions fail to acquire spare parts and s...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:28hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Her privates are too big for Chamisa: My reply
Her privates are too big for Chamisa; Herbert Garikai commented on an international world's favourite newspaper: "The Angolan Times." To think that this man is a diplomat representing Zimbabwe...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 15:21hrs | 17797 | by Nomazulu Thata
Patients urged to 'Stop defaulting on ARVs'
MPILO Central Hospital clinical director, Solwayo Ngwenya has urged people living with HIV and Aids not to stop taking Antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) saying treatment interruptions will have serious nega...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:32hrs | 2587 | by Staff reporter
Met office issues high temperatures safety survival guide
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned motorists against leaving children inside their vehicles during the extremely hot conditions being experienced across the country. This ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
How effective is CBD really?
Every so often, we jump to a conclusion without analyzing both sides of a picture. This is often the case with Cannabis. People associate it with negative effects due to its addictiveness. However, as...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 691 | by Staff Reporter
56 pupils eat jatropha fruits, hospitalised
FIFTY-SIX Grade Four pupils from Sigombe Primary School in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb have been hospitalised with one reported to be in a criticial condition at Mpilo Central Hospital after eating po...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:52hrs | 234 | by Satff reporter
Treasury released funds to procure 2 000 transformers
GOVERNMENT is set to procure 2 000 electricity transformers to address power transmission gaps, which are negatively affecting service in critical sectors, the Minister of Energy and Power Development...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:12hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Rains, wind wreck homes, schools & clinics in Mat South
SEVERAL homesteads, clinics and schools in Matabeleland South Province were on Monday destroyed by heavy rains which were accompanied by strong winds. Some parts of the province received heavy...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:35hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
St Luke's Hospital suspends ops, closes mortuary
A POWER cut caused by the vandalism of Zesa power lines has forced St Luke's Hospital in Lupane to suspend surgical operations and close the mortuary. Kenmaur area where St Luke's Hospital is ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:33hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Avoid snake bites
Despite not getting much publicity snake bites are very common in Zimbabwe, with some cases resulting in deaths. These slitherers are warm climate creatures that are found all over the country though ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 620 | by Thomas Murisa
First ever albinism free clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe
Global Aid Missions, a non-governmental organization that supports people with Albinism, has opened the first ever albinism free clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe. The GAM Health Clinic situated at number 53...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 19:37hrs | 493 | by Angecies
Toiling for RTGS dollars: Tale of Zimbabwe farmers
ZIMBABWE'S top major foreign currency earners - tobacco growers - toil and till the soils growing the crop that drives the economy, only for their sweat to be rewarded in real time gross settlement (R...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 2798 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers hike legal fees
THE cost of accessing justice has shot through the roof, pushing the service out of reach for the majority of the country's impoverished populace after the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) approved sharp...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Pupils injured in classroom collapse
A pupil at Ebenezer Primary School in Gutu was seriously injured while six others escaped with minor injuries after a classroom roof collapsed under a heavy storm that swept through the district last ...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:30hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
US extends $3m grant to UZ
Forgarty International Centre of the United States Institutes of Health (FICUSIH) has extended a US$3 million grant to the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) aimed at strengthening research and training at t...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:02hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo radiotherapy patients stranded
ABOUT 150 cancer patients accessing radiation services from Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo are stranded following the breakdown of machinery at the hospital since November last year. Radia...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:50hrs | 1357 | by Staff reporter
TinTin suffers mental illness scare
Prominent ZiFM disc jockey TinTin (real name Tinopona Katsande) has revealed that she suffered an anxiety attack last week while she was driving.The former Studio 263 actor said she was afraid...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 09:58hrs | 4663 | by Mandla Ndlovu
24 bodies retrieved from flooded Zimbabwe gold mine
Rescue workers retrieved 24 bodies and eight survivors Saturday from two flooded gold mines in Zimbabwe where officials fear dozens more illegal miners are still trapped, state television reported....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 4538 | by AFP
Selmor relives childhood in Tuku household
IN the aftermath of legendary musician Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi's death his daughter, songbird Selmor Mtukudzi, has said that she always felt that her father did not belong to just her or the Mtukudzi f...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:50hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance lie has no legs
A number of Non-Governmental Organisations and the opposition MDC Alliance have been on the warpath, peddling falsehoods regarding last month's riots, which interestingly, were instigated by them....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | 265 | by Staff writer
Lightning strikes family, kills mother
TRAGEDY hit a Rusape family on Thursday when a woman was struck to death by lightning, while two other family members were seriously injured.Manicaland Police spokesperson inspector Tavhiringw...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:14hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
'Suppliers demand cash up-front from NatPharm'
National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) has said foreign suppliers of drugs are now demanding cash up-front from Zimbabwe before releasing orders, further worsening the supplies of medicines in the...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:26hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Woman flees from court
A Harare medical doctor's wife, who was dragged to court by her husband of two months, was convicted yesterday but fled from court before sentence.Christina Hamilton was convicted by Harare re...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 15:38hrs | 3576 | by Staff reporter
2 die in separate road accidents
Two people died in separate road accidents that occurred in Madziwa and Rusape at the weekend.One person died, while four others were injured when a Mazda pick-up truck they were travelling in...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean community that identifies with SA, Botswana
Arriving at Khalanyoni Business Centre in Plumtree, Mangwe district in Matabeleland South about 200 kilometres south of Bulawayo, one is greeted by a huge election billboard of a beaming President Emm...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 10:05hrs | 2777 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious deaths rock Mkwabeni schools in Filabusi
THE Vokola community in Filabusi, Insiza district, Matabeleland South has expressed concern over the "mysterious deaths" of pupils in their local schools in the past month. Two pupils have die...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:47hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Marauding soldiers ruin man's life
Policemen rough up a man in Epworth during the stayaway last monthA brutal attack by soldiers during the January 14 protests against steep fuel price increases has ruined the life of a 38-year...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:18hrs | 1462 | by Staff reporter
Losing MP granted bail
BULAWAYO South Constituency losing independent candidate in last year's harmonised elections Josphat "Mzaca" Ngulube, has been granted bail, in a case where he and 11 others were accused of fanning an...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:56hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe requires 4200MW to ensure electricity access
THE Zimbabwe Energy Council (ZEC) says that the country requires 4200 MW to ensure that both urban and rural areas are electrified.ZEC executive director Mr Panganayi Sithole said major power ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:51hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF feeds Govt economic drive
The ruling party last December held its Annual People's Conference in Esigodini where a number of resolutions that centre on the economy were passed.But over and above the resolutions, we had ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:49hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's in-laws bitter
Mr Fred Gasho is bitter that the family of the late national hero Oliver Mtukudzi did not alert him, as per traditional custom, of the demise of his son-in-law. Mr Gasho is the biological father of Da...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:43hrs | 2839 | by Staff reporter
Rape 'safe houses' props exposed
The establishment of so-called "safe houses" for alleged victims of rape following last month's violent protests was part of a political campaign to beam negative images of Zimbabwe to the world by ho...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:01hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
$5 million availed for construction of Umzingwane Hospital
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has allocated $5 million towards the construction of a new district hospital for Umzingwane under the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP).The curren...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:42hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Hospital fees skyrocket
ZIMBABWE has been plunged into yet another health crisis as hospital fees have sharply risen, well beyond the affordability of most citizens, with most private health institutions now demanding paymen...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:49hrs | 1844 | by Staff reporter
Puppets polluting Harare, Caracas
Before making his transition to our ancestors on November 15, 1998, the revolutionary Pan Africanist organiser Kwame Ture warned Africans everywhere with his rather unique blend of passion and caution...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 383 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
Court fines Prophet Magaya $700 over HIV cure claim
Prophet Walter Magaya's company Aretha Medical has been ordered to pay a fine of $700 which should be paid on or before February 8 2019.Magaya who was arrested in his capacity as Director of A...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 13:06hrs | 1795 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga must be deported back to Zimbabwe
DISGRUNTLED Zimbabweans living in South Africa yesterday ratcheted up pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa's government to deport Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who was reportedly admitted to a...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:49hrs | 5581 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army brutality victim dies
A 29-YEAR-OLD Mutare man succumbed to internal injuries sustained after being assaulted by soldiers during the army crackdown on last month's countrywide protests.Noah Sahumbe (29), a Sa...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:48hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga health sojourn an embarrassment
REPORTS that hundreds of disgruntled Zimbabweans in South Africa yesterday demonstrated outside a hospital in that country, where Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is reportedly receiving medical at...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:47hrs | 4186 | by Editorial - Newsday
Tuku tribute hits snag
MASVINGO Tuku tribute musical concert which was slated for Caravan Park on Friday last week could not take off due to logistical challenges with organisers saying it will be held after February 16. ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:29hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Deport Constantino Chiwenga
ZAPU finds it absolutely disgusting that the architect of human and democratic violations in Zimbabwe, murder, economic destruction and every misery of our people Constantino Chiwenga is r...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:49hrs | 2880 | by Iphithule kaMaphosa
Chiwenga not in any serious danger at heart transplant hospital?
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga who was rushed to a hospital in Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday night, is not in any serious danger.A Zimbabwe online publication reports that its has s...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 09:26hrs | 11421 | by Staff reporter
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