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Namibia to vote in toughest election yet for ruling party
Namibians will vote on Wednesday in what is expected to be the most competitive election yet for the ruling SWAPO party, which has governed the southern African nation for 34 years.If SWAPO ca...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 07:13hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo gets new dental, X-ray equipment
MPILO Central Hospital's Dental and X-ray departments have undergone a significant transformation with the installation of new state-of-the-art equipment.The upgrade enables the hospital to ef...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
There is neither second republic nor new dispensation
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, from where I stand, there is neither a new dispensation nor a second republic to talk about. As I see it, the late former President Robert Muga...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:43hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Barotseland wants out of Zambia
Many countries in the world have independentist movements within their borders and the African continent is no exception. Due to its colonial past and the distribution of its regions between the Europ...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 20:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
3 arrested for forging O Level certificates
THREE Harare residents appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje on Wednesday facing charges of forgery after they faked Ordinary Level certificates to enter foreign universities.Cindy Muts...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Doctor extorts US$350 from accident victim
A Chitungwiza Central Hospital medical doctor is facing disciplinary charges on allegations of attempting to extort US$350 from a parent of a girl who was one of the learners injured in a road traffic...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Good news is we have a digital currency but allow us to trade our minerals
From primary school to high school we are told the importance of minerals but are ordinary Zimbabweans gaining anything from their Zimbabwe's minerals.The only currency that is stable is the mineral v...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mnangagwa pledges to improve doctors' salaries
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the Government will improve remuneration and conditions of service for medical practitioners so that their skills are retained in the country.Writing in his weekly...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's failure centres around you, Your Excellency
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, a sage stated that a carpenter whose only tool is a hammer is an unproductive craftsman. He cannot produce a basic stool, given that his only...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:06hrs | 10 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Health financing tops doctors' indaba
PRIVATE medical practitioners drawn from across the country will this weekend meet in Mutare for their annual conference to discuss health financing, and the possibility of a fifth wave of the COVID-1...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ukraine war: Zimbabwean students relive horror
It has been six days since she left Ukraine, but 19-year-old Blessing Mushipe is still terrified.The medical student at Karazin National University in Kharkov, Ukraine's second largest city, s...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Councillor bemoans nurse shortages
A Bulawayo councillor has bemoaned the shortage of staff at council clinics, a development that has affected health service delivery around the city.At a full council meeting last week, Ward 1...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's growing elephant problem
ONE late April evening, Christina Mudzongachiso and her husband were about to head home after a day in their cotton fields in Mbire, a rural community in northern Zimbabwe.That's when a lone e...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Malaba strayed from straight, narrow path of rectitude
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, it is a shame for government that the power to extend the tenure of senior judges beyond retirement age that was recently vested in you was s...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Doctors rally behind Mpilo fire victims
Private medical practitioners under the Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe association (MDPPZa) have started mobilising resources to assist doctors whose residence quarters were burn...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Medical practitioners trained outside Zimbabwe told to register
Medical and dental practitioners training outside the country have been encouraged to register for training in Zimbabwe for them to familiarise with the local system before they can practise. ...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Pharmacists seek amendment of Public Health Act
PHARMACISTS have urged Parliament to amend the Public Health Act and incorporate clauses that ensure all professionals in various units of the health sector are considered for top administrative posts...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Furore over govt claims of killer doctors
DOCTORS yesterday reacted with alarm and anger over allegations by Information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana that some medical practitioners were deliberately killing Zanu-PF politicians and hiding be...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe warns over rogue Covid-19 medical doctor
THE Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ) on Friday warned over the illegal practice of one Jacqueline Carey Stone, who is allegedly treating COVID-19 patients using unregistere...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 16:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Rare skin disease hits Zimbabwe
SYMPTOMS upon first exposure to sunlight: Freckling on sun-exposed areas. Dry skin. Pimples resembling blisters develop into spider web-like vessels and eventually dark brown tumours.If your c...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former gove...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by AP
COVID-19 generates numerous scams
COVID-19 scams have included supposed cures, fake testing sites and counterfeit personal protective equipment (PPE), Dr Katlego Mothudi, managing director of the Board of Healthcare Funders, a regiona...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 12:46hrs | 1 | by Agencies
John Nkomo Museum stalls due to funding challenges
FUNDING challenges have stalled the completion of the John Landa Nkomo Museum located in Bulawayo City Centre despite work having started in earnest in 2016.The museum, which is situated along...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA to get health insurance
Zimbabweans and other foreign nationals living and working legally here will be taken care of under the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI), South Africa's Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, sa...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The pig in Mthuli Ncube's bacon
I had occasion in my last visit to my discerning barber to try and explain the latest glowing World Bank reviews of the sterling performance of finance minister Mthuli Ncube and the minister's impecca...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:22hrs | 2 | by Zifiso Masiye
Mugabe ouster hatched in SA hotel
The toppling of an autocrat generally makes for enthralling reading. Two Weeks in November obliges in many respects.Keeping readers on tenterhooks and delivering on its promise to reveal, in t...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 21:36hrs | | by David Gorin
How does dental care differ in Zimbabwe to the UK?
In the UK, we often take dental care for granted. It isn’t until you compare dental care in the UK to other countries, like Zimbabwe, that you realise just how different dental systems and standards...Published: 30 May 2019 at 19:17hrs | 9 | by Staff Writer
Zanu-PF MP fined over unsecured pistol
Bindura North legislator Kenneth Shupikai Musanhi (Zanu-PF) has been fined $200 after he left his pistol unsecured inside a car following a campaign rally in Chiwaridzo high-density suburb in July las...Published: 16 May 2019 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Relief for Bulawayo patients
Corporate24 Hospital on Friday launched a medical aid scheme in Bulawayo incorporating low-income earners and the informal sector that is absorbing thousands of people as companies close shop....Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to announce more PGM investors
Government will, in the next few weeks, announce at least two more investors that are expected to deploy huge foreign capital in the country's platinum sector as scores of local and foreign investors ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council health facilities now accept medical aid
Gweru City Council has started accepting medical aid cards from various scheme in a move that is expected to ''improve residents'' access to health care. Addressing a full council meeting rece...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Meet Strive Masiyiwa and Chanakira's funder
Andrew Young, Jr has been noted as one of the major people who funded Telecoms Guru Strive Masiyiwa and Banker Nigel Chanakira, it has emerged. Shadowy Twitter character Mmatigari revealed thi...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 14:28hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Presidential scholarships for 2019 - 2020 academic year
PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2019/2020 ACADEMIC YEAR The Presidential and National Scholarships De...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:49hrs | 9 | by Presidential scholarships
Medical Aid Societies increase payments for healthcare services
The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe has increased the fees payable by its member medical aid societies to healthcare service providers with effect from Monday (February 11).Payme...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:04hrs | | by Agencies
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 | 52 | by Staff reporter
Medical practitioners propose steep US$ charges
Zimbabweans should brace for new tariffs from the medical practitioners after a leaked document showed proposed charges pegged in United States dollars.The document, which was widely circulate...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Student doctors in Diaspora to register in Zimbabwe
The Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ) has urged those studying medicine and dentistry abroad to register with the MDPCZ such that they can undertake internship in Zimbabwe....Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 14:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sober people must handle the Doctors' impasse
The ongoing strike of medical practitioners which is now on day 28 is a serious matter, it is lives of Zimbabweans at stake and it requires delicate handling.So far, madness has been displayed...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 16:36hrs | | by Jacob Mafume - MDC National Spokesperson
One-stop medical centre opens in Kwekwe
A STATE-OF-THE-ART one-stop medical facility, Westview Medical Centre, has been opened in Kwekwe to offer health services to the town's residents.Westview Medical CentreThe centre, located opp...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vacancy Notice - Dentist with proven internet skills
Vacancy Notice - Dentist with proven internet skills...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe, US in extradition pact
Zimbabwe has taken a huge step towards greater co-operation with the United States after Harare agreed to a pact for extradition of criminals between the two countries.The development comes as...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU observer witness Zanu PF bus in fraudulent voters - we need a clean start
"Kutaurirwa hunyimwa mbare dzokumusana!" (There are somethings in life one only fully appreciate by seeing them with their own eyes!) so goes the Shona saying. One of the most significant chan...Published: 31 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa legitimising neo-colonialism
Because Mother Africa's children residing at home and abroad are paying extremely close attention to Zimbabwe's upcoming harmonised elections, the individual profiles of the candidates will automatica...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
WATCH: Zimbabwe opposition leader arrested
A Zimbabwean opposition presidential candidate has reportedly been arrested after he demanded the resignation of Justice Priscilla Chigumba from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).Chigumb...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 14:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tshinga Dube - a generous, supportive legislator'
THE constituency consists of some of the oldest suburbs in Bulawayo such as Makokoba, Thorngrove, Westgate, Steelgate, Westondale, Barbourfields, Mzilikazi, Nguboyenja and Burombo. Most property owner...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dental department shuns strike
DENTISTS at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have refused to participate in a countrywide strike by doctors at State institutions, saying they valued human lives more than money.The hospital's ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staffr eprter
'Zacc officer' granted bail on extortion charges
A 42-YEAR-OLD Harare man yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court facing extortion allegations after he misrepresented to the complainant that he was a member of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruptio...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'ZACC officers' extort $10,000
Four men allegedly masqueraded as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission officials and kidnapped Mutoko Rural District Council's chief executive Peter Sigauke accusing him of engaging in corrupt activiti...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zacc cops' kidnap RDC boss, demand ransom
FOUR former police officers posed as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigators and allegedly kidnapped Mutoko Rural District Council chief executive officer, Peter Sigauke, accusing him...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
THE inhumane side of #CHIMURENGA .....memories of Kenneth Nyoka
Pasi with this. Pasi with that.. Some young people may not know the grave consequences that usually accompanied this slogan during the second Chimurenga. I do. Barely into my teens one night we were r...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Ashirai Mtirikwi Mawere
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