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COVID-19: 3rd wave takes hold
ZIMBABWE is facing crunch time in its battle to curb rising COVID-19 infections and deaths as the third wave grips the country, medical experts said yesterday. This comes after the World Healt...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:12hrs | 4143 | 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 | 1664 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo rebuilds doctors' residence
THE Government has started refurbishing burnt and dilapidated doctors' residences at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo. Stakeholders that include Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and Zimbabwe Prisons and...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:02hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
CIO big shot behind Malunga farm grab
A TOP Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director and senior ruling Zanu-PF officials in Matabeleland North province are behind the illegal seizure of a farm belonging to a local inter...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:07hrs | 4295 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa chucked out of Parly for calling Ziyambi 'murderer'
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa was Wednesday chucked out of the NationalAssembly after alleging Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi had visited traditional and faith healers with the aim of killing....Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1962 | by Staff reporter
USAID withdraws funding to four CSOs... and demand leadership renewal to replace looters of funds
The United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has reportedly blacklisted and withdrew funding to four Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) after investigations ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 19:14hrs | 3692 | by Political Reporter
'Mnangagwa worse than apartheid South Africa'
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Commemorates Soweto Massacre which took place on 16 June 1976 in South Africa during apartheid regime.While commemorating the day, the Youth Assembly said Mnangagwa...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2136 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mandigora not a 'National Hero'
DYNAMOS soccer legend David Mandigora affectionately known as Yogi, and who died Saturday was been laid to rest at Glen Forest cemetery in Harare.He was 64.Hundreds defied Covid-19 res...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:21hrs | 1640 | by Staff reporter
Give Mnangagwa tsvimbo (sceptre) or else..?
No amount concrete on Mugabe's grave or temper proof installed on his coffin will stop ritualist Mnangagwa from digging up Mugabe's remains. According to Mugabe's nephew Leo Mugabe, Emmerson M...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 15:23hrs | 2677 | by Israel Dube
Chiwenga defends 'reckless' ministers
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has defended the continued defiance of COVID-19 regulations by ministers at a time when the government has put in place a strict COVID-19 measur...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:31hrs | 3716 | by Staff reporter
When clowns sup at State House, it's trouble, serious trouble!
Pretoria mornings are now cold. It is a geographical axiom winter is for chills.Increasingly here, the weather is biting and unrelenting like a witch's tit as assumed.Early morning jog...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:40hrs | 568 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Chiwenga admits Zimbabwe health sector collapse
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday admitted that Zimbabwe's health sector was on its knees at a time when the country is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that a lot needed to be...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new tool against dissent
THE incarceration at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison and delayed acquittal of two opposition activists by the Supreme Court last week is symptomatic of Zanu-PF's desperate attempt to weaponise the l...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
Loga's assistants turn against each other
TONDERAI Ndiraya and Lloyd Chitembwe have spent a considerable amount of time together plotting the downfall of opponents. The duo are partners when it comes to the Warriors, where they are as...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:30hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Racism storm hits top Zimbabwe school
PARENTS of children at Hellenic Academy in Harare have raised racism allegations against the school authorities.They told NewsDay that as a result, one of the "racist" teachers had since been ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1895 | by Staff reporter
Panic as Zimbabwe COVID-19 cases surge
GOVERNMENT yesterday called for more vigilance amid rising cases of COVID-19, with health experts expressing concern over government priorities after it spurned a single dose vaccine manufactured by U...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:23hrs | 3430 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Kwekwe Hospital staff quarters
Kwekwe General Hospital doctors and staff members escaped unharmed after their quarters caught fire in the early hours of today.Nine families, including doctors, physiotherapist, nurses and an...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 19:44hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
OK rescues distressed Mpilo Hospital doctors
LEADING retailer OK Zimbabwe has donated grocery vouchers worth $50 000 to each of the over 30 Mpilo Central Hospital doctors whose property was destroyed when their block of flats recently went up in...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:45hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Spare a thought for Gukurahundi genocide massacres
LAST week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was shown the Hanging Tree in Bulawayo, where many Ndebeles were hanged by the colonial regime in the 1890s.After visiting the tree where colonialists h...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:43hrs | 374 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
After ED was shown where colonialists hanged Ndebele warriors, was he also shown where Ndebele-speakers were massacred by Zim re
I do not know whether I can ever reiterate this point enough - history is a total accumulation of past events, which can never, and should never, be cherry-picked, or narrated selectively - such that,...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:30hrs | 683 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
A-Z of Entrepreneurship summarised
Entrepreneurship is the only panacea to socio-economic emancipation and as such the subject need to be taken seriously and drawn closer home in simple terms for greater assimilation by the majority. I...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:49hrs | 59 | by Dr Kudzanai Vere
Private doctors charge US$40 for COVID-19 jab
SOME private medical doctors are reportedly charging fees for citizens to get the COVID19 jab, a development which health experts yesterday said was likely to trigger profiteering in the country's vac...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:12hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Govt to expedite repairs at Mpilo hospital
GOVERNMENT will expedite the reconstruction of Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' residence in Bulawayo that was gutted by fire and the upgrade will meet contemporary designs that take into account disas...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF completes inquest in Kwekwe Central primary poll violence
ZANU-PF Midlands provincial leadership has completed investigations into the violence that rocked Kwekwe Central primary poll leading to the indefinite suspension of the process in October last year....Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:07hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
If we want Zimbabwean youth to register to vote, then include a 'None of the above' option on ballot paper!
I am always intrigued, and oftentimes bemused, witnessing the concerted efforts by many sections of Zimbabwean's society, in their energetic attempts in urging the country's youth to register to vote....Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 20:10hrs | 436 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa, Chamisa rush to assist stranded Mpilo doctors
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has committed $287 million towards the construction of new accommodation for doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after their living quarters wer...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:43hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says doctors, nurses deserve better
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said doctors and nurses in the country deserve the highest quality working conditions and support, hence Government's swift move to rehabilitate doctors' quarters that we...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo 'loved me dearly', says Masiyiwa
ZIMBABWEAN billionaire and Econet Wireless founder, Mr Strive Masiyiwa, says he still remembers how the late veteran nationalist and Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo loved him and how he contribute...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1469 | by Staff reporter
Govt avails $287m for Mpilo reconstruction
Government has pledged $287 million towards the reconstruction of three doctors' quarters that were burnt down at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, leaving healthcare workers with no accommodation a...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:03hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa reveals what inspired him to start the Joshua Nkomo Scholarship Trust
Pan-African businessman and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa recounts what inspired him and his wife to start an education Trust that been. supporting gifted and talented students for 21 years.W...Published: 31 May 2021 at 15:32hrs | 2241 | by Staff Reporter
Stanbic Bank's donation pays off as number of births shoots up by 100 % at Sally Mugabe Maternity Hospital
The number of caesarean operations at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital Maternity wing has shot up by 100 percent following the renovation and re-equipping of theatre 1 by financial services institution, ...Published: 31 May 2021 at 14:01hrs | 541 | by Agencies
MPs probe Dinde project
THE parliamentary portfolio committee on environment, tourism and climate recently descended on Dinde in Hwange district on a fact-finding mission following a petition by villagers that sought to bloc...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:02hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
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 | 292 | by Staff reporter
Grass, trees grow inside Mpilo mortuary
TREES and grass have grown in a structure that was supposed to house a mortuary at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo which has not been completed 25 year...Published: 30 May 2021 at 07:27hrs | 457 | by Staff Reporter
Govt pledges to renovate razed Mpilo Central building
Government has pledged to renovate Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' residence quarters that burned down on Wednesday and to help affected workers replace destroyed personal belongings and certificates....Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:11hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
'Lack of maintenance caused Mpilo fire'
THE Government has resolved to renovate the Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' residence that burned down on Wednesday and help affected workers replace destroyed personal belongings and certificates....Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:08hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Why isn't ZANU PF 'old guard' fiercely pushing for govt to provide decent wages to workers and retirees?
In this gravely depressing Zimbabwe economic, political, and social environment, one always welcomes some stress- releasing events, that make us laugh and forget our misery - no wonder most Zimbabwean...Published: 28 May 2021 at 09:07hrs | 1480 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Doctor injured in Mpilo Hospital Fire
ONE doctor suffered a fractured leg at Mpilo Central Hospital yesterday after a staff residence was gutted by fire around midnight.Property with an estimated US$500 000 was destroyed in the fi...Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:27hrs | 696 | by Staa reporter
MDC-Alliance & Zanu PF bury the hatchet to help gogo Matavire
Zimbabweans from across the globe have decided to bury their political differences and donated cash and kind to the late Paul Matavire's mother who is from Mwenezi Resettlement scheme.Despite ...Published: 27 May 2021 at 13:22hrs | 2472 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa's MDC says the Zanu-PF is plotting violence ahead of 2023 polls
Zanu PF is in panic mode and is pulling out all the stops to win the 2023 elections using violent means and draconian legislation to crush all dissent, the MDC Alliance charged on Wednesday.Th...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:44hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance lies have short legs, indeed
In 2019, just a year after the harmonised elections, a 'dead protestor' appeared in the dock.Yes, a 'dead' one.The MDC Alliance and some non-governmental organisations played God and c...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:02hrs | 247 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Mpilo doctors' residence gutted by fire again
A DOCTORS' residence flat at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo was gutted by fire around midnight Wednesday with causes of the inferno still unclear.Video images of the incident went viral on social ...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:00hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa doesn't want Justice Happias Zhou
REASONS why President Emmerson Mnangagwa strongly dislikes High Court Justice Happias Zhou - who led a brave judicial panel that dramatically blocked Justice Luke Malaba's controversial tenure extensi...Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:23hrs | 3077 | by Staff reporter
Zuma says 'Not guilty' - nails CIA linked prosecutor
More than a decade after former president Jacob Zuma was served with an indictment accusing him of fraud and corruption, he was finally able to enter a plea at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wedne...Published: 26 May 2021 at 15:41hrs | 843 | by Des Erasmus
Some Zimbabweans irked by Nehanda statue
The Zimbabwean government unveiled a statue of the liberation heroine and anti-colonialism figurehead Mbuya Nehanda in the capital, Harare, on Tuesday amid controversy about its priorities while the e...Published: 26 May 2021 at 10:12hrs | 2162 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo cancer machines break down - and nearest engineers in South Africa
Radiation therapy machines have broken down at Bulawayo's Mpilo Central Hospital, imperilling the lives of over 100 cancer patients on a waiting list for treatment.Mpilo is one of only two med...Published: 26 May 2021 at 10:00hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Africa Day has lost its significance, says workers
WORKERS' unions yesterday said Africa Day, celebrated annually on May 25 since 1963, had lost its significance following the erosion of their rights, adding that the day now symbolised oppression of t...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:23hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Vaccine shortage hits Zimbabwe's COVID-19 programme
ZIMBABWE'S on-going COVID-19 vaccination programme has been hit by shortage of vaccines after several people who turned up at inoculation centres for the first dose in some parts of the country were t...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1443 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) issues a strong warning on alleged child killings in Chitungwiza
Zimbabwe Republic Police has strongly urged members of the public not to use social media platforms to cause alarm and despondency in the country.&n...Published: 23 May 2021 at 15:48hrs | 2492 | by Shelton Muchena
Mnangagwa's govt defends genocide resolution vote
A significant number of Zimbabweans were enraged after learning that President Emmerson Mnangagwa voted against a United Nations (UN) General Assembly Resolution on the responsibility to protect and p...Published: 22 May 2021 at 20:27hrs | 1388 | by Staff reporter
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