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BCC clinics migrate to e-patient treatment
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has announced plans to commence the use of electronic health records (EHR) for all patients visiting council-run clinics.According to council, this is in line with ...Published: 28 mins ago | 20 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital in dialysis kits crisis
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo is reportedly facing an acute shortage of dialysis kits, resulting in long queues at its renal unit.Hospital acting clinical director Xolani Ndlovu confirmed...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:53hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar remains solid against Trump's dollar
For the second week running, the Zimbabwe dollar was virtually unchanged against the US dollar at the weekly auction, shifting just one two hundreth of one percent to $81,3499 from last week's $81,345...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:44hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital faces acute shortage of dialysis kits
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo is reportedly facing an acute shortage of dialysis kits, resulting in long queues at its renalunit.Hospital acting clinical director Xolani Ndlovu confir...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:44hrs | 309 | by Staff Reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa ahead of Sona
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to address several challenges facing the country when he delivers his State of the Nation Address (Sona).This comes amid a crisis that has see...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:42hrs | 4611 | by Staff Reporter
UBH refurb behind schedule
UNITED Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) acting chief executive officer Narcacius Dzvanga has revealed that the refurbishment of the city's main COVID-19 facility was running behind schedule and it might not b...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Minister denies abuse of office charges
HEALTH and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro has denied interfering in the bidding process for the supply of Covid-19 related materials by Young Health Care to the National Pharmaceutical Co...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:53hrs | 1020 | by Staff reporter
4 killed in Kuwadzana plane crash
FOUR people were killed and three others seriously injured when a Kariba-bound private plane crashed and extensively damaged two houses in Kuwadzana 5 suburb in Harare yesterday morning.The fo...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:41hrs | 11605 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ally in COVID-19 fraud?
THE probe on Health deputy minister John Mangwiro over an alleged US$5,6 million COVID-19 tender scam has become a proxy for the factional fights ravaging the ruling Zanu-PF party, with dog fights ove...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:31hrs | 6557 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Hospital to be turned into NUST specialist facility
EKUSILENI Hospital in Bulawayo, which is currently being used as a COVID-19 facility, will become a National University of Science and Technology (NUST) specialist teaching centre when the coronavirus...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube told to double devolution allocation
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been urged to double the allocation of devolution funds to 10% of the national budget as stipulated in the Constitution as compared to the current 5%.The issu...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1757 | by Staff reporter
US$5,6m COVID-19 tender scandal
THE probe on Health deputy minister John Mangwiro over an alleged US$5,6 million COVID-19 tender scam has become a proxy for the factional fights ravaging the ruling Zanu-PF party, with dog fights ove...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:23hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
Opening date for Ekusileni
EKUSILENI Medical Centre in Bulawayo will finally open its doors to members of the public on November 30 with a 50-bed capacity amid revelations that the institution is now ready to admit Covid-19 pat...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:27hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ministry rocked by salaries scam
THE profligate President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration is spending millions of dollars per month on double salaries and allowances for senior officials in the Ministry of Health and Child Care des...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 11028 | by Staff reporter
Caf maintains ban on Barbourfields Stadium, warns Zifa
THE Confederation of African Football (Caf) has temporarily okayed the National Sports Stadium (NSS) to host senior men's matches, but ordered that outstanding issues be dealt with as a matter of urge...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:59hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls gets second ICT hub
VICTORIA Falls is set to get a second state-of-the-art Information Communication Technology (ICT) hub after a leading hospitality group, Love for Africa donated the facility. The solar-powered...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:32hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's monthly inflation falls as Zimdollar firms
Monthly inflation between mid-August and mid-September fell to 3,83 percent, according to the latest figures from ZimStat, and is likely to continue falling with yesterday's foreign currency auction s...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 772 | by Staff reorter
Zimdollar stable against the real US dollar
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe says on average US$5-$6 million is trading formally outside the foreign currency auction system every week within prescribed margins while there has been an increased numb...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 20:54hrs | 3185 | by Staff reporter
Mazowe Rural District Council buys new equipment
MAZOWE rural district council has purchased new equipment for road maintenance from devolution funds an official has said.The council engineer Cleopas Mupereki said they acquired a tipper and ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 08:13hrs | 965 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 19699 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Teachers hit back at Mnangagwa
TEACHERS yesterday hit back at President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying he should respect their profession and offer them a living wage instead of reducing them to charity cases.Mnangagwa last wee...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 14714 | by Staff reporter
Dulys, Farmec invest in Filabusi
TWO of Zimbabwe's biggest farm implements suppliers have joined the battle to save thousands of cattle facing starvation in Filabusi after last season's poor rains depleted pastures.Dulys and ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:14hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Disaster preparedness intensifies ahead of rains
Government has started reserving some of the Covid-19 donations for contingent disaster management plans as the country approaches the rainy season, which might displace some families, an official has...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:08hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Fresh headway in stock market plan
ZIMBABWE inched closer to establishing the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) on Friday, after the central bank and the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) inked a deal spelling out terms of a settlement ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:59hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Fees for non-exam classes slashed
THE Government has given the green light to schools and parents to work out a pro-rata system for the third term's school fees for non-examination classes, as some pupils will only have face-to-face l...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:25hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Zacc opens corona supplies graft probe against Mangwiro
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has opened an investigation into deputy Health minister John Mangwiro over allegations that he arm-twisted the National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm)...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 20:54hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
Africa must address its debt burden once the pandemic is under control - says World Bank Vice President
Carlos Felipe Jaramillo was recently appointed the World Bank's Vice President for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. He was, until his recent appointment, the bank's country director for Ken...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 12:13hrs | 739 | by Raphael Obonyo
Working principles of Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker
Earth leakage circuit breaker (ELCB) is an electrical safety device that cuts power after detecting currents leaking to earth from an installation...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 16:11hrs | 763 | by Staff Writer
Zimbanwe govt targets 75% industry capacity
GOVERNMENT is targeting to increase manufacturing capacity utilisation from an average of 40 percent in 2019 to 75 percent by 2023 while US$2 billion will be required to retool industry, Finance and E...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 09:57hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says teachers cannot hold Govt to ransom
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the Government will not be arm-twisted by striking teachers into succumbing to their demands, saying only those reporting for duty will be paid. Teacher representa...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 09:52hrs | 2881 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets 75% industry capacity
GOVERNMENT is targeting to increase manufacturing capacity utilisation from an average of 40 percent in 2019 to 75 percent by 2023 while US$2 billion will be required to retool industry, Finance and E...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:26hrs | 879 | by Staff Reporter
Teachers not holding anyone at ransom, but merely demanding the US$475 Zimbabwe govt stealing from each employee
Are we truly living in the same country with those who claim to be our leaders, or do they exist in a parallel universe, that renders them detached from the realities of what is transpiring in the lan...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 21:56hrs | 2220 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Cain Mathema is misinformed'
TEACHERS' unions yesterday came out guns blazing, claiming Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema is misinformed that there are adequate educators in schools preparing learners to write...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 19:51hrs | 4272 | by Staff reporter
Hospital loses essential equipment to thieves
There was an alleged break-in at Mvurwi hospital where an Administrator's laptop and scan equipment was stolen last week, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Sources familiar with the incident allege th...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 14:59hrs | 1731 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwelivesmatter, says Mnangagwa
THE lives of Zimbabweans matter more than the economy which is why the Second Republic put in place measures that have seen the country managing to ensure that Covid-19 infections do not spiral out of...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
Gold thief sells self out
AN equipment manager at a gold mining company, Mingchang Sino Africa Investment, sold himself out on social media after he requested to know how he could smuggle stolen gold out of the country....Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:16hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Let's save Nkayi from irresponsible timber extraction!
One can not silently bear the pain and sadness of the wanton harvesting of the teak and pine trees from Sivomo and Gwampa Forests, in Nkayi District, coupled with the degradation of the enamel-rich so...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1220 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Govt mulls legislated clean-up campaign
LOCAL Government secretary Zvinechimwe Churu yesterday suggested legislated clean-up days to enforce anti-littering, saying that Zimbabweans had a habit of littering.Churu made the call when h...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:01hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Sinohydro restarts Hwange power plant facelift
A CHINESE firm undertaking the US$1,1 billion refurbishment and expansion of Zimbabwe's largest thermal power station says it has resumed operations on the project, seven months after construction was...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1163 | by Staff reporter
Banks shun Zimbabwe's dairy sector
FINANCIAL institutions are reluctant to advance loans to dairy farmers due to viability challenges afflicting the sector, government has said. Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:58hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa salutes citizens, corporates
President Mnangagwa has expressed gratitude to Zimbabweans and those in the Diaspora for collaborating in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, which has seen the country being ranked among countri...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles to pay for electricity imports, power cuts resurface
The resurfacing of power cuts across the country as the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) battles to meet national demand owing subdued production mainly at the Hwange...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 21:21hrs | 4011 | by Staff reporter
Khupe takes over Beitbridge?
MDC Alliance' national youth organising secretary, Morgan Ncube who was a fortnight ago fired as Beitbridge Mayor was Tuesday replaced by his then deputy Munyaradzi Chitsunge.Ncube was axed by...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 21:21hrs | 3998 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar continues to trade within range of cash parallel rates
The local currency added a marginal 0.11715% after it firmed up against the dollar in the latest auction as it continues to reposition itself in the world of currencies based on supply and demand. The...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:22hrs | 2533 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in fresh ouster fears
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday alleged a plot by Zanu-PF insiders to oust him from office after agreeing to pay white commercial farmers US$3,5 billion in compensation for land expropriated by...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:15hrs | 17745 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers refuse to return to work
AN acute shortage of sanitiser, PPE and clean water is putting pupils and school staff at risk of Covid-19, say unions.Teachers in Zimbabwe are refusing to return to work after the resumption ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 16:53hrs | 2696 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says his life was saved at UBH
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's visit to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) last Friday rekindled memories of how his life was saved at the institution after he ruptured his appendix 37 years a...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 5116 | by Staff reporter
UK, US in renewed calls for Zimbabwe reforms
THE United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (US) have once again accentuated the need for Zimbabwe to implement sound political and economic reforms in order to address the country's crises a...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 17:13hrs | 1673 | by Staff reporter
Govt engages teachers
THE Government will tomorrow meet representatives of teachers and other civil servants to find a common ground as some educators have not reported for duty since public schools opened on Monday last w...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe takes delivery of new plane
A long-haul aircraft bought by Government from Malaysia to augment Air Zimbabwe's fleet the Boeing 767 was delivered yesterday.Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Joel Biggie Ma...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:00hrs | 3060 | by Staff reporter
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