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Striking doctors call for new negotiating forum
Doctors who are continuing to strike over poor wages despite the return of Peter Magombeyi, their union leader who was allegedly abducted by suspected State agents are calling for a new negotiating fo...Published: 21 mins ago | 29 | by Staff reporter
Ministries break public finance regulations
LINE ministries are said to be breaking regulations under the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), which compel them to submit monthly and quarterly financial statements and reports to appropriate pa...Published: 27 mins ago | 33 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, wife travel separately to New York with bloated delegations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the first lady flew to the United States separately with bloated delegations, even as the government calls for belt tightening by Zimbabweans.Auxillia Mnangagw...Published: 2 hrs ago | 872 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa told to smash crooked dealers
Concerned advisors of President Emmerson Mnangagwa have told him that government can only hope to turn around Zimbabwe's deepening economic rot if he acts decisively against corrupt business people wh...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1020 | by Staff reporter
Doctors defy Mnangagwa call to return to work
Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association vice president Dean Ndoro said members will meet tomorrow to decide whether or not to press ahead with industrial action in protest over a salary review and bette...Published: 2 hrs ago | 453 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to deliver address at UNGA
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in New York for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 2019 where he is expected to give his address on Wednesday.The President...Published: 2 hrs ago | 218 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says they outsmarted cash oligarchs
Government last Friday outsmarted some individuals and entities that were behind the sharp rise in foreign exchange rates, a development that has seen the United States dollar falling against the loca...Published: 3 hrs ago | 757 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells UK to spare EU from sanctions burden
Britain should carry its baggage of sanctions as it leaves the European Union, and must not continue to saddle the Western bloc with the issue of the illegal embargo imposed on Zimbabwe, President Mna...Published: 3 hrs ago | 395 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's New York demo flops
A planned demonstration by the MDC-Allaince and other pro-opposition civic organisations flopped dismally here on Saturday, as the resurfacing of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association acting president...Published: 3 hrs ago | 711 | by Staff reporter
Harvard training beckons for Zimbabwe doctors
Zimbabwe's health sector is poised for a major boost, as local doctors will soon start receiving specialised training on handling non-communicable diseases at Harvard University in the United States. ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 161 | by Staff reporter
African Religion and Governance in a changing world. Where thou goest native Africa!
It is my humble intention to speak to this paper in response to my learned brother Kenyan Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba's presentation to The All-Africa Religious Liberty 3rd Congress in...Published: 18 hrs ago | 274 | by Reginald Nyathi
Mnangagwa honoured by Harvard University in US
Top American institute of higher learning, Harvard University has honoured the First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa for her philanthropic work and championing the fight against cancer.The University ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1494 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cost of living skyrockets
An average Zimbabwean family now spends at least $1 617 on food and non-food items a month, a 15,18% increase from the July, the national statistics agency has revealed.According to the Zimbab...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2521 | by Staff reporte
Rampant price increases must end, says Mnangagwa
I ADDRESS you this evening on three issues which have been exercising the mind of the Government. These are: (1) the ongoing industrial action by our medical staff; (2) the below-par water supply situ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 807 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
The truth about the 'abductions'
In a predictable fashion typical of a scripted docudrama, Zimbabwe woke up to the news of medical practitioner, Dr Peter Magombeyi, having disappeared last Sunday morning. Dr Magombeyi is said to have...Published: 24 hrs ago | 400 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in New York for global indaba
President Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, where topical issues that include climate change, renewable energy and environmental sustainabil...Published: 24 hrs ago | 145 | by Staff reporter
Cause of Mugabe's death revealed
National hero and Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe died of advanced prostate cancer, the state controlled newspaper Sunday Mail reported.The revelation follows widespread conjec...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 08:48hrs | 6630 | by Staff Reporter
Doctors vow to continue with industrial action
PUBLIC hospital doctors have vowed to continue with their industrial action despite the return of their abducted colleague, Peter Magombeyi, who went missing last Saturday before being dumped in Nyabi...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 17:35hrs | 2638 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes vote-buying claims
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has spread its tentacles to include a probe into vote-buying allegations raised by the opposition MDC in the just-ended parliamentary by-elections....Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 17:34hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube a complete failure'
KAMBUZUMA legislator Willias Madzimure (MDC Alliance) on Thursday described Finance minister Mthuli Ncube as a complete failure, claiming Members of Parliament have managed to "put him where he belong...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 17:31hrs | 2962 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges medical staff to resume work
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has addressed the nation this evening before his departure for New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly.He expressed his dismay on the industrial act...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2053 | by Staff reporter
7 ways to cure stomach ulcers
Ulcers can develop in many parts of the body, including the stomach lining. Some natural home remedies can relieve the pain and other symptoms associated with ulcers. Stomach ulcers are sores that dev...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:20hrs | 2704 | by Miriam Kwari
Zanu-PF slams doctors' strike
ZANU-PF has condemned the ongoing strike by doctors and other health workers, saying their unilateral decision to withdraw their services and suspend all Health Services Bipartite Negotiating Panel me...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Madinda replaced as Gabs Utd coach
HOSPITALISED legendary Zimbabwean football legend, Madinda "Khathazile" Ndlovu, has been replaced as Gaborone United of Botswana head coach. Ndlovu collapsed in training a fortnight ago and wa...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:54hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns on fake abductions
Government has warned against the rising incidences of false abductions in the country and is contemplating measures to deal with the threat and punish those responsible. This was said by Pres...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Prayer for Zimbabwe
People of Zimbabwe, the state of our nation is disturbing, discouraging, baffling and getting worse. The answer to our suffering is Jesus Christ. Our enemy is not President Mnangagwa or ZANU-PF, but t...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 20:48hrs | 1279 | by Sheila Magudu
Suspected 'wizard' identified
The young who had been mistakenly identified as a wizard, is believed to be suffering from mental illness.A young man who had been mistakenly identified as a wizard after he was found undresse...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 19:27hrs | 1705 | by Staff reporter
Parliament to summon 'abducted' and released doctor
A parliamentary portfolio committee wants to call the leader of doctors' union Peter Magombeyi to explain what had happened to him during the days he went missing.Magombeyi went missing last w...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 19:13hrs | 2437 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's legacy is palatial Blue Roof for himself and condemn povo to mud hovel - Sodom and Gomorrah of greed
-A lot has been said about Robert Gabriel Mugabe's legacy; some declared him a Pan-Africanist liberation hero per excellence, the founding father of Zimbabwe, etc. A picture speaks a thousand words an...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 18:42hrs | 1106 | by Wilbert Mukori
The Avenues Clinic run for a cause fulfills its mandate
The Avenues Clinic today the 20th of September 2019, donated yet again an assortment of hospital equipment and maternal health consumables at Rujeko Polyclinic. The hospital handed over the equipment ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 15:05hrs | 693 | by Agencies
When the government chooses to be the third force
The reports by the government that there is a third force operating in Zimbabwe are just fat lies and can be dismissed with all costs.Doctors in Zimbabwe have been going on industrial action f...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1437 | by Leonard Koni
Barriers to ZAPU's successful revival.
Zimbabwe's political landscape is complicated and unforgiving, but more so for ZAPU. ZAPU is viewed in two prisms, one perspective is that ZAPU is a national party and the other is that ZAPU is a trib...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 14:56hrs | 1002 | by Thulani Nkala
Zimbabwe must incorporate Information and Communication Technology in the context of Globalization
The contribution of information and communication technology (ICT) to the globalization process and third world countries development process, the development of global competitive structures implies ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 09:49hrs | 227 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Doctors refuse to be capped by Mnangagwa
The 2019 class of graduating medical students at the University of Zimbabwe are to boycott their graduation ceremony at which they were due to be capped by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.This in...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 09:41hrs | 8021 | by Staff reporter
Does mindfulness training really work for preparing students to be in the moment?
Numerous thoughts take place within your mind at the same time. More so, when you are students. It is sometimes challenging to concentrate on the present moment and focus on the things that will benef...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 09:37hrs | 169 | by Staff Reporter
Where is full judgment on 2018 electoral case?
ON August 24, the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) handed down its abridged judgment in the electoral challenge case brought by the opposition candidate, Nelson Chamisa, against the ruling Zanu-PF's Em...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:24hrs | 1813 | by Swikani Ncube
Mugabe is dead, but old men still run southern Africa
THE death of former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe (95) saw another of the first-generation leaders of newly independent southern African states leave the world stage.Southern Africa was the ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 555 | by Henning Melber
'Mbanje licensing cumbersome'
THE country could lose out on the multi-billion dollar global medical cannabis revolution due to cumbersome licensing conditions set by the Ministry of Health and Child Care, an official has said. ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:52hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo to have the last laugh
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo insists he remains the right man to take Zimbabwean football forward and the fierce criticism he has received will only transform him into a better leader of the game. He...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:36hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Harare diarrhoea cases soar
Cases of diarrhoea in Harare have risen to alarming levels, with Dzivaresekwa recording over 360 cases as of yesterday. The outbreak started two weeks ago when residents drank untreated water. ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
'Blanket ban on demos, unconstitutional'
A blanket ban on demonstrations violates citizens' rights to protest as provided for in the Constitution of Zimbabwe, a lawyer has said.Esau Mandipa, a legal practitioner and law lecturer at M...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 19:50hrs | 2402 | by Staff reporter
#BringBackDrPeter
At 22:19 on the night of Saturday, 14 September, Dr Peter Magombeyi - acting president of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) - sent a message to the ZHDA junior doctors WhatsApp gr...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 18:41hrs | 730 | by Kubatana
Harare gets financial lifeline, what about Bulawayo Prpf Mthuli Ncube
The Zimbabwe government on Thursday released 37.4 million Zimbabwe dollars (about 3.1 million U.S. dollars) to the City of Harare as a short-term intervention to help it improve service delivery whils...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 18:05hrs | 2675 | by Staff reporter
Doctors march to parliament
Over 200 doctors joined by other health workers marched from Parirenyatwa Hospital to parliament on Thursday to protest against the disappearance of the leader of their union.The march was all...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 15:52hrs | 3479 | by Reuters
Mugabe was a complex man, said Bona
There were few dry eyes by the time Bona Mugabe ended her speech.Former president Robert Mugabe's eldest child spoke from the heart to an audience that held her father in messianic reverence, ...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 15:40hrs | 4016 | by ZimLive
Of illegal sanctions and global politics
Sanctions generally entail restrictions on international trade and finance that one country imposes on another for political reasons.Economic sanctions include the withdrawal of customary trad...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 14:41hrs | 431 | by Peacemaker Zano
Magombeyi's abduction requires a firm 'Jamal Khashoggi-style' solidarity response
The recent abduction of the acting president the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) Dr. Peter Magombeyi should be a wake up call for all Zimbabweans to finally stand strongly together again...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 12:10hrs | 2082 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chombo's health deteriorates, denied passport to seek medical attention in abroad
FORMER Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday said his health was deteriorating and needed urgent medical attention abroad, but a Harare magistrate again denied him his passport to enable him to t...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 08:14hrs | 5774 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa trials Mnangagwa in America
Angered by the continued harassment of its supporters, as well as the escalating abductions of government critics in the country, the main opposition MDC plans to hold mass protests against President ...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 08:10hrs | 10059 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces protests in New York
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his delegation to the UN General Assembly in New York next week, will face angry protests from Zimbabweans based in the US over the deteriorating rights situation in t...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1809 | by newzimbabwe
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