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Stanbic starts distributing Covid 19 PPEs
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank has kick-started the distribution of US$200 000 worth of equipment to health institutions throughout the country for use by frontline workers in th...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:42hrs | 154 | by Own correspondent
Dethroned Chief Ndiweni 'not silenced, but in mourning'
FORMER Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has not been silenced by his dethronement as a traditional leader, but is in mourning, his spokesperson Nothiwani Dlodlo said yesterday.The f...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1415 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa champions AU COVID-19 fight
THE African Union (AU) has set in motion a bid to raise resources for the procurement of 15 million COVID-19 test kits per month for distribution to member States as the regional body up-scales testin...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:45hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
'Let's unite to end Zimbabwe crises'
SEVERAL organisations from labour, lawyers, academics and churches under the National Convergence Platform banner have resolved to unite citizens in a non-partisan manner to end the country's worsenin...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 2427 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Kasukuwere's special message to Africa
Happy Unity Day fellow African brothers and sisters! It has been an interesting road from the time our founding fathers formed the Organization of African Unity envisaging a united Africa 57 years ago...Published: 25 May 2020 at 14:18hrs | 2902 | by Saviour Kasukuwere
Hospitals demand COVID-19 records
PATIENTS seeking admission to public and private hospitals are now required to produce coronavirus test results before being taken in under a new policy likely to force the majority poor to die at hom...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1108 | by Staff reporter
Sexually transmitted infections spike in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO recorded a total of 10 165 new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2019 with reports indicating that 12 percent of those cases tested HIV positive. STIs include HIV, chancroid, ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:42hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Healthcare professionals discover their voice
There is a seismic shift in Zimbabwe's political discourse. A critical segment of its population is beginning to find its voice - healthcare staff.Doctors, nurses and psychotherapists have lar...Published: 23 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 1707 | by Sandra Kudenga
MDC should never break apart because Mwonzora doesn't agree with Chamisa.
THE MDC Alliance has to identify with the needs and aspirations of the masses. It has to come down from the elite position it has perched itself and ask what the masses need.If the party were ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 2001 | by Chaurura
Our silence is not stupidity
Two million jobs were promised by ZANU PF. Massive housing was promised. Standard healthcare was promised. Reliable energy was promised. All these on multi million dollar billboards that were paid for...Published: 19 May 2020 at 14:19hrs | 3085 | by Zapu Youth Front
Covid-19 shifts attention from other health services
In a few days time, Langa Mthethwa will be due for a visit at Mpilo Central Hospital to get her Jadelle removed. The implant contraception has helped ensure she does not have unplanned pregnancies as ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Condoms, HIV testing for quarantined returnees
NATIONAL Aids Council (Nac) and its implementing partners are working with the Ministry of Health and Child Care to provide HIV related healthcare services, among them provision of condoms and HIV tes...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:23hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
AfDB approves $13,7m grant to Zimbabwe
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $13,7 million grant towards Zimbabwe's COVID-19 response.The funds will provide a lifeline for targeted frontline responders and health perso...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:49hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seen recording spike in unwanted pregnancies due to lockdown
ZIMBABWE could experience a spike in unwanted pregnancies after being identified as one of the countries that have closed some sexual reproductive health facilities due to COVID-19 restrictions, the I...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Dr Shingi Munyeza; a canary in a coal mine
As a millenial growing up in the digital age where millions of videos whizz about online, it's hard to take it all in and make head or tail.But I could not ignore one snippet last Sunday in wh...Published: 14 May 2020 at 14:06hrs | 2499 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
In Era of COVID-19, Russia's Strategic Politics of Coronavirus Aid Takes the Stage in Africa
With coronavirus rapidly spreading among the population of 148 million, Russia took the third position in the world. According to the official data provided on May 11, Russia had an aggregate total of...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:02hrs | 475 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
COVID-19: Urgent Need for African Governments to Upgrade the Health Systems
Amid multifold theories and disinformation spreading around the COVID-19 in Africa, it is important for African governments to consider strengthening the existing health systems and infrastructures, a...Published: 11 May 2020 at 16:24hrs | 152 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
Should men and boys be included in menstruation discourses?
While menstruation is a natural biological process and a symbol of pride for humanity, it is often regarded as dirty and surrounded by stigmas and taboos that only exist to violate the rights and free...Published: 09 May 2020 at 16:22hrs | 1477 | by Clemence Machadu
'Govt actions on COVID-19 illegal'
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has challenged sections of Statutory Instrument (SI) 99 of 2020 which seek to transfer the responsibility of coronavirus testing from government to business....Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors tested for COVID-19
BULAWAYO councillors yesterday underwent COVID-19 testing, with all the city fathers testing negative for the virulent disease which has infected 34 and claimed four lives in the country.Mayor...Published: 06 May 2020 at 08:00hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
There is no other way than a National Transitional Authority in Zimbabwe
SINCE 2016 the Platform for Concerned Citizens (PCC) has argued consistently for a process leading to the establishment of a National Transitional Authority (NTA). We have done this for no ulterior mo...Published: 03 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 5343 | by Ibbo Mandaza and Tony Reeler
President Mnangagwa: A whole-brained leader
AS Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence, it is prudent to pay tribute to His Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership and his economic blueprint, Vision 2030.The subject o...Published: 03 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 368 | by Hon Joe Biggie Matiza
Zimbabwe COVID-19 lockdown goes into Stage 2
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has extended the Covid-19-induced lockdown by a further 14 days and announced an $18 billion Economic Rescue and Stimulus Package to scale up production in all sectors of the econo...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa puts up $18 billion economic rescue package
Government has put up an $18 billion economic rescue package while extending the lockdown for a further 14 days though under relaxed conditions to allow the economy to start operating. Pr...Published: 01 May 2020 at 17:30hrs | 4122 | by Staff reporter
Saviour Kasukuwere's May day message to Zimabbweans
Today as we commemorate workers day, I want to reiterate the words of the great Mahatma Gandhi which says "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others" My message to all...Published: 01 May 2020 at 16:33hrs | 2510 | by Saviour Kasukuwere
COVID-19 ravaged US pledges more support for Zimbabwe's COVID-19 fight
THE United States government has pledged to continue assisting Zimbabwe in its COVID-19 fight thorough cash and technical support, but implored Harare to play its part by enforcing World Health Organi...Published: 01 May 2020 at 08:24hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints at extending lockdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday hinted strongly that he would extend the lockdown beyond this Sunday to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, saying his priority was to save lives. ...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:33hrs | 5661 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic joins the fight against COVID-19
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe, has put its shoulder on the wheel in the fight against Covid-19 by pledging an assortment of the much-needed equipment worth US$200 000....Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 17:05hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Foreign nationals in South Africa at liberty to return to their countries
South Africa's Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi says foreign nationals who want to return to their home countries during the Covid-19 lockdown - are at liberty to do so.This as the...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 12:10hrs | 6965 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean UK nurses top the covid-19 death statistics
Zimbabwe counts for over 30% of the total number of health workers who have died in the U.K. The minister of Health in the U.K. has said over a hundred health workers have died in the fron...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 09:22hrs | 6688 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
COVID-19 case triggers mass tests at Parirenyatwa Hospital
GOVERNMENT yesterday conducted mass testing of health workers and patients at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after a malaria patient later tested positive for COVID-19. An unidentified patien...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions hamper effective response to Covid-19
THE Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy blow on countries' economies across the globe as they implemented measures to combat the transmission and spread of the virus. For Zimbabwe, the virus h...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:45hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: We all need to take seriously
As I stood by the grocery queue which was winding endlessly, I realised that people were not maintaining the 1.5 metre distance that has been advised. People seemed to prefer to talk loudly and ...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 09:37hrs | 254 | by Prosperity Mzila
Malema fights for foreigners in South Africa
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Sello Malema has called for the government of South Africa to consider the plight of foreigners who live in the Southern neighbouring country. Malema wh...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 13:44hrs | 6851 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Covid-19: More Zimbabwean nurses have died in England than in Zimbabwe
Twenty nine Zimbabweans have died in the UK and Twenty four Of them are nurses and doctors and care workers. This number is five times more than those who died in the whole of Zimbabwe. It has been sa...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 09:37hrs | 4275 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Court orders ZBC, govt to ensure PLW access vital info on Covid 19 in friendly format
HIGH Court Judge Justice Joseph Mafusire has ordered the state-run public broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and government to immediately end the violation of rights of some Deaf, b...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 11:54hrs | 529 | by Stephen Jakes
Respect foreign-based returnees
THE shoddy manner in which the government has treated some returning residents who are now under mandatory Covid-19 quarantine has left a sour taste in the mouth.This has been worsened by the ...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:50hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
The missing factor in Zimbabwe's 'cut and paste' response to Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic's impact continues to alter lives, livelihoods and futures. The number of confirmed cases and fatalities continues to rise. In Africa, 24 600 cases of Covid-19 have been ...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:42hrs | 361 | by Brian Kagoro
Triple threat of COVID-19, food shortages and economic crisis
Some restrictions of an initial 21-day lockdown that began last month, and was later extended by two more weeks, to contain the spread of CoVID-19 are being eased as the government tries to offset the...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:35hrs | 115 | by The New Humanitarian
Zimbabwe doctors call for aggressive response to COVID-19
Doctors have called for aggressive action that include mandatory wearing of face masks in public places in the fight against CoVID-19 in the face of growing numbers of confirmed cases in the country....Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:31hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Doctors plot to drag Mnangagwa's govt to court again
HUMAN rights doctors have threatened to approach the courts to seek urgent enforcement of a High Court order forcing government to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for health personnel at t...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:27hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Calls grow to reopen parts of Zimbabwe's crisis-ridden economy
A tall, medium build security guard stands behind a large steel gate at Boka Tobacco Auction Floors on the outskirts of Harare, his face partially covered by a white surgical mask and his hands encase...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 19:46hrs | 2023 | by Al Jazeera
AHFoZ donates PPE to Health Ministry in fight against COVID 19
The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) today (Thursday) handed over to the Ministry of Health and Childcare more than $1,6 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPE), alco...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 14:25hrs | 251 | by Agencies
Ramaphosa demands end to economic sanctions against Zimbabwe, Sudan
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has again called for the economic bans against Zimbabwe and Sudan to be lifted as the continent grapples with Covid-19 and its economic impact.The US imp...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 11:09hrs | 1627 | by Staff reporter
Malaria muddles Zimbabwe's corona war
ZIMBABWE is facing a new health challenge following an outbreak of malaria in the country - whose symptoms are similar to those of the lethal coronavirus.Experts said the unexpected malaria ou...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 17:46hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
South Africa nurses threaten mass stayaway
A trade union representing about 15 000 nurses at public and private health facilities, is threatening a mass stayaway from 1 May if the government doesn't meet their long-standing demands.The...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 15:11hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
Returning Zimbabweans expose govt
ZIMBABWEANS, who returned home on Monday from the United Kingdom and reportedly refused to be quarantined at Belvedere Teachers' College in Harare, preferring hotel accommodation have opened up, accus...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 08:40hrs | 2238 | by Staff reporter
Blow for Marondera nurses
NURSES at Marondera Provincial Hospital have rapped their employer, the Health ministry, for cancelling flexi hours on Monday without any consultations.Early this year, the Health Services Boa...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 08:33hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 lockdown: Coercing the poor, coddling the rich?
From the perspective of reducing the negative public health effects of the coronavirus, national lockdowns will almost certainly - if adhered to - reduce the number of coronavirus transmissions while ...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 22:21hrs | 903 | by Seán Muller
The Avenues Clinic sets up a Foundation to assist in the fight against Covid-19
The country's premier private healthcare institution, Medical Investments Limited which trades as The Avenues Clinic, has joined forces with the Government and World Health Organisation in the fight a...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 20:42hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
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