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Book Aid International supports libraries in Bulawayo
Bulawayo City Council has revealed that the Book Aid International is continuing to support libraries in the city despite economic hardships and Covid 19 outbreak.This is revealed in the lates...Published: 2 hrs ago | 91 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe's 'stupid and idiotic street girl' says there is crisis in Zimbabwe
THE South African ruling party, African National Congress (ANC) has said Zimbabwe is in a crisis and millions of its citizens have lost their dignity hence the need for an immediate solution.L...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1754 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa COVID-19 centre over-stretched
PARIRENYATWA Hospital's COVID-19 centre has been overwhelmed by the number of confirmed cases since the beginning of last month when the centre started operating, a situation blamed on lack of equipme...Published: 3 hrs ago | 282 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must be barred from SA hospitals, says Vavi
OUTSPOKEN top South African trade unionist, Zwelinzima Vavi has urged that country's president, Cyril Ramaphosa to take a firm stance and bar President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cabinet ministers fro...Published: 4 hrs ago | 421 | by Staff reporter
Striking nurses dig in
THE striking nurses, who were struck off the July payroll, have vowed not to return to work until the new Health minister Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has addressed their demands. Zimbabwe Nurs...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1831 | by Staff reporter
South Africans after Peter Ndoro's job?
South Africans want their unemployed Journalism graduates must go replace Zimbabweans at the South African Broadcast Corporation (SABC) because reading news is not a critical skill. A shadowy ...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 20:20hrs | 11264 | by Staff reporter
Roll call and the destruction of the Salisbury fuel tanks 1978
There has been a lot of confusion on the role ZPRA played during the liberation struggle and a lot of twisting of facts related to certain operations that are perceived to have changed the course of t...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 18:53hrs | 4454 | by Barbatone Irvine Sibhona
Misappropriations of national funds
Although considered as one of the mineral hubs of southern Africa, the country finds itself in the deep end financially grappling to stay afloat. Zimbabwe's mineral resources include amongst other chr...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 18:20hrs | 131 | by Sandra Bvungidzire
Bob Mabena dies
Veteran radio personality Bob Mabena has died at the age of 51, the SABC reported today. Mabena was a renowned television and radio host.On Monday afternoon South Africa came to a standstill w...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 16:33hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
South Africans want Ramaphosa to cancel special visas for Zimbabweans
A shadowy organization called #PutSouthAfricansFirst is organising a nationwide mass demonstration on the 29th of August to call for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants in South African and the...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 15:10hrs | 3234 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's supporters launch fundraising campaign in UK
Supporters of the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance based in the United Kingdom (UK) have launched a fundraising campaign to secure equipment for health facilities handling COVID-19 patients in Zimbabwe...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:56hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean COVID-19 patients 'dying at home'
RENOWNED Zimbabwean medical doctor Norman Matara recently told BBC World Service that the southern African country had witnessed a sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 patients dying at home after fai...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:55hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
UN experts call for end of unilateral sanctions amid COVID-19 pandemic
A group of United Nations (UN) experts on Friday called for the lifting of all unilateral sanctions, so that people in countries under sanctions can protect themselves against COVID-19."Sancti...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:53hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Mangagwa's controversial baker panics
Controversial Midlands miller Douglas Kwande owned Brainman Investments, trading as DCK, has been reportedly thrown into panic mode after whistleblowers wrote a letter to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corru...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:22hrs | 8530 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga's shock move: Details emerge
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga opted to take over the Health and Child Care portfolio following differences with President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the sacked Obadiah Moyo's successor, it has emer...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:30hrs | 32479 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: False narratives and false solutions
Donkey years ago I was preparing for a doctoral dissertation defence when my professor called me to say I had been "referred". That was a nice word for saying the dissertation was unacceptable to one ...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:05hrs | 453 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Uproar over subsidised mealie-meal
Consumers in various parts of the country have decried the alleged abuse of subsidised roller meal by some millers, who are allegedly diverting the basic commodity to the black market.Last yea...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:00hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna and the liberation struggle
ONE of the country's longest serving traditional leaders, Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu, is recovering from a stroke he suffered in August last year, but when one mentions the Heroes Day, which the country w...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:48hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for a baby dumper
Police in Mashonaland Central province are hunting for a baby dumper who dumped her 3 weeks old baby in a pit toilet.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 23:25hrs | 1417 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe Covid-19 death toll breaches 100 mark
Zimbabwe's coronavirus deaths breached the 100 mark on Friday as the health ministry reported five new deaths.The latest data came as the number of Covid-19 cases in Africa rose to over one mi...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 19:37hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Essential service workers get subsidised mealie-meal
LOCAL milling company, Brainman Investments, yesterday took subsidised roller meal to essential service workers at three Bulawayo public hospitals and a police station after realising they have not be...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:33hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Masarira pens open letter to Mnangagwa
Linda Masarira, leader of the opposition LEAD party, has penned an open letter to the country's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, over the country's status quo.Masarira who some believe is linked...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:00hrs | 9657 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
Civil servants push for another wage hike
Civil Servants have made fresh wage demands on the government as Zimbabwe's economy battles rising inflation and a weakening domestic currency.Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe secretary...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 21:52hrs | 3813 | by Staff reporter
South Africa plays an unofficial Big Brother to Zimbabwe
The government of South Africa and the ruling ANC have raised concern over the latest developments in Zimbabwe - perhaps so much earlier than many would have anticipated.South Africa plays an ...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 14:41hrs | 3578 | by finx
Covid-19 grounds Mnangagwa's ministers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been thrown into disarray after a number of ministers and senior bureaucrats were placed in isolation in the past week after either contracting the highly...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:14hrs | 7136 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 wrecks Mpilo Hospital
OVER 40 staffers at the opportunistic infection (OI) clinic at Mpilo Central Hospital have reportedly tested positive to COVID-19."COVID-19 cases among staff are out of control," said one of t...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:57hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Residents stampede for subsidised roller meal
GwERu and Bulawayo residents yesterday risked contracting the deadly coronavirus as they jostled to buy subsidised roller meal at DCK supermarkets.Police in riot gear and soldiers had a torrid...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:53hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Wife kills hubby, torches corpse
POLICE in Centenary, Mashonaland Central province, have arrested a woman who on Tuesday allegedly bashed her husband to death before conniving with her boyfriend to burn the corpse to conceal the murd...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:51hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
UBH still open to members of the public
MEMBERS of the public in need of medical attention can still access services at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) but only those who test Covid-19 positive will be admitted with those suffering from oth...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:50hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
13 more Covid-19 deaths in Zimbabwe
A record 13 new deaths from Covid-19 were reported yesterday, but all were patients who died over the weekend or on Monday in the community or on admission to casualty at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospita...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:45hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Cost of under reporting covid-19 to look good - virus spreads to Zanu PF chefs too, no sacred cows
Ever since the day, 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared coronavirus a pandemic many governments across the world prepared themselves to do what they could to contain the virus,...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 23:03hrs | 3636 | by Nomusa Garikai
Wife bashes hubby to death, boyfriend implicated
Police in Centenary, Mashonaland Central arrested a woman who allegedly bashed her husband to death before conniving with her boyfriend to burn the ...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 20:26hrs | 5641 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Chiwenga best hands to cure ailing health sector'
SMALL and Medium Enterprises minister Sithembiso Nyoni says Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was ideal for the highly demanding health ministry portfolio.President Emmerson Mnangagwa Tuesda...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 13:12hrs | 1871 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa tightens noose on opposition
PRESDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking to suffocate opposition parties in the country by crafting tough laws that will regulate their operations.Mnangagwa's government is also drafting laws to...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:31hrs | 5079 | by Staff reporter
Doctors, nurses hail Chiwenga appointment
DOCTORS and nurses yesterday welcomed the appointment Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga as Health minister and Jasper Chimedza as the ministry's secretary, saying they hoped the two would work towar...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:30hrs | 11553 | by Staff reporter
Beer brawl turns fatal
POLICE in Mutawatawa, Mashonaland East province, have arrested two men who fatally assaulted a friend following a brawl over beer.Wiriranai Chipika (40) of Manyika village under Chief Nyajina ...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:27hrs | 1813 | by Staff reporter
New Health minister Chiwenga faces tall order
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has finally replaced the dismissed and corruption-tainted Health minister Obadiah Moyo with his deputy, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to the portfolio.Zimbab...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:21hrs | 1337 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records second highest Covid-19 deaths
BULAWAYO province now has the second highest number of Covid-19 deaths which are more than a quarter of the national average. On Tuesday, the city recorded its 21st death after a 22-year-old m...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:04hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Juvenile on the run after killing mate
MATABELELAND North police have launched a manhunt for a juvenile who fatally assaulted a colleague with a knobkerrie after misunderstanding arose between them over a soccer match.Matabeleland ...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 08:33hrs | 904 | by Stephen Jakes
Politburo Bulletin: We are under attack comrades
The candid truth is that we are now hanging by a thread; we are on our own now. It is no longer a matter of if, but when, and when that happens will we be ready to face the tide, or even the Hague? Th...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:22hrs | 10946 | by Robert Sigauke
20 Maphisa Hospital nurses test positive to COVID-19
TWENTY nurses at Maphisa District Hospital in Matabeleland South province tested positive for coronavirus this week, sending the settlement, predominantly occupied by civil servants, gold miners and p...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1577 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Covid-19+ cases surpass 4 000
THE number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Zimbabwe has surpassed 4 000, taking 12 days to double since July 22. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care, by Monday, 4 075 people had ...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:09hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates coal to 5 Matabeleland hospitals
Five hospitals in the Matabeleland region yesterday recieved 2 000 tonnes of coal donated by President Mnangagwa for cooking and other hospital operations. Beneficiaries include Mpilo Central ...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:09hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Commuters stranded as Zupco fleet is grounded
SCORES of commuters in Bulawayo were left stranded yesterday as fuel shortages grounded most of the Zupco fleet. The city has been facing acute fuel shortages which the Ministry of Energy and Power De...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:08hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents eager to see Ekusileni Medical Centre open
Bulawayo East MDC Alliance legislator Ilos Nyoni said residents of Bulawayo have been waiting anxiously for the opening of Ekusileni Medical centre as a Covid19 admission hospital since the onset of t...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:06hrs | 167 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa 'puts Dr Chiwenga in a trap?'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has bizarrely appointed his Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as the Minister of Health and Childcare with immediate effect.Last month Obadiah Moyo was sacked as...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 21:50hrs | 6164 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe's new Minister of Health General Chiwenga talking about doctors
The newly appointed Minister of Health and Child Care General Constantino Guvheya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga has set social media with Zimbabweans reposting a video of him mocking doctors...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 18:47hrs | 8811 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dangarembga decries state 'chokehold'
A prize-winning Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker arrested at recent protests accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on Tuesday of holding its people in a repressive "chokehold" as they end...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 18:08hrs | 1455 | by Reuter
Doctors seek urgent meeting with Mnangagwa
MEDICAL doctors are seeking an urgent meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the wake of the spiralling cases of the lethal coronavirus in the country, the Daily News reports.In addition...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 18:01hrs | 4269 | by Staff reporter
Private doctors send distress call
DOCTORS in private practice have appealed for government and corporate sector assistance in the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) as they have been overwhelmed by patients turned away f...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:23hrs | 2802 | by Staff reporter
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