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US, Zimbabwe diplomatic row escalates
ZIMBABWE has torched a diplomatic storm with the United States following remarks by key government officials, including Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda, describing the US as "e...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1644 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe running out of blood supply
National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) Public Affairs Manager Esther Masundah says Zimbabwe's supply of blood to health institutions was running low due to the shortage of consumables used to collect,...Published: 3 hrs ago | 119 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mealie-meal price to remain unchanged
GOVERNMENT has increased the subsidy paid to millers to ensure that the price of mealie-meal remains unchanged in the face of increases in the prices of basic commodities, a development that is expect...Published: 3 hrs ago | 198 | by Staff reporter
'Am not at liberty to disclose covid-19 cases' - yet, per se, to condemn 100s X 1000s to covid-19 death
"We do have new (covid-19) cases at the hospital and the figures have changed but am not at liberty to disclose anything at the moment," said Mpilo Central Hospital Clinical Director and Acting CEO Dr...Published: 13 hrs ago | 3261 | by Wilbert Mukori
George Floyd murder: Violence erupts across US on sixth day of protests
Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.Dozens of cities imposed curfews, but many p...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1343 | by BBC
George Floyd's killer already arrested, but Zimbabwe innocent civilians' killers not yet arrested since 1980!
As the furore surrounding the heinous and barbaric cold-hearted killing of unarmed African American George Floyd by a White United States (US) police officer Derek Chauvin, on 25 May 2020 in Minneapol...Published: 20 hrs ago | 720 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
No tests for Covid returnees in Chinhoyi
As the Zimbabwe Covid infection rate continue to rise some returnees in Chinhoyi said they have not been tested of Coronavirus (Covid 19)after being admitted for quarantine. Scores of returnees ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 325 | by Naume Muza
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: 20 hrs ago | 149 | by Own correspondent
ZPRA's Jeremy Brickhill narrates untold stories about Dabengwa
I have chosen to commemorate the life of Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa on the first anniversary of his passing by sharing some recollections of my own involving his less well known role in preserving the le...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1909 | by Jeremy Brickhill
Starving Zimbabwean doctor begs for aid
A MEDICAL doctor employed by the Health and Child Care ministry at Beitbridge District Hospital has publicly declared her poverty and begged for help via Twitter.The NewsDay confirmed Sandra K...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Man whips wife after anonymous call
A JEALOUS Hwange man assaulted his wife with a switch on the street after he found her walking with a female friend and another man, he suspected to be her lover. Albert Phiri (28) of number 8...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:35hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Govt to decongest Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT is working on a new strategy of decongesting Bulawayo following an increase in the number of illegal vending activities in the Central Business District (CBD). Briefing journalists ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
More Covid-19 cases recorded at Mpilo
MORE Covid-19 cases have been reported at Mpilo Central Hospital after a nurse and three patients tested positive last week. Mpilo Central Hospital Clinical Director and Acting CEO Dr Solwayo ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
223 returnees fly into Harare, quarantined in hotels
Three flights from the Philippines and Namibia brought 223 returning citizens and residents into Zimbabwe over the weekend, with all now in formal quarantine at two hotels serving as private quarantin...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:30hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
22 year old girl raped and killed inside church
Nigerian media has reported a case of Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a first year Microbiology student of the University of Benin who was allegedly raped and murdered inside the Redeemed Christian Church of God...Published: 31 May 2020 at 16:02hrs | 4212 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa orders Plumtree High reconstruction
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has ordered the immediate reconstruction of Plumtree High School dining hall which was gutted by fire on Thursday. The President yesterday sent two Cabinet Ministers to the...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:46hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Security agents 'stalk' hospitalised MDC activists
ARMED State security agents are reportedly stalking the three MDC Alliance activists Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova, who are currently detained at a private hospital ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:45hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
ZRP sued for seizing auctioned vehicles
POLICE Assistant Commissioner Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Crispen Charumbira has been dragged to court by a local man for seizing two vehicles the latter bought from an auction five years ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:41hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital bans visitors
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo has imposed an indefinite ban on patients' visits after recording four COVID-19 cases in a single day early this week. Authorities at the hospital had all al...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Glow Petroleum manager seriously injured in an accident
Glow Petroleum Mvurwi manager was seriously injured last night when a Mercedes Benz she was travelling in collided with a Toyota wish at the 36 kilometer peg along Guruve-Kanyemba highway.Sour...Published: 29 May 2020 at 23:48hrs | 5564 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Truck driver attacked by elephant while relieving self
A truck driver is currently receiving treatment at a Kariba hospital after being attacked by an elephant while relieving himself in a bush.The incident, confirmed by police through their twitt...Published: 29 May 2020 at 18:00hrs | 2362 | by Staff reporter
MDC trio to challenge 'fake abduction' prosecution through ConCourt
MDC Alliance MP Joanna Mamombe and two-party activists are set to take their bid to stop prosecution to the Constitutional Court.The Harare West legislator and activists Cecilia Chimbiri and N...Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:27hrs | 1870 | by newzimbabwe
Man poisons father for causing misfortune
A Gokwe man poisoned his biological father after accusing of causing misfortunes in his life.Justine Chakauya (28) of Village 15A, Musadzi Village, Chireya in Gokwe, was arraigned before a Gok...Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:16hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Court rejects onerous bail condition for abductees
HARARE Magistrate Barbra Mateko on Thursday rejected a bid by prosecutors to impose onerous bail conditions on three opposition MDC-Alliance party youth leaders, who were charged for allegedly partici...Published: 29 May 2020 at 13:12hrs | 1752 | by Stephen Jakes
COVID-19 should not be used to clampdown on journalists - ZCTU
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has said it notes with concern that the government is using the outbreak of COVID-19 as a scapegoat to arrest journalists going about their business and thi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:43hrs | 168 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mutodi fired after Moyo confronted Mnangagwa'
FORMER Deputy Information minister Energy Mutodi was axed after Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Busi Moyo (pictured) confronted President Emmerson Mnangagwa and threatened to resign from the governm...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:32hrs | 5828 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier gives armed robbers hard time
AN ex-soldier cornered by armed robbers gave his attackers a hard time and caused the arrest of one of the suspects despite losing his money.Dogeni Patsika (44), a retired military instructor,...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:28hrs | 2736 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 positive woman gives birth in Zimbabwe
FOR the first time in Zimbabwe, a Covid-19 positive woman has given birth. The baby was delivered through caesarean section at Gweru Provincial Hospital yesterday. The woman was quarantined at...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo nurse, three patients catch Covid-19
FOUR people in Bulawayo including a nurse at Mpilo Central Hospital and a patient who went to the health institution for treatment have tested positive for Covid-19. The nurse from Cowdray Par...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Togarepi challenges legislators
Zanu-PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has challenged Members of Parliament to act as vital cogs of information dissemination against the spread Covid-19 in their respective constituencies. Legis...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:42hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Ship with 182 Zimbabwean returnees docks in Namibia
At least 182 Zimbabweans aboard a cruise ship have docked in Namibia and will come home once suitable transport arrangements are made. The returnees are coming back home amid rising numbers of Covid-1...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbabwean social worker dies from coronavirus
Tributes have been paid to a "kind and selfless" Tower Hamlets social worker who died with Covid-19.Father-of-four Irvin Fantie Moyo, who worked for the council's social services department, d...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1045 | by Eastlondonadvertiser
WATCH: Ezra Tshisa Sibanda donates 20 beds to Thorngrove hospital
Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Madlala Mguni has paid gratitude to veteran broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda for pioneering an initiative called Ezra Tshisa Sibanda and Friends that has donated 20 h...Published: 28 May 2020 at 20:56hrs | 2383 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coronavirus positive woman gives birth at Gweru hospital
Zimbabwean doctors have assisted a Coronavirus pregnant woman in Gweru to deliver after fears that the baby was going to be contaminated with the virus. Secretary for Information Nick Mangwana...Published: 28 May 2020 at 18:51hrs | 1005 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's activists granted bail
Three MDC Alliance activists; Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe and youth leaders Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marowa have been granted bail Thursday after they appeared before magistrate Barbara Ma...Published: 28 May 2020 at 17:12hrs | 1836 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo nurse tests Covid-19 positive
FOUR people in Bulawayo including a nurse from Mpilo Central Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19.The nurse from Cowdray Park suburb was yesterday sent home to self-isolate while the thr...Published: 28 May 2020 at 17:10hrs | 1922 | by Staff reporter
4 die in Gweru accident
Four people died on the spot while five others were seriously injured after a Toyota Wish vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road and rolled several times before landing on its wheels just...Published: 28 May 2020 at 13:38hrs | 2659 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda disappointed by the living standards of health workers in Gokwe central
The deputy minister of Defense who is the member of Parliament for Gokwe Central comrade Victor Matemadanda distributed essential commodities to people in his constituency. Speaking on the occ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 11:59hrs | 1101 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's radical cure for depression
Zimbabwe is pioneering a groundbreaking mental health programme with stunning results – and the rest of the world is taking note.Late one evening, Dixon Chibanda, a psychiatrist in Harare, Z...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1994 | by Rachel Nuwer from Zimbabwe
MDC Alliance activists charged at hospital hearing
THREE MDC Alliance activists including Harare West Member of Parliament Joanah Mamombe were yesterday charged with breaking lockdown rules at a bedside hearing held at Parktown Hospital in Waterfalls,...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Govt further decentralises COVID-19 testing
GOVERNMENT has decentralised COVID-19 testing with areas such as Tsholotsho and Lupane receiving gene-expert machines which will see the country conducting about 1 000 tests per day following concerns...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:05hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Human Rights Commission to probe man shooting
A Bulawayo man who was shot dead by police on Saturday was buried yesterday and a local Member of Parliament has engaged the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to investigate the matter. ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 cases spike
The number of confirmed Covid-19 positive cases jumped to 132 by yesterday from the 56 that were recorded by Sunday, with all 76 new cases, bar one, being recorded from quarantine centres housing retu...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:33hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa scolds 'abducted' MDC activists
ZANU-PF acting spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa says MDC Alliance legislator Joanna Mamombe and her two party colleagues were making it difficult for police to do their job through refusing to cooperat...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:31hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Mpilo's Solwayo Ngwenya over Coronavirus tweet
Mpilo Clinical Director Dr. Solwayo Ngwenya has invited widespread condemnation after he posted a vague message on social media insinuating that he had contracted the deadly coronavirus. Dr Ng...Published: 27 May 2020 at 22:25hrs | 1382 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mpilo Clinical Director Solwayo Ngwenya clarifies his Coronavirus statement
Mpilo Hospital Clinical Director Dr Solwayo Ngwenya has issued a statement disputing reports that he had acquired the deadly Coronavirus. In a Twitter statement posted on Wednesday evening, Ng...Published: 27 May 2020 at 21:34hrs | 3531 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Family of man killed by police take body to police station
Family of the late Paul Munakopa who was slain by details of the Zimbabwe Republic Police on Saturday night took his body to Hillside police station where they viewed the car which he was driving on t...Published: 27 May 2020 at 16:35hrs | 9004 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Abducted MDC ladies attend court at Parktown Hospital
Three MDC activists who were arrested for staging an illegal demonstration in Warren Park have appeared before a magistrate at a court session that was held at Parktown Hospital on Wednesday afternoon...Published: 27 May 2020 at 14:25hrs | 7472 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pauper burial for Gwanda accident victims
CHARRED bodies of three victims of the Brooklyn Express bus accident that occurred on November 15, 2018 in Gwanda are set for pauper burial after remaining unclaimed for close to two years.The...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP confronts police over fatal shooting of Bulawayo man
THE opposition MDC Alliance has condemned police for the fatal shooting of Bulawayo resident Paul Munakopa (34) on Saturday evening after a high-speed chase.Bulawayo East legislator Illos Nyon...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
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