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Soldiers and Police must be fully funded, says Mthuli Ncube
The security services must be fully funded to enable them to discharge their constitutional mandates, Finance and Economic Planning Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said yesterday. Notwithstand...Published: 2 hrs ago | 135 | by Staff reporter
Minister ordered to pay transgender activist $400k
THE High Court has ordered the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage and police bosses to pay Bulawayo transgender activist Ricky Eugene Nathanson $400 000 as compensation following her unlaw...Published: 2 hrs ago | 124 | by Staff reporter
Security services must be fully funded, says Mthuli Ncube
The security services must be fully funded to enable them to discharge their constitutional mandates, Finance and Economic Planning Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said yesterday..Notwithstand...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1636 | by Staff Reporter
ZAPU statement on the nursing recruitment saga
ZAPU has been seized with a fact finding mission for the past 4 weeks following an outcry from the citizens of this country over the recruitment of student nurses. The loudest protestations were from ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:29hrs | 3351 | by ZAPU Presidency
Chiwenga coup generals declare war on Mnangagwa
VANCOUVER - Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga's military generals who were key in executing the November 2017 coup against President Robert Mugabe, have allegedly declared war on Presid...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 07:48hrs | 41113 | by Nancy Mabaya
2 years after Mugabe ouster in a coup: Zimbabwe in an abyss
"Following the address we made on November 13, 2017, which we believe our main broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and The Herald were directed not to publicise, the situation in our co...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 1124 | by Staff reporter
Harare begs striking nurses
HARARE City Council is pleading with its nurses to return to work while a solution to their problems is being sought to avoid loss of lives.Council nurses have not been going to work since las...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1134 | by Staff reporter
8 Beitbridge bodies face pauper's burial
GOVERNMENT officials in Beitbridge, who are grappling with a mortuary crisis following the suspension of morgue services at the 160-bed Beitbridge District Hospital last week, are seeking authority to...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Zapu activists arrested
ZAPU activists, who on Tuesday forced the temporary closure of the Catholic mission-run St Anne's Brunapeg Nursing School in Mangwe, Matabeleland South province, protesting alleged unfair recruitment ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents plot siege on council offices
RESIDENTS from Gweru's Mkoba and Woodlands Park high-density suburbs have threatened to protest against the city council's failure to provide water to ratepayers and deal with its dumpsite, which is s...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Cabinet reshuffle sparks uproar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s cabinet reshuffle has caused consternation in government and Zanu-PF as officials believe it was motivated by the need to consolidate and retain power rather ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1580 | by Staff reporter
Stabbing after sex-for-taxi fare deal goes sour
A SECURITY guard has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman several times on her back accusing her of not honouring her promise to have sex with him after paying her taxi fare. Nqobizith...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:15hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
No doctors, no currency Zim heading for total collapse
The main functions of the Zimbabwean government are not to: Check and challenge the work of the Government (scrutiny) Make and change laws (legislation) Debate the important issues of the day (debatin...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 22:06hrs | 3721 | by Bigboy Sibanda
BREAKING: AmaXhosa King Zwelonke Sigcawu dies
King of the AmaXhosa in South Africa Mpendulo Calvin Zwelonke Sigcawu has died. South African media reported that the King died during the early hours of Thursday after a short illness. ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 3134 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man 'beats up' wife to death over infidelity
A BULAWAYO man has been arrested for allegedly fatally assaulting his wife with an electric cable and a log accusing her of having an extra-marital affair. Mike Nyoni (24) of Pumula South subu...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:36hrs | 3487 | by Staff reporter
Man drown while imitating members of the police sub-aqua unit
A 28-year-old man drowned in Mtshabezi Dam in Gweru as he imitated members of the police sub-aqua unit who were retrieving a body from the water source. Midlands Provincial spokesperson ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:35hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Once cash economy is taxed, who needs cash
There never was any possibility of keeping the bulk of the new notes and coins out of the informal sector, or at least the bulk of the first batches released to banks, since the main reason why most p...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:28hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU shuts down St Anne's hospital nursing school
Opposition political party, ZAPU, Tuesday forced the temporary shutdown of the St Anne`s Mission Hospital nursing school in Matabeleland South following an outcry from villagers that locals were being...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:43hrs | 3107 | by Staff reporter
Government speaks on closure on mortuaries
Government has professed ignorance over the load shedding of electricity in Bietbridge hospital that has led to the hospital facility shutting its mortuary.On Wednesday afternoon Member of Par...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 14:37hrs | 3957 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa tries to eradicate poverty by killing the poor
Mr E.D.Mnangagwa campaigned saying that the average person's wealth and net worth would increase in Zimbabwe by such and such a date. The whole country assumed that he meant that there would be jobs c...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 07:33hrs | 2759 | by Vusa Sigola
'Soft genocide underway in Zimbabwe'
A ZIMBABWEAN living in the diaspora has castigated government's move to fire nearly 300 medical doctors from their jobs.Netsai Makarichi, a Zimbabwean based in the United Kingdom, said the mov...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1745 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa supporters in fatal crash
Two MDC activists in Mashonaland East died in a road accident on Sunday night when their vehicle collided head-on with another near Ruwa while on their way from Harare, where they had gone for a rally...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1331 | by Staff reporter
Treasury is broke: Minister
GOVERNMENT, which has been hyping about a huge surplus, is reportedly broke and has been forced to fire 286 doctors because it cannot afford to pay them what used to be their United States dollar sala...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Hospital shuts down mortuary
INCESSANT power cuts have forced Beitbridge District Hospital to shut down its mortuary leaving members of the public at the mercy of private players who are offering the services at exorbitant prices...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Minister Obadiah Moyo said prepared to seek treatment at Parirenyatwa
HEALTH Minister Obadiah Moyo says he was prepared - if he were to fall sick sometime - to seek treatment at Parirenyatwa government hospital, more so, by the same doctors he has seemingly antagonised ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 625 | by newzimbabwe
New perks on the table for doctors
Government and striking doctors will meet tomorrow to discuss a proposed package of improved working conditions that includes accommodation, transport and food, as authorities seek to bring normalcy t...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Government offers doctors food for work
Minister of Health Dr Obadiah Moyo has revealed that government if offering to provide food and accommodation to junior doctors in exchange of their services. Speaking to the media on Tuesday ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:08hrs | 1078 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe coup announcer admitted to SA hospital
Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo was on Tuesday admitted to a South African hospital for a "scheduled operation", days after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government okayed a process of firing a third ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 18:09hrs | 8905 | by ZimLive
Government to meet doctors on 14 November
Government is set to meet the striking doctors of the 14th of November to discuss how to resolve the impasse that has seen the doctors not attending work for more than months. Doctors are dema...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 17:12hrs | 2955 | by Mandla Ndlovu
6 killed as truck, kombi collide
Six people are said to have died on the spot when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in collided with a haulage truck this morning along Beitbridge road in Mwenezi. The accident occurred ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 13:17hrs | 2494 | by Staff reporter
MDC leader to assist Ndebeles get recruited at Mpilo hospital
MDC Youth Assembly official Discent Collins Bajila has announced that he has launched a program that is aimed at developing a database of qualified citizens of Matabeleland and Midlands who will...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 10:31hrs | 2894 | by Mandla Ndlovu
University of Zimbabwe under fire over junior doctors
The government of Zimbabwe has forced the junior doctors to sit for exams after they signified that they want them to be postponed because they did not learn enough to sit for them. The Zimbab...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:37hrs | 4607 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Warren Park clinic shuts down as council nurses continue strike
Warren Park Polyclinic has effectively shut down following the industrial action by City of Harare nurses on November 4, leaving mainly expecting women and infants in need of vaccination in dire strai...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:34hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Tragedy of the doctors' crippling strike
It is simple: The tragedy of the over two-months doctors' strike is that Zimbabwe has two finely distinct groups; those who feel (the majority) the impact of the strike and those who talk (the minorit...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1735 | by Learnmore Zuze
Hospital official up for ARV drugs theft
MVURWI District Hospital administrator Florence Makombe is in soup after she allegedly tried to steal a box of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs which were kept at her office due to lack of storage space at ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:23hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
New minister to further Zanu-PF interests
NEWLY-APPOINTED minister of the new Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities, Daniel Garwe, said his ministry will push to fulfil the interests and manifestos set by Zanu-PF ahead of the 2018...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:21hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Doctors' absence prolongs patients' suffering
ORDINARY citizens whose pockets are not deep enough to afford private medical care continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing stand-off between medical doctors — who have been on industrial action fo...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Youth league commends Mnangagwa
THE Zanu-PF Youth League has commended President Mnangagwa for appointing more younger people into Government, saying the development was a clear commitment to the inclusive agenda. In a state...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:17hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
3 die in Matabeleland South car accidents
THREE people died in separate road accidents in Matabeleland South Province on Friday and Saturday, provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele said yesterday. He s...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:13hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
$50 fine for cutting wife's fingers
A MAN from Bulawayo has been fined $50 for cutting his wife's fingers with a pair of scissors in anger after she refused to give him money for bus fare. Nqobile Ncube (34) from Nkulumane subur...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:13hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
ZNA condemns killer soldier
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has condemned its member who fatally shot his wife and seriously injured his mother-in-law before committing suicide with a service gun in Chitungwiza recently. ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:09hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Dirty pieces of money ensnare civil servants
When President Mnangagwa embarked on the austerity path that is about to come to an end since the economy is showing positive signs of recovery, he did not seek to sugar-coat the pain that Zimbabweans...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:08hrs | 371 | by Pupurai Togarepi
Chiwenga ready to scale dizzy heights
ZIMBABWE'S only accredited female FIFA match agent, Ellen Chiwenga, was recently nominated among a galaxy of sports personalities in England like Raheem Sterling and Sadio Mane for this year's Footbal...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:07hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trainee medical registrars boycott final exams
DOZENS of University of Zimbabwe (UZ) postgraduate medical registrars, Monday boycotted their end of course examinations claiming they missed out on crucial practical lessons due to the ongoing strike...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 21:45hrs | 2751 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa showered with praises
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been showered with praises by the militant ZANU PF Youth League for promoting the ZANU PF Youth League members to higher offices. The Youth League Secretary fo...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 21:42hrs | 3431 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa lives up to his word - Zanu-PF Youth League
A special commendation to His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa for appointing more Youth as Ministers and Deputy Ministers.The ZANU (PF)...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 18:25hrs | 765 | by Tendai Chirau
Beitbridge hospital mortuary turns away dead bodies
The Beitbridge District Hospital mortuary has stopped accepting corpses due to long spells of power cuts and the rising temperatures in the border town. The hospital, in a notice, said their m...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 17:20hrs | 1716 | by Staff Reporter
15 years jail for pupil rape teacher
A TEACHER at Premier High School in Bulawayo has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old pupil that he was coaching English extra lessons. Shadreck Kantsholo (47) from Pu...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
UK to snatch fired Zimbabwe doctors?
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his government will fast track visa applications for foreign doctors and nurses - opening new opportunities for over 500 Zimbabwean doctors facing the sack fo...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:32hrs | 2923 | by Press Association
Practise what you preach
We preach from the scriptures but very often find our practices to be in conflict with our gospels. I am not a saint either. Politicians campaign with assurances to bring "heaven" to our country, yet ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:51hrs | 171 | by Prosper Tingini
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