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Mnangagwa in low spirits as COVID-19 ravages allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he is in "low spirits" as he buried two national heroes while mourning key ally, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, all in the absence of his two vice-presidents...Published: 18 hrs ago | 2768 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals run out of oxygen
MEDICAL practitioners have called on government to urgently intervene and put measures in place to ensure adequate supply of oxygen as most health institutions in the country are constantly running ou...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to get over 3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine
Zimbabwe is set to get over three million doses of vaccines at a cost of US$25 million from the 270 million jabs available to the African continent. The vaccines will cover 15 percent of Zimba...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:28hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Nurses demand risk allowance
NURSES have accused the government of depriving them of the COVID-19 risk allowance several months after they were promised the stipend.Government offered to pay allowances for health workers ...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:02hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Zumbani selling like hotcakes in Bulawayo
SOME enterprising vendors in Bulawayo are now selling Zumbani plant leaves in the streets and in their cars.The Zumbani plant, which has a strong balsamic citrus-like scent, is widely believed...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to receive its first batch of the Covid-19 vaccine in weeks
Zimbabwe could receive its first batch of the Covid-19 vaccine next month, with Government now finalising its national vaccine deployment plan and training of health care workers who will administer t...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Rare skin disease hits Zimbabwe
SYMPTOMS upon first exposure to sunlight: Freckling on sun-exposed areas. Dry skin. Pimples resembling blisters develop into spider web-like vessels and eventually dark brown tumours.If your c...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:37hrs | 7946 | by Staff reporter
'Entire Zimbabwe declared COVID-19 hotspot'
Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro, has declared the entire Zimbabwe a coronavirus hotspot.He says infection rates are rising drastically in all the country's regions....Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 18:48hrs | 2761 | by Staff Reporter
Be responsible or face the law
AUTHORITIES have warned that they will take tough measures, including conducting door-to-door raids, if people continue to disregard coronavirus regulations meant to curb the spread of the killer viru...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 18:24hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Nurses down injections and thermometers
NURSES at major public hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo downed tools yesterday for fear of contracting the deadly COVID-19 virus after being forced to work without personal protective equipment (PPE)....Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:40hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Harare only has 30 ICU beds
HARARE City Council yesterday said it was overwhelmed by the soaring number of COVID-19 cases, which has turned it into the epicentre of the pandemic.Acting mayor Stewart Mutizwa said the city...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:16hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
$7bn for Covid-19 response
Government has set aside $7 billion for the heightened fight against Covid-19, with authorities yesterday calling for the tightening of restrictions to control the geographical spread of the virus. ...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:03hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to resume manufacturing ARVs
ZIMBABWE will now resume local manufacturing of Antiretrovirals (ARVs) and other drugs using local pharmaceutical companies as the country has been losing millions of foreign currency by procuring the...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:47hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Mother to child HIV transmission worrisome, says Dr Chiwenga
CHILDREN between the ages of zero and 14 constitute 84 295 out of the 1 356 000 people living with HIV, with more than 90% of them infected through mother to child transmission.In a speech rea...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:16hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Jonso's mortal combat
EXILED Professor Jonathan Moyo has been busy burning the midnight candle. This week he ran a long Twitter thread that purportedly exposed with raw evidence the first family, that is, President ED Mnan...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 14:03hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Repentant nurses reinstated on payroll
More than 1 000 nurses removed from the monthly pay sheets for not working standard hours are being reinstated after apologising to the Government and reverting to normal duty shifts. Last mon...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Chegutu hospital in sorry state
A freak accident near Mupfure River on Sunday in which two people died has exposed the shocking condition at Chegutu District Hospital with reports that survivors were left in pain and bleeding as the...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:30hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Sally Mugabe nurses apologises to Chiwenga
Nurses at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital have publicly broken with the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina), resolved to resume normal shifts and most have apologised to the Government for disruptions in...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:25hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Bruising battles in Zanu-PF DCC polls
THE stage is set for bruising battles as the ruling Zanu-PF conduct their much awaited district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) elections across eight provinces today.This comes as cracks have bee...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:48hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabwean doctors now too cowed to speak?
WE are truly apologetic for the chain of events that have taken place over the past few months and we hope that you will have a kind heart to allow the rest of the students to return to class and fini...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo's PA denied bail
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is also now going after the assets of deceased criminals whose source of wealth cannot be explained.This comes as the anti-graft body is intensif...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:14hrs | 1752 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni fails to reopen again
EKUSILENI Medical Centre in Bulawayo will once again not open today as projected following reports that contractors still need more time to work on mechanical ventilation and other areas. The ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Aafrica strike border deal
Zimbabwe and South Africa are working flat out to harmonise management and health systems at Beitbridge Border Post so that more people can cross the Limpopo during the festive season without health r...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1314 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle supply syndicate exposed
A syndicate comprising vehicle suppliers and senior procurement officials in various State institutions has been milking millions of dollars from state coffers through murky and inflated vehicle suppl...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 18:23hrs | 3744 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to cut loose errant Zanu-PF bigwigs
A LIVID President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Zanu-PF bigwigs to be loyal to the party or risk being cut loose, as he bids to contain growing divisions in the former liberation movement.Addr...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:18hrs | 6476 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to tighten COVID-19 lockdown measures
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced that it would enforce tighter COVID-19 lockdown measures and a curfew after COVID-19 cases soared to 9 308 on Monday.In a post-Cabinet media briefing, Tourism an...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:45hrs | 7104 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's corruption crack team targets Chiwenga?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his political fixers are trying to nail Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga over his ally, Deputy health minister John Mangwiro's scandal of coercing state-owned medic...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:56hrs | 19866 | by Staff reporter
Govt investigates corona donations
AUTHORITIES are launching a nationwide probe into donated coronavirus funds and other materials, amid fears that significant portions of these gifts were looted by politically-connected individuals, t...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Prices for medical drugs to come down
There are plans to cut down the involvement of middlemen in the procurement of medical drugs, so as to make the prices affordable, Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro has said....Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 16:49hrs | 2356 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga political tussling escalates
A FIERCE row has erupted between the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) over the manner in which investigations are being handled, relating to alleg...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:17hrs | 10516 | by Staff reporter
Minister grilled over corruption
The Zimbabwe anti-corruption commission (ZACC) interrogated depute Health and Child Health Care minister John Mangwiro pending the finalisation of his corruption allegations docket relating to a coron...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 06:46hrs | 2295 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt mulls tightening lockdown
AUTHORITIES could be forced to re-introduce a tough national lockdown to prevent a second wave of the lethal coronavirus in the country.This comes as health experts - alarmed by the rising num...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 07:11hrs | 13376 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt likely to impose lockdown'
HEALTH and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro said his hands were clean in the US$6 million COVID-19 procurement scam in which he is implicated. Mangwiro said to date the Zimbabwe Anti-C...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:46hrs | 1493 | by Staff reporter
Govt blames Covid-19 spike on border jumpers
The government has blamed the spike in Covid-19 cases in Bulawayo to illegal immigrants as fears of a second wave of the outbreak of the respiratory disease in Zimbabwe grow.Health and Child C...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:19hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
MPs, ministers angle for positions in Zanu-PF DCCs
ZANU-PF bigwigs who include Cabinet ministers and MPs have engaged in fierce fights for top positions in the forthcoming district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections as they seek to consolidate th...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 06:58hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces tougher Covid-19 lockdown
ZIMBABWE may be forced into implementing more stringent measures, possibly another lockdown, if Covid-19 cases continue to rise, an official has said.The chief coordinator for the National Res...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya gold case opens can of worms
THE dramatic arrest and subsequent prosecution of suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has lifted the lid on the cutthroat gold trafficking underworld dominated by t...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:56hrs | 11807 | by Staff reporter
Military nurses take over hospitals
GOVERNMENT has resolved to deploy military medical personnel at all State hospitals to avoid disruptions caused by striking civilian nurses and doctors.The move, which is widely viewed as Vice...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:05hrs | 5486 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe faces fresh wave of COVID-19'
ZIMBABWE is staring at a second wave of COVID-19 that could kill thousands in the country if regulations on social distancing and proper masking up are not observed, health authorities have warned....Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:33hrs | 3355 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa promises to punish those mired in corruption
THE government will pursue justice without fear or favour, and also severely punish criminals - including public officials linked to graft, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has said.In addition, ...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 18:18hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter
Border reopening poser for Mnangagwa
On Tuesday, Cabinet announced the phased reopening of land borders, starting with the country's main ports of entry - Beitbridge, Plumtree, Victoria Falls, Chirundu, Nyamapanda and Forbes.Howe...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 18:17hrs | 9054 | by Staff reporter
Cuba to bring more doctors
Cuba is set to increase the number of medical doctors operating in Zimbabwe on a Government-to-Government arrangement, a development that is expected to deepen bilateral cooperation between the two co...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:08hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dumps bodyguard
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has jettisoned one of his bodyguards who was implicated in an alleged gold smuggling racket.Stephen Chenjerai Tserayi, a member of the Close Unit, was suspended fo...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:46hrs | 5750 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga accused of using command tactics
NURSES have confronted Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who doubles as Health minister over his decision to reverse their working hours.Early this year nurses reached an agreement with the...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | 13185 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF battle lines drawn as ZACC closes in on Chiwenga ally
Factional battle lines are drawn in Zanu-PF over the fate of John Mangwiro, the deputy minister of health who is the subject of a corruption probe by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)....Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2977 | by Staff reporter
Minister denies abuse of office charges
HEALTH and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro has denied interfering in the bidding process for the supply of Covid-19 related materials by Young Health Care to the National Pharmaceutical Co...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:53hrs | 1034 | by Staff reporter
Scanners cause border delays
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has since July been forced to manually enforce customs regulations on commercial imports coming into the country through Beitbridge following a major breakdown o...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:38hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ally in COVID-19 fraud?
THE probe on Health deputy minister John Mangwiro over an alleged US$5,6 million COVID-19 tender scam has become a proxy for the factional fights ravaging the ruling Zanu-PF party, with dog fights ove...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:31hrs | 6604 | by Staff reporter
US$5,6m COVID-19 tender scandal
THE probe on Health deputy minister John Mangwiro over an alleged US$5,6 million COVID-19 tender scam has become a proxy for the factional fights ravaging the ruling Zanu-PF party, with dog fights ove...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:23hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ministry rocked by salaries scam
THE profligate President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration is spending millions of dollars per month on double salaries and allowances for senior officials in the Ministry of Health and Child Care des...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 11115 | by Staff reporter
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