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Hackers snatch US$100 000 from NatPharm
THE National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm) lost more than US$100 000 to hackers when its computer system was attacked, Auditor-General Mildred Chiri (pictured) has revealed.In ...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:01hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
100% uniforms price hike kills back-to-school hype
SOME retailers have raised prices of school uniforms and other school items claiming manufacturers hiked prices by up to 100 percent, dampening the back-to-school preparations by parents and guardians...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:56hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Packed programme as ZITF roars to life
THE 62nd edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) begins tomorrow with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta now unable to come for the official opening as earlier scheduled following the dea...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination blitz: Zimbabwe reaches 10m dose mark
ZIMBABWE has now administered 10 million jabs of Covid-19 vaccines with more than half the targeted population aged 12 and over now having had their first dose, a pair of major milestones in the natio...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants allege PSMAS takeover plot
CIVIL servants have accused the Public Service Commission (PSC) of plotting to take over Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS).The Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Service Trade Unions (...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:37hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises massive health infrastructure upgrade
More than 47 clinics and hospitals have been built since 2018 under the Second Republic with many more upgraded and repaired, as the Second Republic goes overdrive to improve the health sector....Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's perennial water crisis worrying
Zimbabwe's Perennial Water Crisis is worrying various stakeholders amid the observance of human rights, including socio-economic rights, participation rights and non-discrimination rights, is critical...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:40hrs | 163 | by Stephen Jakes
2021 O-Level pass rate improves
Last year's Ordinary Level results are now out with a subject pass rate of 26,34 percent that is marginally higher than the 24,77 percent recorded in 2020, the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic and ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's major hospitals without substantive CEOs for 2 years
Zimbabwe's major hospitals are operating with acting CEOs nearly two years after the health services board conducted interviews, ZimLive can reveal.Five CEOs at Zimbabwe's major public hospita...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
'New Covid-19 variant could get into Zimbabwe'
Botswana has detected a new Covid-19 variant which a local health expert says is likely to find its way into Zimbabwe within a week, analysts have said.A new sub lineage of the Omicron, has be...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:24hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
New Covid-19 variant detected in Botswana
BOTSWANA has detected a new omicron sub variant, Omicron B.A.4 and B.A.5.Authorities in the neighbouring country said four people have tested positive to the new variant and have mild symptoms...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 14:52hrs | 1587 | by Staff reporter
Pupils to receive amacimbi fortified porridge
GOVERNMENT is set to introduce a school feeding programme for pupils aged between seven and 11 years who will receive mopane worms fortified porridge in a bid to address the pupils' nutritional challe...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to deploy pathologists to Mozambique
GOVERNMENT will deploy a team of pathologists to Mozambique in June to start the exhumation and repatriation of more than 157 Zimbabwean nationals who were swept away by the Cyclone Idai floods in 201...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Shock as negligence by hospital staff leads to baby's leg amputation
AUTHORITIES at the state-run Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have landed themselves in trouble after a newly born baby had her leg amputated less than one month after being born.Zimbabwe Lawye...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 08:43hrs | 1536 | by Stephen Jakes
ZIMSEC 'A' Level results out
Zimbabwe School Examinations Council chairperson Professor Eddie Mwenje has announced that the 2021 A Level results are out and will be accessed via the institution website from Wednesday 1800hrs. ...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 15:39hrs | 2137 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe hits 5 million first Covid-19 jabs
ZIMBABWE passed the five million mark for first doses of Covid-19 vaccination last week with the record breaking blitz now in progress seeing more than 1,39 million doses administered in the last two ...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:11hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
No date for O and A-level results release, says Zimsec
LOWER Sixth pupils are now expected to start lessons in the second term after the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) failed to release O-level results in time.In the past years, Zim...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:24hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 3 000 cancer cases annually
CERVICAL cancer has become a major health concern among Zimbabwean women where an average of 3 000 cases are recorded each year, health experts have observed.Cervical cancer constitutes about ...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:49hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination blitz begins
Vaccination teams moved into schools yesterday to open the expanded Covid-19 vaccination campaign, with a large number of learners in selected schools getting their first shots.The schools' bl...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the biohazard threat in Ukraine?
From the very beginning of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, the United States has unleashed a massive campaign to accuse Moscow of all sorts of crimes.Protecting the civilian population...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:30hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Biological lab found in Ukraine
The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented on the issue of biological activity in Ukrainian biological laboratories.We confirm that, during the special military operat...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:50hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabweans can better understand their nutritional intake for a healthier life
In an age where access to basic resources is crucial for many individuals in communities around the world, multidimensional poverty still provides numerous challenges. The numbers speak for themselves...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 16:17hrs | 314 | by Andre Rendinger, Founder of Milhouse International
Beyond raw produce: without its food producers, Zimbabwe would face a major health crisis
It's almost become a cliche when discussing Zimbabwe's economic difficulties over the past two decades to lament the fact that it was once the "breadbasket of Africa". This is typically contrasted wit...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:34hrs | 184 | by Andre Redinger, Founder of Millhouse International
Govt reaches out to HIV positive children
Government is reaching out to children living with HIV to take advantage of the available treatment as part of accelerated efforts to achieve an HIV free generation, Vice President and Minister of Hea...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Beyond raw produce: without its food producers, Zim would face a major health crisis
It's almost become a cliche when discussing Zimbabwe's economic difficulties over the past two decades to lament the fact that it was once the "breadbasket of Africa". This is typically contrasted wit...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:57hrs | 415 | by Andre Redinger, Founder of Millhouse International
Zesa cuts Maphisa off over debt
POWER utility, Zesa, has cut off electricity supplies to Old Antelope District Hospital in Maphisa, Matobo District, over tariff arrears amounting to $526 000.Although the facility has stopped...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
1 person dies of Covid-19 in Zimbabwe
One person succumbed to Covid-19 while 194 new cases were recorded in the country yesterday.The single death was recorded in Manicaland province whilst Mashonaland East province recorded the h...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Border officials ready for busy season
Authorities in Matabeleland South province where Zimbabwe shares borders with Botswana and South Africa have said they are prepared to handle an anticipated increase in vehicular and human traffic fol...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Borders reopen for the fully vaccinated
All ports of entry have been reopened to fully vaccinated travellers with valid Covid-19 PCR test certificates following convincing progress in the containment of the virus.Cabinet agreed to t...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean deportees not tested for COVID-19
SOUTH African officials have revealed that not all illegal immigrants, particularly Zimbabweans deported from the neighbouring country, are tested for COVID-19 before being sent back home amid concern...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1108 | by Staff reporter
Striking teachers suspended without pay
All teachers who did not report for duty when schools opened have been suspended with immediate effect for three months without pay, the Government said yesterday.Reports indicated last night ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Hubby turns midwife, assists wife to give birth after going into labour at home
THE role of husbands in maternal health is often overlooked by health programmes in developing countries like Zimbabwe.The amazing story of Thomas Tiyatara from Mahatshula North suburb in Bula...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
No bonding, no clearance for nurses
Nurses who intend leaving the country to pursue their careers elsewhere should satisfy all statutory requirements, including bonding, the Nurses and Midwives' Council of Zimbabwe has said.The ...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:19hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
3 more succumb to Covid-19
THREE more people have succumbed to Covid-19 in Zimbabwe while 151 tested positive during the past 24 hours, statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care show.The three deaths were re...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:10hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Medicines Board Shuts Down Pharmacies Over Unauthorised Drugs
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has suspended four pharmacy supervisors and shut down three over suspected cases of illegal dealings.The MCAZ did not give any explanation an...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Nurses blast Chiwenga
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has with immediate effect ordered the Nurses Council of Zimbabwe (NCZ) to stop issuing Nurses' Verification Letters, a key document for those seeking employment o...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:44hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
UAE lifts Zimbabwe travel restrictions
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s national crisis and emergency management authority has lifted restriction on entry for passengers arriving from 12 countries, including Zimbabwe beginning today....Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:35hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
NUST starts making PCR test kits
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) is set to start manufacturing Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) kits next month following delivery of a US$86 000 reagents manufacturing machine....Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:38hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
City adopts door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination
BULAWAYO has started a door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination programme, as the country ramps up its fight against the pandemic.The latest development comes as Government has also indicated that th...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:03hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records sharp decrease in Covid cases
ZIMBABWE has seen a sharp decline in Covid-19 cases over the past week, with daily cases dropping from 709 on January 10 to 144 Sunday, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health and Chil...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1077 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner evicts villagers
CHINESE mining company, Monaf Investments has given villagers in Muchesu ward 12, Binga, three months' notice to vacate their ancestral land after it was granted a permit to extract coal in the area....Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
German airline to fly into Zimbabwe by March
Eurowings Discover has become the latest airline to express interest in flying into Zimbabwe, in a move expected to boost local tourism.Zimbabwe is among the 24 destinations that Eurowings Dis...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:29hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens forced vaccinations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threatened forced Covid-19 vaccinations, saying the country now had enough doses for everyone.Mnangagwa said this while addressing his party politburo in...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 09:04hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Bill outlaws strike action for health workers
THE Health Services Amendment Bill, which will outlaw industrial action by health workers lasting more than three days and upgrade the Health Services Board to a Commission is now before Parliament....Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:19hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
13 Covid 19 deaths on Day One of 2022
COVID-19 claimed 13 lives on the first day of the year, while 269 were hospitalised as of December 31 countrywide.On New Year's Day Zimbabwe had recorded a total of 214 214 confirmed cases, in...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 kills 133 in one week
A TOTAL of 133 Covid-19 deaths and more than 10 000 Covid-19 infections were recorded in the seven days between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve in Zimbabwe, a situation that has prompted a revision o...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:10hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube exposed
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been exposed for lying that he set aside nearly 15% of the total 2022 budget for the health sector in compliance with the Abuja Declaration.In his budget spee...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:20hrs | 2290 | by Staff reporter
Examination classes re-open on Monday
Schools re-open on Monday with the resumption of O-Level and A-Level examinations following the fortnight break for Christmas and New Year, the shortest Christmas holiday ever while the rest of the pu...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:05hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs raise Covid-19 alarm
CHIEFS have raised alarm over Zimbabweans sneaking into communities from neighbouring countries where they are based amid strong suspicions that some of them are border jumpers who are evading Covid-1...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Speculation rife as Zimbabwe records spike in cases of rare flu
Genomic sequencing is needed to avoid speculation of a new variant following a spike in rare flu cases in Zimbabwe, health experts have said.This comes as Zimbabwe is recording an increase in ...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
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