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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: 1 hr ago | 54 | by Staff reporter
Things no longer looking good at NUST
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERNSubject: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYGreetings to you Sir/MadamThings are no longer looking good at NUST. 2020 first year students have i...Published: 17 hrs ago | 7580 | by Tapfuma Muganiwa
Parliament moots law to regulate DNA testing
NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda has revealed that Parliament is contemplating crafting a law that will regulate DNA testing in the country amid revelations that there is no such law.Mu...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
NUST to conduct Gukurahundi DNA tests
GOVERNMENT is working on a law that will guide the process of exhumations of the remains of Gukurahundi victims in Matabeleland and the Midlands with the National University of Science and Technology ...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:38hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions MSU Industrial Park
AN industrial park established by Midlands State University (MSU) in Gweru was yesterday commissioned by President Mnangagwa, who reiterated the need for all institutions of higher and tertiary educat...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:57hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
How we started MSU: Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa together with the late Vice President and national hero Cde Simon Muzenda, national heroes Cdes Richard Hove and Cephas Msipa, were members of the first committee that resulted in ...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 09:23hrs | 2082 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe cannot rely on imports, says Mohadi
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has said Zimbabwe cannot continue to rely on grain and cereal imports when the country has the capacity to utilise irrigation schemes that are lying idle throughout the cou...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 13:35hrs | 767 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe cannot rely on imports, says Mohadi
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has said the country cannot continue to rely on grain and cereal imports when it has the capacity to utilise irrigation schemes that are lying idle throughout the country t...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa graduation ceremony attendee dies from Covid-19
A woman who attended a graduation ceremony at which President Emmerson Mnangagwa was the guest of honour on October 30 has succumbed to Covid-19.The 47-year-old resident of Cowdray Park in Bul...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:10hrs | 2807 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 2 528 Nust graduates
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 528 graduates at the University of Science and Technology (nust) where he launched the US$2 000 Chancellor's prize to be given to outstanding science, technology...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:07hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Bulawayo for NUST graduation
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa jetted into Bulawayo yesterday and is today expected to preside over the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) 26th graduation ceremony and later on meet chiefs from...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo beauty shines at SA pageant
SOUTH Africa-based Bulawayo model Lindy Nyathi walked away victorious at the recently held Miss Witbank pageant after she was crowned Queen of Emalahleni and Best in Interview Miss Witbank model. ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1561 | by Staff reporter
Kombi conductors, drivers to pay tax
GOVERNMENT has directed workers in the transport sector, including commuter omnibus drivers and conductors, to register with the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) as part of social protection ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:47hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Kombi conductors, drivers to pay tax
GOVERNMENT has directed workers in the transport sector, including commuter omnibus drivers and conductors, to register with the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) as part of social protection ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 09:28hrs | 7253 | by Staff Reporter
Ekusileni Hospital to be turned into NUST specialist facility
EKUSILENI Hospital in Bulawayo, which is currently being used as a COVID-19 facility, will become a National University of Science and Technology (NUST) specialist teaching centre when the coronavirus...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1287 | by Staff reporter
Chiri to audit Covid-19 donations
Auditor-General Mrs Mildred Chiri is taking stock of all donations and resources directed towards Covid-19. Mrs Chiri has ordered all Government departments to furnish her with details and she i...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:28hrs | 264 | by Staff reorter
Disaster preparedness intensifies ahead of rains
Government has started reserving some of the Covid-19 donations for contingent disaster management plans as the country approaches the rainy season, which might displace some families, an official has...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:08hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Dr. Masimba Mavaza, please do not excite!
I have hardly recovered from the last article you wrote on Bulawayo24: an article that sees female gender as unreasonable and out of sic with African traditions and culture. Here we go again today: "M...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 20:57hrs | 511 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa salutes citizens, corporates
President Mnangagwa has expressed gratitude to Zimbabweans and those in the Diaspora for collaborating in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, which has seen the country being ranked among countri...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Universities apply for radio licences
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) and Lupane State University (LSU) have applied for radio broadcasting licences for their respective campus radios.Nust based in Bulaway...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
NUST student off the hook
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) student Panashe Vongai Sivandani has been removed from remand following her arrest for participating in the foiled July 31 anticorruption protests....Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1077 | by Staff reporter
Varsities resume face-to-face lectures
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has reopened for face-to-face lectures for first year students who will be on campus for two weeks before they start online learning.The university has put ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 19:59hrs | 946 | by Staff reporter
Post COVIC-19 Water Catastrophe - 5 Lessons for the Developing World
I am glad to pen up this script with much positivity about the end of COVID-19 pandemic, its short-lived, though its impacts are very catastrophic. Because COVID-19 is a reality, has its impacts been ...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 12:54hrs | 690 | by Dr. Eugine Makaya
NRZ urged to reintroduce commuter trains
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has been called upon to re-introduce commuter trains to help ease transport challenges in Bulawayo, with commuters at times being forced to walk to and from tow...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 08:51hrs | 380 | by Staff Reporter
Ezra Tshisa Sibanda uses fame to drive philanthropy
VETERAN broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has used his international standing to positively impact on people and communities around him. From being a radio presenter on Radio 2 now Radio Zimbabw...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Express lane for public transport
ZIMBABWE'S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) Cabinet received from the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Honourable OCZ Muchinguri Kashiri, chairperson of the Ad Hoc Inter-Min...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter
Local doctor to lead Ekusileni transformation
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has tasked renowned paediatrician, Dr Wedu Ndebele, to lead the establishment of Ekusileni Research and Teaching Specialist (ERTS) hospital. ...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:21hrs | 787 | 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 | 171 | by Stephen Jakes
Silandulo leaves Nust
National University of Science and Technology (Nust) director of communications and marketing Mr Felix Moyo has retired after serving the institution for 23 years. Mr Moyo bade farewell to Nus...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:50hrs | 2544 | by Staff reporter
Western Commonage suspends proceedings: 12 prosecutors in isolation
Magistrates' courts at Western Commonage Court in Bulawayo have suspended all trials after 12 public prosecutors, among them seven police officers attached to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA),...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 07:41hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube, Khupe also benefitted from RBZ looting programme
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: THE 2007/8 Farm Mechanisation Programme was above board: Taxpayers not saddled with the Bill.First of all, I must express my prima-facie disappointment with my bro...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:24hrs | 7408 | by Dr Gideon Gono
From herdboy to professor
WHEN Solwayo Ngwenya was herding goats, cows and donkeys in rural Lupane in the 1970s, never did he imagine that one day he would be a celebrated obstetrician. But on Monday he was appointed a full ti...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:42hrs | 2899 | by Staff reporter
Solwayo Ngwenya now a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology
Acting Mpilo Central Hospital CEO Dr Solwayo Ngwenya has been awarded a professorship for his research, teaching and leadership qualities.The University of Science and Technology (NUST) has aw...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 19:08hrs | 2474 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Bulawayo Mayor instructed to report to Thokozani Khupe daily
MDC-T President Thokozani Khupe has constituted a Presidential Task Force to look at the death of about 13 people in Luveve in the past months and has instructed Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Mad...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 9101 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo sits on perennial river
IN a case depicting poverty amid plenty, part of the Bulawayo Central Business District (CBD) was built on top of an underground perennial river, despite the city experiencing a crippling water shorta...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 1911 | by Staff reporter
Bid to soil ex-lover's academic credentials flops
A JILTED man's attempt to soil his ex-lover with academic fraud allegations, recently hit a snag after the court found no credible evidence against the woman before throwing out his US$1 200 claim for...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1153 | by Staff reporter
Mat North schools ready for June exams
SCHOOLS in Matabeleland North province are ready for the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) June exams, the Provincial Education Director Mr Jabulani Mpofu has said.Speaking during...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 13:30hrs | 635 | by Agencies
Bulawayo water safe, says council report
A Bulawayo City Council report on the alleged contaminated Luveve water has revealed that tap water samples collected in the area tested satisfactory while those done on water from an open source in t...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:01hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Foreign students to produce Covid-19 free certificates
FOREIGN students who are doing final year studies at country's universities are expected to produce Covid-19 free certificates and subjected to the mandatory 21-day quarantine while undergoing testing...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea-hit Bulawayo suburb to test for Covid-19
THE diarrhoea outbreak death toll in Bulawayo's Luveve suburb has increased to nine and the city's health services department has treated nearly 1 000 patients since it launched the door-to-door treat...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
NUST appoints new Registrar
THE National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Council has appointed Biggy Ngwenya (56) as the new Registrar.His appointment follows the retirement of former Registrar, Fidelis Mhlan...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 14:44hrs | 3890 | by Stephen Jakes
MSU to open before end of June
PLANS to reopen Midlands State University (MSU) are at an advanced stage with the first batch of students expected on campus on June 22. While other universities such as University of Zimbabwe...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:41hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents pursue independent water tests
BULAWAYO residents have engaged private laboratories to run independent tests on the city's water after five children reportedly succumbed to diarrhoea due to contaminated water being pumped to Luveve...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:37hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Nust resumes lectures
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) yesterday resumed lectures for final year students in four faculties as it implemented staggered re-opening to contain Covid-19. Studen...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:13hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Nust announces reopening date
The National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has postponed the commencement of lectures to next week.Educational institutions in the country closed prematurely on March 24 due to t...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 3972 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe awaits more Covid-19 test kits
ZIMBABWE has about 12 000 Covid-19 test kits at the moment as it awaits deliveries from abroad to better determine the magnitude of the pandemic. Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 07:12hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Universities reopen under strict guidelines
SOME of the country's institutions of higher learning will start opening doors for students in their final semesters tomorrow, while the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulaway...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:20hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
MSU makes it mandatory for students to stay in campus
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has announced that all final-year undergraduate students would be required to stay in campus when they resume learning this month as part of measures to curb the sp...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:34hrs | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Nust students test positive for Covid-19
THREE medical students from the National University of Science Technology (Nust) have tested Covid-19 positive bringing the cumulative number of cases which have been recorded in Bulawayo to 20. ...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:49hrs | 1516 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1504 | by Staff reporter
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