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Zimbabwe govt says there Is no need to panic over Mpox
The Zimbabwean government has sought to allay public anxiety following the confirmation of two isolated cases of Mpox disease, which were reported for the first time in the country on Sunday. With com...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 08:35hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ups Mpox surveillance
The Zimbabwean government has ramped up surveillance efforts at the country's borders in response to the rising threat of Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, which has recently been declared a public h...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Elephantiasis outbreak hits Zimbabwe
The government has been urged to take swift action following an outbreak of elephantiasis in Mashonaland West province. Elephantiasis, a parasitic disease affecting the lymph nodes and vessels, is spr...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:22hrs | 10476 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe issues Mpox alert
The Zimbabwean government has issued a public warning about the outbreak of Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, which has recently spread to non-endemic countries, including neighboring South Africa. A...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:19hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe says on high alert for Mpox, urges citizen precaution
The government says it has activated systems to tackle any outbreak of Mpox and has called on citizens to avoid unnecessary contact with animals that could be hosting the dreaded disease which has dev...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 10:33hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Why NetEnt stands out as a top-tier game developer
When asked about the best game developers, which software provider would everyone think of? We bet that many will recall NetEnt with its highest-quality slot machines and exceptional features. The com...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 21:45hrs | 109 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Comprehensive Review of Solana's Network Security Measures
Overview As a critical element of its network architecture, security has been given top priority by Solana, a rapidly emerging competitor in the blockchain ...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 14:51hrs | 152 | by Staff Reporter
Counterfeit & expired goods flood Bulawayo streets
In Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD), an informal sector thrives under the cover of darkness, selling cheap foodstuffs and other products that are often expired or counterfeit. Operating betw...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mother of three remains positive after four cancer operations
The 40-year-old mother of three who on Tuesday was one of the first three patients ever to be operated on in Zimbabwe by means of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has had a long battle...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 11:29hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwe poised for major medical breakthrough
ZIMBABWE is earmarked for another major medical breakthrough as it is set to conduct a minimally invasive thoracic surgery today.The development is the first of its kind in the country and foc...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
More houses for Zimra officers
FINANCE, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Professor Mthuli, Ncube on Thursday officially commissioned a block of flats built for Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) workers deplo...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US diplomat outlines an ambitious vision for Zimbabwe
BOTTOM LINE- The US Embassy in Harare has identified the potential for Zimbabwe to become a growth hub for Southern Africa.- This is a curious conclusion to draw given the fact that Zi...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 18:33hrs | 9 | by Michael Walsh
Love birds hit by goods train named
POLICE have named victims of Beitbridge goods train accident who may have died in their sleep at a makeshift love nest between the railway lines.The officer commanding Beitbridge Police Distri...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 20:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangangwa's full speech at yesterday's Bulilima rally
WHEN Jesus was born the three wise men came from the East, Zanu-PF has wise men, they are the chosen ones who were instructed by Jehovah to fight this war of liberating the country.You who are...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:42hrs | 10 | by Dambudzo Mnangagwa
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 3 | by Jonathan Moyo
PowerTel committed to bridging rural digital divide
INTERNET service provider, PowerTel Communications (Pvt) Ltd which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zesa has reaffirmed its commitment towards bridging the digital divide riding on the infrastruc...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Econet apologizes over network challenges
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has apologised over network challenges experienced over the past week, and said it was now confident the challenges had now been fully resolved. "We sincerely regret t...Published: 17 May 2023 at 21:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa: Embattling a Continent
When the IMF goes to warSo the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff has decided to grant Ukraine some whooping USD15,6 billion?Ukraine is at war with Russia.A war funded and...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 12:59hrs | | by Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Man accuses wife of infecting him with HIV, bashes her
A 29-YEAR-OLD Glendale man was dragged to Concession magistrates courts yesterday after he assaulted his wife accusing her of infecting him with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).The man who ...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 14:57hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Dismissed Zimbabwean lecturers refuse request to withdraw their court case
Four immigrant lecturers dismissed from Port Elizabeth TVET College have refused the college's request that they withdraw their court case.On Wednesday the Labour Court in Gqeberha postponed t...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Reflecting on the export ban for raw lithium
Through Statutory Instrument 213 of 2022 (Referend to as Base Minerals Export Control for unbeneficiated Lithium Bearing Ores), Zimbabwe banned the export of raw lithium from the country. The regulati...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 09:12hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
HIV drugs to be taken twice a year
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) treatment is awaiting government approval on the new drug Sunlenca (Lenacapavir) being taken twice a year by people with multi-drug resistant HlV type one....Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 08:56hrs | 7 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Beware of the folly of Trojan rulers!
Government, folly of mankind?Barbara W Tuchman is a prolific writer on politics as read through history. I enjoy her take on her subject.But she is American, western, itself an importa...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 18:07hrs | 1 | by on Saturday
Chiwenga shoots first beast in the resuscitation of CSC
THE revamped Cold Storage Company(CSC)-Boustead Beef factory, which resumed operations yesterday after 22 years of closure, will never be allowed to collapse again as its re-opening is anchored on ren...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Value project promotes access to finance for small, medium pork producers
The VALUE project is promoting access to finance for value chain upgrading for small and medium scale pork producers in 8 districts where the project is operational.This is revealed in the lat...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:53hrs | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
Nhlanhla Lux exposed - The disturbing picture behind the masks of the man heading Operation Dudula
Nhlanhla "Lux" Mohlauhi (also Dlamini) has been churning up anti-foreigner sentiment and bursting into people's homes like a vigilante, instilling fear and panic in refugee and immigrant communities....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
By-elections: The morning after
ZANU-PF's Wednesday St Mary's rally was a turning point in several ways. Of course, the most obvious marker were the numbers that attended, something even the blind could see and feel.I cannot...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:14hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Tabitha Khumalo decries cancer treatment costs
FORMER Bulawayo East legislator Thabitha Khumalo has bemoaned the huge cost of cancer treatment in Zimbabwe, saying vulnerable people struggled to meet the costs.Khumalo, who suffers from brea...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lumpy skin outbreak in Binga
BINGA in Matabeleland North province is experiencing an outbreak of lumpy skin disease, which has killed livestock, mainly cattle.Lumpy skin is a virulent disease spread by mosquitoes, especia...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Major facelift set for Ascot race course, Makokoba
BULAWAYO's Ascot Race Course is set for a major facelift after the local authority identified it as "lost space" with a need to come up with viable development structures that will add into the city's...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:01hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
NetOne leads telecoms infrastructure development
STATE-OWNED telecommunications company, NetOne, has led the development of mobile telephone infrastructure in the third quarter ended September 30, 2021 on the back of a partnership with Huawei Techno...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Potraz calls for investment in broadband
ZIMBABWE'S telecoms regulator says the COVID–19 outbreak has exposed serious shortcomings in operators' capacity to meet demand for key services like broadband coverage.In a commentary to th...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Hwange's Mpumalanga housing project gets node
THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) is ready to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) to construct more than 500 houses in Mpumalanga suburb for the power utility's emplo...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Lake Gwayi-Shangani to start holding water
LAKE Gwayi-Shangani will start receiving significant inflows in the 2021/22 rain season while Bulawayo and surrounding communities could start drawing water from it by the end of next year.Gov...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
More ZBC employees arrested for extorting Prophet Freddy
An engineer at ZBC appeared in court Friday on allegations of attempting to extort Prophet Tapiwa Freddy of US$20 000 after threatening to expose a love affair between the prophet and radio presenter ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa proud of industry revival
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday expressed pride over the positive strides being registered by the country's industries - taking advantage of the supportive Government policy reforms. These have enhanced...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Invictus acquires seismic data for Cabora Bassa project
OIL and gas-focused Invictus Energy (Invictus) says it will next week commence the acquisition of the seismic data for its Cabora Bassa project in Zimbabwe.The Australian-listed company report...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Moderna starts human trials of experimental mRNA HIV vaccine
United States pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna last Wednesday started trials of its experimental mRNA HIV vaccine.Moderna has enrolled 56 healthy adults without HIV to test the...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 10:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Govt changes tact on Gwayi-Shangani dam project
The government says it has adopted an integrated approach to the Gwayi-Shangani dam construction project by holistically involving other relevant stakeholders during planning and implementation to avo...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 19:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry feels impact of SA protests
Businesses and consumers have already begun feeling the contagion effect of the country's heavy dependency on South Africa after the unrest that plagued the rainbow nation last week over the incarcera...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo faces massive land shortage
BULAWAYO requires as much as 27 000 hectares of land within and outside its boundaries to meet the needs of residents and industry under a development strategy running until 2034.Only 12 350 h...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preaches unity
WITH Zimbabwe starting to experience relative economic stability following years of markets turmoil, President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called for national unity and discipline to improve the lot ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 18:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Govt to plug cheating by mobile operators
TO combat telecommunications fraud and payment evasion, regulator Portraz has now been ordered to install a system that will record the two numbers in any telecommunications call that has at least one...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lumpy skin ravages Matabeleland livestock
WIDESPREAD cases of the lumpy skin disease have been reported in Matabeleland South and North provinces which has resulted in the death of livestock especially cattle.Lumpy skin is a viral dis...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Free tick grease scheme
THE tick grease programme launched last year under the Presidential Inputs Scheme to benefit one million households seems to be going on well, with many farmers collecting their share. But this noble ...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
January disease wreaks havoc in Mashonaland West
FARMERS in Mashonaland West province reportedly lost over 1 000 cattle last month due to an outbreak of Theileriosis also known as the January disease, NewsDay reported.Chief director of lives...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Indian investors target Vic Falls
Victoria Falls, which was declared a city last week and is already a special economic zone, has started attracting foreign investors, with an Indian transnational firm with interests in the health sec...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs US$123m for fibre cables
ZIMBABWE requires US$123 million to invest in optic fibre to extend the backbone network to reach and serve every district in the country.This was contained in a consultation paper on Zimbabwe...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in bid to muscle out company from land
THE ruling Zanu-PF District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) for Harare province, chaired by Goodwills Masimirembwa, has been entangled in a messy property wrangle in which it is seeking the eviction of ...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
MOPA Bill gets nod
Mashonaland West province has thrown its weight behind the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (MOPA) in public hearings held recently. Participants at the joint Parliamentary Portfolio Commit...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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