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Zanu-PF bigwigs retreat to farms as Covid-19 bites
SEVERAL government and Zanu-PF bigwigs have retreated to their farms and villages as the Covid-19 pandemic bares its teeth with four Cabinet ministers having died so far and President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:56hrs | 4031 | by Staff reporter
Admission fees into Covid-19 wards exorbitant
PUBLIC hospitals where ordinary Zimbabweans go to for survival are charging as much as RTGS $10 000, an equivalent of US$100, for admission into their Covid-19 wards, an amount of money that very few ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:52hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
UZ Pro Vice Chancellor dies
University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Pro Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, Professor Rosemary Moyana reportedly passed on early Thursday morning at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals.The university, issu...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:56hrs | 4547 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa buried
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa's brother, Daniel Parirenyatwa was buried yesterday in Zimunya, Manicaland Province. Minister Mutsvangwa's husband, ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2096 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's spin-nurse relives prison nightmare
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere was arrested recently and charged for allegedly communicating falsehoods in a matter involving a baby who was initially reported dead following a baton stick st...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 15:51hrs | 2779 | by Staff Reporter
One COVID-19 death per hour
ZIMBABWE's COVID-19 dilemma is likely to escalate if serious precautions to prevent its further spread are not taken, with official statistics yesterday revealing that one person is dying every hour i...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Former MDC MP dies
Former MDC MP for Chikomba Central and businessman, Moses Jiri has died.Jiri died at Parirenyatwa Hospital last night.Mash East MDC A provincial spokesperson Chengetai Murova confirmed...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 19:34hrs | 3723 | 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 | 7950 | 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
'SA infectious COVID-19 variant likely in Zimbabwe'
THERE is a "pretty high likelihood" that the new coronavirus variant 501. V2 identified in South Africa could be circulating in Zimbabwe — but no investigation has been done to ascertain its presenc...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:42hrs | 842 | 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 | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Teens kill colleague over girlfriend
FIVE teenagers from Zimunya, Manicaland province, were last week brought before a Mutare magistrate on a charge of killing their friend over a girlfriend.The teenagers were released into the c...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1019 | 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 hospitals buckle under Covid-19 strain
Hospitals in Zimbabwe are reeling from a renewed surge in the coronavirus, with a shortage of beds and equipment threatening to overwhelm the public health system.The Health Ministry on Tuesda...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 16:18hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's carefree attitude towards Covid-19
THE fear of death and the deep longing for immortality is, according to philosopher and political theorist Thomas Hobbes every man's desire — where every human sense is trained to avoid death at all...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Shamuyarira's late widow
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa sent a message of condolence to the Shamuyarira family following the death of Amai Dorothy Shamuyarira yesterday morning.Amai Shamuyarira, who was a widow to former Cabinet...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:33hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Nathan Shamuyarira's widow dies
Dorothy Shamuyarira, the wife of the late national hero, Dr Nathan Shamuyarira, has died at Parirenyatwa Hospital.Dora, as her husband affectionately called her, was a nurse by profession at t...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 15:00hrs | 2820 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after police raided a nightclub
A GRIEF-STRICKEN family is demanding justice after a relative died in custody in Murewa on Boxing Day following a police dog bite outside a nightclub, although a police statement to this publication s...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 15:51hrs | 5477 | by Staff reporter
Defiant killer kombi driver to appear in court
A DEFIANT commuter omnibus driver violated the Covid-19 travelling restrictions which banned kombis not registered with ZUPCO from operating around the country's roads and drove into Harare's city cen...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:28hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Killer cop tells court he intentionally killed wife
SERGEANT Tichaona Chirinhe, who shot and killed his wife in Chitungwiza with a service pistol following a suspected domestic dispute, denied intentionally shooting her, describing the incident as very...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:17hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash fatality increases to 18
GOVERNMENT will meet funeral expenses for 18 people who died in a horrific road accident near Mutoko Business Centre on Sunday afternoon.Eight members of the Rutsito family, seven from the Chi...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:15hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Killer cop almost attacked at funeral
Violence nearly erupted in Chitungwiza yesterday after a police sergeant who reportedly shot and killed his wife, a fellow police officer, at their home in Unit F, Seke, was brought for indications at...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Cop shoots wife
Chitungwiza based police officer Sergeant Tichaona Chirinhe (38) allegedly shot dead his wife Juliana Chirinhe (37) yesterday in unclear circumstances....Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:27hrs | 2985 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cop guns down wife
A Police Sergeant yesterday gunned down his wife, a fellow police officer, at their home in Chitungwiza. By last night, it was not clear why Sergeant Tichaona Chirinhe (38) based at Crime Prev...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
55 babies born on Christmas Day
FIFTY-FIVE babies were born on Christmas Day at Harare's three main hospitals.Sally Mugabe Central Hospital recorded the highest number births, with 22 deliveries, followed by Parirenyatwa Gro...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:10hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Journalists who had contact with Dongozi urged to test for COVID-19
INFORMATION ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana has urged all journalists and other media persons who interacted with late veteran scribe Foster Dongozi at a recent Gweru workshop to immediatel...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 20:49hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Dongozi died from Covid-19
THERE are strong indications late Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) secretary general Foster Dongozi died of Covid-19.This comes after his media colleagues who were planning to travel to San...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3157 | by Staff reporter
GoFundMe Funeral Fundraiser for Foster Dongozi
A fundraising appeal has been launched for the funeral of veteran journalist and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) secretary-general Foster Dongozi who died Wednesday after experiencing respira...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1772 | by Staff reporter
Late Dongozi's family fumes at media
LATE veteran journalist and union leader Foster Dongozi's family is up in arms with local media for splashing news about their departed colleague's death when the family was still in the dark about th...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists SG dies
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists secretary-general and veteran journalist Foster Dongozi has died.Dongozi who is reported to have been suffering from a heart problem over a long period of time pa...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 20:23hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Corpses pile up at Mpilo mortuary
CORPSES continue to pile up at Mpilo Central Hospital mortuary in Bulawayo due to delays by relatives in collecting the bodies for burial and authorities are reportedly mulling conducting pauper buria...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1816 | by Staff reporter
NewsDay senior reporter dies
NEWSDAY senior court reporter Charles Laiton has died. He was 48.Laiton, who is survived by his wife and five children, passed on yesterday mid-morning at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospita...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders police to 'invoke corona lockdown laws'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered police to tighten lockdown restrictions during the festive season, as authorities strive to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country.At the same time...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:49hrs | 4322 | by Staff reporter
Power outages hit Mpilo Hospital
MPILO Central Hospital has been hit by power outages, risking the lives of about 465 patients admitted at the hospital, including 81 children in the paediatric ward and 98 patients in the surgical war...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:10hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'aide' loses vehicles worth US$160,000
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has confiscated and ordered the forfeiture of vehicles worth US$160 000 owned by convicted former principal director of State residences in the Office of...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:56hrs | 2888 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Minister Mavhunga
Minister of State for Mashonaland Central province Monica Mavhunga is under fire from stalwart of the liberation struggle after she allegedly removed their chairperson from the provincial lands commit...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:56hrs | 2256 | by Tarisai Mudahondo/Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 288 | by Staff reporter
Minister elbows war veterans Chairperson at a funeral
Fights in Zanu Pf camp Mashonaland Central province escalates as Minister of state for the province Monica Mavhunga allegedly elbowed war veterans chairpe...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 20:22hrs | 2866 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Anti-graft crusade: NPA scales up tempo
THE National Prosecution Authority (NPA) is scaling up efforts to seize assets acquired through the proceeds of corruption as part of efforts to fight graft.It will from next week be bringing ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:05hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Police boss 'savagely' assaults teacher over curfew violation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer-in-charge at Zaka police camp has earned public scorn after he allegedly beat up a teacher for allegedly violating the Covid-19 curfew regulations.As...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 17:01hrs | 1591 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa suspends hospital visits
PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals has suspended all hospital visits with effect from today (December 9) as COVID-19 positive cases continue to soar."Please be advised that we have suspended all ...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 16:58hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
332 COVID-19 cases reported in schools
GOVERNMENT says 332 new COVID-19 infections have so far been reported at learning institutions, but most of the cases were asymptomatic, obviating the need to close schools.This was said by De...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:26hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Pannic as COVID-19 hits Zanu-PF HQ
PANIC has gripped the ruling Zanu-PF party after two senior party officials on Sunday tested positive for COVID-19 with confirmed cases likely to go up as results of mass tests done recently continue ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 2945 | by Staff reporter
Zinara boss in court for transferring Grace Mugabe linked employees
ZINARA chief executive officer Nkosinathi Ncube was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Trynos Wutawashe on allegations of victimising and transferring four subordinates that are linked to Gr...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 899 | 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 | 466 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 second wave hits Zimbabwe hard
THE much-feared coronavirus second wave is increasingly becoming a reality in the country - with the lethal disease claiming the lives of 10 people over the weekend, amid an alarming drop in disciplin...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 20:38hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of ballot boxes hits Zanu-PF DCC elections
ZANU-PF will this Saturday hold its crucial District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections, but the governing party has failed to avail ballot boxes and has urged aspiring district chairpersons to so...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Patient vanishes from hospital, found dead
A 25-year-old woman suffering from severe depression and admitted to Mount Darwin District Hospital disappeared from her ward on October 20 and was found at Concession, some 136km away, two days later...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:01hrs | 458 | by Staff writer
Bus crushes conductor
A BUS belonging to Rimbi on Monday last week crushed its conductor near the corner of Samuel Parirenyatwa Street and First Avenue, Bulawayo with four passengers on board.Bulawayo provincial po...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
2 killed in Bulawayo road accidents
TWO people were killed in separate accidents in Bulawayo on Monday, police have said. Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said in the first accident, a conductor was killed by a re...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:31hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
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