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Fake Red Cross first aid certificates flood black market
Criminal syndicates are allegedly selling fake Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) first aid certificates in a countrywide scam that the humanitarian organisation has described ...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:50hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
MWOS' invincibility crumbles at Baobab
The fairytale debut campaign of MWOS in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League came to a dramatic end on Saturday as the newly promoted side suffered a 3-1 defeat to a motivated Ngezi Platinum Stars. ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:54hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Deadly malaria outbreak hits Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is currently grappling with a deadly malaria outbreak, with a recent report from an international organisation warning that the country's ability to contain fatalities has been severely hampe...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:09hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe excluded from €500 million EU aid package
Zimbabwe has been excluded from a new €500 million aid package from the European Union (EU) to Africa, following the recent enactment of the controversial Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendm...Published: 22 May 2025 at 11:28hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Mpilo Hospital Kiosk
A fire broke out this afternoon at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, gutting a six-roomed Red Cross structure used as a kiosk. The blaze, caused by an overheated fresh chips fryer, resulted in the d...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 19:16hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide survivor cannot forgive Mugabe's foot soldiers
An astounding number of mass graves surround Thabani Dhlamini's home in south-western Zimbabwe.One pointed out to the BBC lies near the ablution block at a primary school in the village of Sal...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
New UK visa rules deter Zimbabwean migrants
Britain could face a further shortage of care workers as migrants who had been ready to move to the UK for jobs in the sector cancel their plans because of new visa rules that prevent them from bringi...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 09:11hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Deportees get lifeline at Zimbabwe's points of entry
Thirty-six-year-old Thantabantu Dumani looks lost in thought as he finds his way into a Zimbabwe Red Cross (ZRCS) office in Beitbridge town.Dumani is among the "early birds" that have been fre...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:37hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Mukuru distributes millions in aid to vulnerable Africans
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 19, 2024 - Next-generation financial services platform, Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com), has successfully distributed millions in aid to disadvantaged recipients in Africa throu...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:41hrs | 33 | by APO
Bulawayo set for major transformation
BULAWAYO is experiencing a renaissance as investor interest is surging, reindustrialisation efforts taking root and multi-million dollar projects underway, signalling a promising future for the city....Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:00hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Scammed by Zimbabweans in the diaspora, job seekers lose fortunes
ARMED with a smartphone, a lone vigilante confronts an alleged scammer in Birmingham, United Kingdom clicks "record" on the device and demands that the woman pays back thousands of British pounds that...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters exploit Zimbabweans seeking UK health and care jobs
When Zimbabwean mother-of-four Eunice Sinoya enrolled in a first aid course near the capital Harare, she was lured by the college's promise of a job in Britain's care sector. But more than a year on, ...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:57hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Buried alive for 3 days
WIPING his dusty face and shaking his muddied clothes, Owen Jaison (24) takes a huge sigh of relief.He had just dug his way out of belly of the earth for a kilometre.He and other 14 ar...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:51hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala's New Year Message
CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONNEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONDear Zimbabweans and my Worldwide friends.My dearest Zimbabweans and Worldwide friends, ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:19hrs | 18 | by Job Wiwa Sikhala
Rains sweep away bridges, roads
INCESSANT rains being experienced across the country have left a trail of destruction with reports of bridges and school infrastructure being swept away by the heavy storms.In Harare, the city...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:23hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cholera outbreak jolts UN
ZIMBABWE's cholera death toll and confirmed cases have jumped beyond the anticipated threshold, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned.In a statement dat...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
UK care work visas to Zimbabweans up 170% this year
The number of Zimbabweans who moved to the United Kingdom to do health and care work rose by 169% in the year to September, deepening the skills crisis in the country.Migration is rising as Zi...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 20:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe kills over 150
These days, Catherine Mangosho locks her 3-year-old grandson in the house for hours on end in an attempt to shield him from a deadly cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe.The virulent bacterial disease...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:45hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe worker exodus intensifies
Years of mass emigration from Zimbabwe have accelerated due to the ongoing economic crisis, further depleting the country of essential skills needed for a turnaround. Recent census data from South Afr...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bosso thump Yadah
Highlanders FC 2-0 Yadah Stars FCHighlanders FC celebrated a victory against Yadah Stars in a Castle Lager Premiership match held at Barbourfields this afternoon, despite missing numerous scoring ...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'One year under arbitrary detention in my oppressor's prison'
Chikurubi Maximum Security PrisonChikurubi FarmHarareTo My DEAR Zimbabweans,Regional and Worldwide FriendsWhere ever they may be found14 June 2023DEAR Z...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:24hrs | 16 | by Job Wiwa Sikhala
Mthuli Ncube buys Cowdray Park home
RATHER than becoming a "cellphone politician" who interacts with his constituents from afar, prospective Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Cowdray Park in Bulawayo who is also Finance and Economic Deve...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents fume over toilets
GWANDA residents have complained over the municipality's delay in redeveloping Jahunda suburb. This came out during a public meeting conducted by the Community Youth Development Trust (CYDT) a...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
50% of Beitbridge sex workers HIV+
ABOUT 50 percent of sex workers in the border town of Beitbridge are HIV-positive and have been initiated on antiretroviral therapy, a move that has seen the control of infections and uptake of relate...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mthuli Ncube's 'smart city' vision takes shape - Cowdray Park road rehab in full swing
PARTS of Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo that had until recently been declared no go areas by kombi and Zupco operators are now once again being graced by vehicular traffic, following the grading of r...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:22hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
17,000 Zimbabweans leave for UK care work
THE number of Zimbabweans leaving for care and support jobs in the United Kingdom jumped 562 percent to more than 17,000 last year but the escape option may close as the Tory administration faces a hu...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:12hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo tips Prof Ncube for Cowdray Park seat
FORMER Cabinet Minister and Zanu-PF Politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo has tipped Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube to win the Cowdray Park seat in the forthcoming...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Living the Mthuli Dream in Cowdray Park
MISS Nobuhle Nyathi has lived in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park for the entirety of her life and has always longed for meaningful development as some parts of the suburb resembled rural areas.Today, ...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda residents object to sale of recreational facilities
Gwanda residents have objected to council's plans to sell its recreational facilities, including parks and sports fields.In a notice, the local authority said it was selling a park located in ...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Govt committed to helping the vulnerable'
Government will continue establishing social safety nets to assist most vulnerable Zimbabweans and forge synergies with humanitarian organisations such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent to aid the nee...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Beatrice hospital gets oxygen concentrators
People of Beatrice were on cloud nine today when Health deputy Minister doctor John Mangwiro visited Beatrice Rural District hospital and donated 10 oxygen concentrators.The Deputy Minister wa...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 20:53hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Beatrice
4th Zimbabwean die from anti-immigrant violence in South Africa
The death toll from violent attacks on immigrants last month in Chavani village outside Elim in Limpopo has risen to four.Zimbabwe Consul General Melody Chaurura confirmed Monday that Zimbabwe...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans flee Limpopo, after 3 are burnt beyond recognition
Zim government has sent a consular team to Limpopo to investigate and help repatriate the deadThe Zimbabwean government has expressed its dismay after three of its nationals were burnt beyond ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among world's hungriest nations
ZIMBABWE is among the world's top 19 countries that face severe food shortages this year, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said.FAO's latest report released yesterday in collabo...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nurses recruited from Zimbabwe are being caught in UK 'bonded labour' schemes
Zimbabwean care workers are being tricked into coming to the UK by unscrupulous middlemen who withhold up to half their wages and force them to live in squalor.The scam, which plays on the acu...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:20hrs | 4 | by Ray Mwareya
Zimbabwe govt to blame for donor dependency
AT a time the Zanu-PF-led Zimbabwe government is eagerly pushing the enactment into law of the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill that has sent earth-shaking tremors down non-governmental orga...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri passing the buck on state of roads in Muzarabani
DEFENCE and War Veterans Affairs minister Oppah Muchinguri was in Muzarabani last week to officiate at the handover ceremony of a classroom block, a mothers' waiting shelter and a solar-powered water ...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Relief for refugees, asylum seekers
THOUSANDS of migrants including refugees and asylum seekers have found relief in the Restoring Family Links programme that is being implemented by the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS).Restori...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nurse aid certificate the new gold for Zimbabweans
FOR 35-year-old Lorraine Siziba, attaining a nurse aid's certificate is nudging her closer to achieving her goals.Siziba has never been formally employed since completing a Bachelor's degree f...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Red Cross mobilises resources for Chipinge accident victims
THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has mobilised medical personnel, volunteers and medical consumables to support victims of the Chipinge bus accident which claimed 37 lives, and left 71 others inj...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chipinge horror crash details emerge
Fifty-year-old Rudo Sithole from Manase village in Chimanimani was inconsolable as she waited to be served at a Nyaradzo funeral parlour in Mutare yesterday.Sithole was waiting to collect the ...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Granny axed to death as family watches
RESIDENTS of Gwanda are in shock following the death of a 68-year-old woman who was killed by an axe wielding man who had a score to settle with the woman's daughter and grandson.The woman, Em...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZEC accredits 775 observers
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has accredited 775 local and foreign observers for Saturday's local authorities and National Assembly by-elections, it said on Friday.It said of the 775...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 17:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec orders COVID-19 contact tracing for voters, agents
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday said all polling agents, observers and voters in tomorrow's by-elections will be subjected to COVID-19 contact tracing in the interest of public healt...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec dismisses misleading social media claims
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has dismissed misleading allegations circulating on social media platforms relating to ballot papers, voters roll and perceived stringent requirements for polli...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt releases $3bn for by-elections
GOVERNMENT has released $3 billion to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for Saturday's National Assembly and council by-elections.Training of polling officers, who will conduct the elect...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly backs 'striking' teachers
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday asked the government to urgently address the plight of teachers after the Public Service Commission suspended thousands of teachers and embarked on recruitment exercis...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Beware of fake nurse aide certificates, says ZRCS
The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has raised concern over the mushrooming of bogus institutions and agencies offering fake nurse aide and first aid certificates.Lately, there has been a pr...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Homesick refugees reconnect with home
For Raphael Musasa, how he left his home in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s South Kivu province following attacks on the city of Bukavu by the CPCA-A64 militia remains a mystery.He de...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans choking South Africa's health system
SOUTH Africa's Department of Health in Musina has raised concern over the influx of Zimbabweans seeking treatment, especially maternity services in that country.This emerged during a Zimbabwe-...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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