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Maphisa Hospital set for major upgrade, to train nurses
Plans are underway to transform Maphisa Hospital into a functional nurse training centre, in a move aimed at revitalising the healthcare system and fast-tracking development in Matabeleland South prov...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:10hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt after 13-year-old gives birth mid-air
Matabeleland South police have launched an urgent manhunt for an unidentified suspect believed to have impregnated a 13-year-old girl who gave birth mid-air while being airlifted from Maphisa Hospital...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 17:26hrs | 1162 | by Staff reporter
13 year old gives birth mid-air in Helidrive rescue
In a breathtaking display of medical precision and courage, a 13-year-old girl gave birth mid-flight aboard a Helidrive National Air Rescue Service helicopter as she was being airlifted from Maphisa H...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:38hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
ZRP constable arrested for assaulting superior at roadblock
A police constable stationed at ZRP Charandura has been arrested and is currently in custody after allegedly assaulting his superior during a night roadblock operation along the Harare-Masvingo Highwa...Published: 13 May 2025 at 13:22hrs | 1740 | by Staff reporter
Pregnant Zimbabwean woman chased away from SA hospital
A heavily pregnant Zimbabwean woman was recently subjected to public humiliation and expelled from Pretoria West's Kalafong Hospital by a group of South African women, highlighting growing tensions ov...Published: 26 Apr 2025 at 09:42hrs | 1433 | by Staff reporter
Choosing Chiwenga or Mnangagwa is as false choice as mouse picking black mamba or cobra. Escape whilst snakes fight!
Many people will answer Blessed Geza's call to come out in support of the so-called Geza revolution, because feel they must choose to support the Chiwenga or the Mnangagwa faction. The truth is, these...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 22:03hrs | 694 | by Wilbert Mukori
BREAKING: Zahara dies in SA hospital
The world bids farewell to the exceptionally talented musician Zahara, known in private life as Bulelwa Mkutukana. The multi-award-winning artist took her final bow on Monday night, leaving a void in ...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 21:18hrs | 26 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Child marriage victim succumbs to labour complications
Zandile Sibanda clung desperately to her 14-year-old daughter, Sikhulile Sibanda, who had fallen victim to an early child marriage, as she took her final breath after suffering from a severe illness f...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean children denied schooling in South Africa
In yet another case seeking to protect the rights of Zimbabweans in South Africa, the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) is asking the Gauteng High Court to set aside what it says i...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman struck by lightning while coming from church
A woman from Charandura Elisa Zhou died after being stuck by a lightning bolt while her nephew whom she was carrying on her back suffered severe burns last Sunday afternoon.Police confirmed th...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa denies knowing his tender tycoon nephew
"I don't even know this gentleman."With these words, President Cyril Ramaphosa has, for the first time, denied knowing Hangwani Morgan Maumela, his nephew from a previous marriage, who scored ...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic Gauteng Premier resigns
After 8 years in the top spot of South Africa's economic hub, Makhura will step down on Thursday.Makhura who made statements that encouraged xenophobic attacks once blamed foreign nationals fo...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa backs ranting Limpopo doctor, wants Zimbabweans chased away from SA hospitals?
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa has thrown full weight behind South Africa's Limpopo MEC for Health amid calls for the neighbouring nation to assist Zimbabwe in holding cr...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arundel rescues Zimbabwean patient humiliated in SA hospital
Arundel Hospital in the capital has offered to cover the medical bills for the Zimbabwean woman who was recorded while being harassed by a senior health official at Bela Bela Hospital in Limpopo provi...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Students in Matebeleland struggle to pass exams
MATOBO residents have blamed the poor pass rate in the district on low budgetary support to schools in the area.They made the remarks at a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee meeting on budget, ...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
High Court to hear Rosa Clinic land dispute
HIGH Court is set to hear a case between Chiweshe villagers and Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) after the latter allegedly parcelled out land reserved for the expansion of Rosa Hospital to busine...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 14:23hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF councillors breath fire over ZACC report
ZANU PF councillors in Mazowe are demanding a Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) report of Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC)which a...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 14:30hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
3 Matebeleland hospitals to get solar power plants
THREE hospitals in Matebeleland region are set to benefit from solar power plants through a project being implemented by a consortium of local independent power producers (IPPs) and German partners....Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teen fatally stabs stepfather
An 18-year-old man from Charandura communal lands under Chief Hama in Chirumanzi has gone into hiding after he fatally stabbed his stepfather with an okapi knife when he returned hours after the two h...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 more expecting mothers raped at Maphisa Hospital
THE Health ministry has tightened security at Maphisa Hospital in Matobo district, Matabeleland South province, after the institution experienced a series of break-ins at its maternity ward where preg...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi Hospital's state of disrepair irks minister
HEALTH and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro has said he got the shock of his life to find that there was no progress at Filabusi District Hospital after Treasury released $12 million in Apr...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Woman dies in tractor accident
A 48-YEAR-OLD woman from Matobo district's Nyongolo area in Kezi died after falling from a moving tractor.Matabeleland South acting police spokesperson Sergeant Thandolwenkosi Moyo said Nothan...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man dies in head on collision along Byo-Kezi road
A 24 YEAR OLD MAN recently died in a head on collision accident at the 102 km peg along Bulawayo Kezi-Maphisa road.The accident ...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chinamasa hospitalised after road accident
Zanu-PF acting political commissar Patrick Chinamasa has been hospitalised at a private hospital in Harare after he was involved in an accident near Rusape Town after he allegedly rammed into a truck ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 20:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers approach High Court over hospital master plan
DISGRUNTLED Chiweshe villagers have approached High Court after Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) allegedly refused to furnish them with master plan an...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Village heads up in arms with MRDC over Rosa hospital boundary
VILLAGE heads in Chiweshe ward nine and 10 are up in arms with Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) over Rosa hospital's boundary.The village heads last year petitioned Mazowe Central legislat...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 19:31hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF councillor sets thugs on colleague
Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) chairperson John Mudzonga has been accused of setting thugs on his vice chairperson Chakabvepi Chinhema over Rosa hospital boundary.Mudzonga is ward 9 coun...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 17:26hrs | 4 | by Paul Ndou
More demand for hospital beds as Covid cases increase
THERE has been a surge in the demand for hospital beds due to Covid-19 in some of the country's major health centres with patients having a torrid time accessing medical help as the institutions are f...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Choruma's body to be flown in
THE man who brought Richard Choruma to Highlanders, Rahman Gumbo has expressed shock at the former diminutive midfielder's untimely death and described him as a gentleman of the game. Choruma ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Richard Choruma dies
Former Highlanders roving midfielder Richard Choruma died at Tembisa Hospital in South Africa on Tuesday morning after battling stomach complications and kidney failure, his family has confirmed....Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
2nd coup afoot to remove Mnangagwa by August 2020 and, as with 1st, to consolidate dictatorship
"So dire is the situation and boiling tensions in the corridors of power, that Mnangagwa is said to have pleaded for a political grace period of until August 2020 to step down, as a faction aligned to...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 21:33hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Coup to remove Mnangagwa by August 2020 to consolidate dictatorship
"So dire is the situation and boiling tensions in the corridors of power, that Mnangagwa is said to have pleaded for a political grace period of until August 2020 to step down, as a faction aligned to...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 17:27hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
SA hospital reports foreign residents to Home Affairs
Robertson Hospital confiscated the passport of a 25-year-old Zimbabwean woman on 19 May after she went there to seek treatment.Chiedza* said that on the first day she sought treatment she was ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 16:00hrs | | by GroundUp
Man doused with petrol, set on fire
A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Kezi, Matabeleland South died after he was doused with petrol and set on fire by yet to be identified suspects, police have confirmed.Abednego Ndlovu from Bhidi Village ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man nabbed over neighbour's murder
A 19-YEAR-OLD Kezi man has been dragged to court over allegations of fatally stabbing his neighbour.Ashton Ncube was last week not asked to plead to murder when he appeared before Kezi magistr...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
King Mswati's 12th wife dies in SA hospital - reports
The wife of eSwatini's King Mswati the third, Nothando Dube, has died, according to reports.Known as Inkhosikati LaDube, she was the 12th wife of the Swazi monarch.According to the SAB...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mzembi fighting for life in SA hospital'
THE trial of former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi, who is accused of fraud, criminal abuse of office and theft of trust property involving $1,8 million, was yesterday moved to December 4 afte...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga returns from SA hospital, SB Moyo expected soon
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has returned home from South Africa where he was receiving medical attention. He touched down at the Manyame Air Base at 1850 hours accompanied by his wife Marry, w...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga 'barking orders' from SA hospital bed
VICE president Constantino Chiwenga, who led the November 2017 coup which ousted long-serving ruler Robert Mugabe, is hospitalised in South Africa, the presidency admitted Monday, adding that he was e...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's condition takes a turn for the worst
WE reported that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was airlifted to South Africa for treatment after his condition took a turn for the worst mid-last week and the report has been confirmed.S...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Confirmed cholera cases in Bulawayo all imported from Harare
TWO cholera cases have been confirmed in Bulawayo, both imported from one of the cholera epicentres - Budiriro suburb in Harare. One of the confirmed cases is that of the popular apostolic sec...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:19hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans throng SA hospitals
SCORES of Zimbabweans are crossing the Beitbridge Border Post on a daily basis to seek medical attention in South Africa, as drug and medical equipment shortages continue to haunt hospitals north of t...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi, Muchinguri still in SA hospital, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said his two allies are still admitted in the neighbouring South Africa after they suffered injuries from white city bomb but are in a stable condition.Address...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 19:29hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
3 students die in Maphisa road accident
THREE students from Gohole Secondary School died on the spot, while 12 others were injured in a road traffic accident that happened in Maphisa on Friday.Matabeleland South police spokesperson ...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa promise ED lucrative pension & 5-star hospital for ruling elite - making rich, richer and poor, poorer; guaranteed
"MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says he will reward President Emmerson Mnangagwa with a lucrative pension if he wins next month's presidential race," reported Bulawayo24.On the promise to ...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 12:54hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Military Junta dumps Mohadi to 'die' in SA hospital
Tribalism has reared its ugly head again in Zimbabwe. This time, the evil demon, has manifested itself right in the office of the president.The man who is supposed to be the third most powerfu...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 09:14hrs | 2 | by Wilson Mahlafuna Sibanda & Khohliso Maqhoba
Zimbabwean man murdered in SA hospital, family wants answers
The family of a Zimbabwean man is demanding answers after he was found dead in a ward in Stellenbosch Provincial Hospital where he had been admitted for 72-hour mental health observation.Tapiw...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 11:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'MDC' prefix dropped from 'MDC Alliance'
Opposition National People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru has finally managed to push for a drop of the of the 'MDC' prefix in the 'MDC Alliance' name and the main opposition party's logo, as she m...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 14:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru pushes for new coalition
Opposition National People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru has finally managed to push for a drop of the of the 'MDC' prefix in the 'MDC Alliance' name and the main opposition party's logo, as she m...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dr Mandaza, 'a SADC shadow ZEC' will not stop coup Zanu PF rig elections - just implement the reforms
One of the reasons Zimbabwe is this political and economic mess is because we do not like dealing with our unpleasant and tough problems decisively, even when we get the golden opportunity to do so. W...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
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