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Kembo Mohadi betrayed Matabeleland: Mthwakazi MRP is spot on!
Before he dies, Kembo Mohadi must be told how much he betrayed Ndebele people. To say it post humus is too late. His home region constitutes Matabeleland. Kembo must be told now that he will not be mi...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 16:05hrs | 507 | by Nomazulu Thata
Student nurses use fake O-Level certificates to enrol at Chitungwiza Hospital
Two student nurses enrolled at Chitungwiza Central Hospital have been exposed for using fake Ordinary Level certificates to gain admission into a nursing course. Paidamoyo Samantha Muchira and Makanak...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:54hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces critical shortage of student nurses' accommodation
Zimbabwe's health sector is grappling with a critical shortage of training infrastructure, particularly in accommodation for student nurses and other healthcare trainees, Deputy Minister of Health and...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 07:00hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains, strong winds cause damage in Midlands province
Heavy rains accompanied by fierce winds swept through Zimbabwe's Midlands province on Wednesday evening, leaving a trail of destruction but fortunately causing no injuries. Several structures in the r...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 16:52hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi School of Nursing closed
THIRTY-THREE trainee primary care nurses at Nkayi District Hospital have been moved to other nursing schools in Masvingo and Manicaland provinces following the temporary closure of the institution, wh...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:53hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital infant deaths raise eyebrows
BULAWAYO'S largest referral health institution, Mpilo Central Hospital is in the eye of a storm after some women claimed they suspiciously lost their new-born babies at the health centre.Immed...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 20:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF forces teachers, nurses to buy party cards
Zanu-PF took it's intimidation tactics to a higher level following reports that the ruling party is forcing teachers and nurses to buy party cards in Masvingo province.Zaka district women boss...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:16hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Nurses 'frog-marched' to Mnangagwa conference
GOVERNMENT has allegedly directed the country's general hospitals to release nurses to attend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's labour conference on Wednesday in the capital, a leaked memo written by Hea...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Storm over Nkayi trainee nurses recruitment
Nkayi is one of the districts in the Matabeleland region, which are facing serious challenges in having qualified nurses recruited from the local people.It has also been difficult for local el...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:14hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Govt to expedite repairs at Mpilo hospital
GOVERNMENT will expedite the reconstruction of Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' residence in Bulawayo that was gutted by fire and the upgrade will meet contemporary designs that take into account disas...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is secession the only thing that could free Matabeleland?
KALIQUNYE means "cut it" - in this case, cut the country, divide it. It is a demand for independence by the people of Matabeleland or Mthwakazi Republic Party.what the party is advocating for ...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:37hrs | 13 | by Thandekile Moyo
Mpilo dismisses fake Covid-19 statement
MPILO Central Hospital authorities have dismissed, as fake, reports that the southern region's biggest referral institution had recorded 206 Covid-19 positive cases among members of staff in the last ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trainee nurses recruitment 'controversy' resurfaces
Activists in Matabeleland have once again lambasted the trainee nurses recruitment system following revelations that only two out of the 45 successful applicants for the Mpilo Central Hospital School ...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh row over student nurses
ACTIVISTS in Matabeleland have once again lambasted the trainee nurses recruitment system following revelations that only two out of the 45 successful applicants for the Mpilo Central Hospital School ...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Student nurses hold strip party at hospital
A group of female student nurses at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has been detained for a week as punishment after it held what authorities said was a wild striptease party in one of the hostels...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Proximity to Mnangagwa won't shield corrupt figures'
THE Zanu-PF Youth League has warned some elements who abuse their proximity to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage in corrupt activities that their days are numbered. The league's dep...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PTUZ moves to break away from Apex Council
THE Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has renewed its lobby on other unions to form an umbrella body of the educators that can directly negotiate with government on working conditions ins...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nurses recruitment scam exposed
HARARE Central Hospital Principal Tutor Irene Sambo is alleged to have pocketed more than $300 000 in a nurse trainee recruitment scandal that has left one of Zimbabwe's biggest health referral centre...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 16:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Public selection of student nurses'
In a historic development for the nursing profession, Harare Central Hospital has adopted public selection of student nurses as a way of improving transparency and dealing with corruption in the recru...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
97 nurses graduate at Hwange Colliery Hospital School of Nursing
97 nurses have graduated from the Hwange Colliery Hospital School of Nursing after successfully completing their training.After a six years of failing to host the graduation owing to var...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 11:09hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga fails to issue termination letters to nurses
The Health Services Board (HSB), which is the appointing authority of practitioners in the public health system, has so far failed to issue termination letters to thousands of nurses relieved of their...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 14:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nurses' strike triggers health crisis
NURSES from public hospitals downed their tools yesterday, for the second time this year, in protest over the government's failure to improve their working conditions.The industrial action whi...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nurses down their syringes
NURSES at Government hospitals countrywide yesterday downed tools in protest over the failure by their employer to attend to their grievances which include poor remuneration and working conditions....Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Current situation at Mpilo Hospital very very bad!'
I was at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo yesterday afternoon. My business was at the eye unit which was some what already closed for the day shortly after 2pm. With nothing more to do at the hospit...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 11:18hrs | | by Concerned Patient
Nurses down tools at UBH
Nurses in Bulawayo have downed tools joining doctors in an industrial strike that has paralyzed Zimbabwe's health system. Nurses at United Bulawayo Hospitals joined doctors' strike on Friday a...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 15:19hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
WATCH: Twerking nurses blasted
A video circulating on social media of twerking nurses has left tongues wagging.The nurses are seen twerking and making sexual dances that could leave Nicki Minaj green with envy.Howev...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Student nurses instructed to attend Mugabe rallies in Zanu-PF regalia
STUDENT nurses from Mpilo and United Bulawayo Hospitals have been instructed to attend the forthcoming Robert Mugabe's youth interface rally without failure and clad in Zanu PF regalia. This i...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 14:36hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Will Trump's budget have a negative effect on nursing?
Trump isn't the most well-liked character in world politics and it's easy to see why. If he isn't being sexist or talking mumbo jumbo, he's usually found upsetting a variety of industries because of b...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 11:39hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Student nurse threatens suicide over 'unfair dismissal'
A SECOND year student nurse expelled from Gweru Provincial Hospital along with three of her colleagues for a series of misdemeanours, has allegedly threatened to commit suicide claiming she had been u...Published: 06 Jun 2017 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Student nurses boycott classes over poor diet
A group of student nurses at Brunapeg Mission Hospital in Plumtree on Friday revolted and boycotted classes over poor diet.Students said they are fed up with sub-standard meals comprising cabb...Published: 22 May 2017 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Civil servants to get bonuses?
THE Government is committed to paying civil servants their full 2016 bonuses and those calling for industrial action should give dialogue a chance, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minist...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police probe nurse over baby's death
POLICE have questioned a nurse in Lupane after receiving a tip-off that she was to blame for the death of a new born baby delivered at a local clinic.Sr Ella Phiri reportedly administered ...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morgenster Hosp shuts down
Morgenster, one of the biggest referral hospitals in the country closed down on Monday after its entire nursing staff staged a sit-in to protest against a four-week power cut and another week without ...Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 04:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Government slashes student teacher allowances
Student teachers are up in arms with Government after their monthly allowances where drastically chopped from $329 to $157.Taking into account fees paid to various colleges, students could...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans ignore stay-away calls, claims ZBC
As expected, ZBC decided to turn a blind eye on the protests and they viewed it differently. In its report, ZBC insinuates that all business was normal through out the country. Below is its re...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Business as usual, Govt tells workers
Government says civil servants and other workers should report for duty today as usual and refuse to be used by malcontents seeking to destabilise the country.Agents of illegal regime chan...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Broke nurses tweak working schedule
Unpaid nurses have drastically reduced their working routine as they are now reporting for duty three times per week.Government is battling to pay them June salaries and the bulk of them have ...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 07:25hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Fake student nurses face axe
THE General Nursing Council of Zambia (GNC) has said it will inspect all nursing schools to verify reports that some unqualified students have been enrolled in some institutions.Times of Zambia re...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 11:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Nurses protest over CEO's vehicle
Harare Central Hospital security guards yesterday assaulted several nurses who were demonstrating against chief executive officer Mrs Peggy Zvavamwe's purchasing of her service vehicle, ahead of the h...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinasu concerned with government's absolute lack of will to solve students problems
The Zimbabwe National Students Union President, Alistair Pfunye has said the union is gravely concerned with the government of Zimbabwe's absolute lack of will in resolving the now deplorable conditio...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 07:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Govt to train few nurses
THE Government is drastically trimming enrolment of student nurses by over 80 percent.Government's 15 training institutions on average admitted about 60 students per intake twice a year,...Published: 05 Jul 2015 at 06:31hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
'Nurses' strike illegal'
The Health Services Board has declared a strike by nurses at Government hospitals over night allowances illegal and said the workers should carry out their duties as normal while negotiations continu...Published: 29 Apr 2015 at 06:11hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
600 nurses down their tools
Over 600 nurses at Chitungwiza Central Hospital downed their tools yesterday in protest over unpaid allowances, grading anomalies and poor work conditions. Zimbabwe Nurses' Association (Zina)...Published: 28 Apr 2015 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nurses sue minister over 'negative' exam results
Seven student nurses, who are challenging their final examination results, have taken the Minister of Health and Child Care and the Nurses' Council of Zimbabwe to court demanding a remark of their ans...Published: 26 Aug 2014 at 07:23hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Mpilo Hospital looking for $16m
Mpilo Central Hospital seeks $16 million to refurbish the institution's infrastructure, plant and purchase of crucial medical equipment.Mpilo chief executive officer Dr Lawrence Mantiziba las...Published: 11 Aug 2014 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Farai Kuvirimirwa
Nurses fail their final exam
STUDENT nurses who sat for their final third year examinations in March at Gweru Provincial Hospital failed to make it with only seven out of a class 37 passing. A source said of the seven tha...Published: 24 May 2014 at 14:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shocking recruitment 'corruption' at Gwanda School of Nursing
Staff members at Gwanda Provincial Hospital privy to activities at the Gwanda School of Nursing operating within the hospital have released information suggesting there is massive corruption...Published: 18 Feb 2014 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo Hospital goes 2 weeks without electricity
THE United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has gone without electricity for close to a week after an electrical fault disrupted supplies putting patients' lives at risk.The referral hospital is rely...Published: 13 Feb 2014 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Keep abreast with changing trends in your profession', nurses told
THE Senior Minister of State, Simon Khaya Moyo, has challenged nurses to thrive on keeping abreast with the changing trends in the profession through engaging in post basic courses.Speaking d...Published: 23 Nov 2013 at 03:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Binga villagers turn to traditional medicine
Lack of medicine and a shortage of medical staff at Binga Government Hospital have seen most sick villagers turning to traditional healers for treatment.The hospital which serves more than 1...Published: 21 Oct 2013 at 11:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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