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Bulawayo philanthropist found dead with hands and feet bound with rope
A BULAWAYO businessman and philanthropist was found dead at his house in Bellevue Tuesday afternoon, with his hands tied behind his back and his home ransacked.Mr Bevan Bernard Peters of Belle...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:58hrs | 6505 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Covid-19 cases reach 206
ABOUT 206 Mpilo Central Hospital healthcare workers have contracted Covid-19 since April last year, amid fears of more infections owing to the rapid increase of new cases in the countrywide. A...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:52hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to decide Rtd Brig-General Moyo hero status
THE Zanu-PF leadership will deliberate on the hero status of decorated military commander, Brigadier-General Collin Moyo (Retired) who died on Friday last week in Harare.He was 66.The ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Minister applauds workers for maintaining Ekusileni
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube commended Ekusileni Hospital staff for maintaining the institution under tough conditions.She said this when she was handing over a donation c...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:34hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges Zimbabweans to be more COVID-19 vigilant
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has urged the country to be more vigilant and ensure its systems are ready to attend to citizens returning from South Africa without being screened for Covid-19. The neighb...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 06:53hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Council properties being leased for a song
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is leasing out its land to sporting clubs for a song with some club owners reportedly paying as little as $700 in local currency while at the same time illegally sub-lettin...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:17hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Injiva ngamanga ziyabulala!
Sekusiya phela umnyaka, izihlobo labangane abasebenza eGoli sebezabuya ngobunengi belanda ukuzodlalela iKhisimusi ekhaya, abanye njalo ngabalanda ukuzobona ukuthi inhlelo zabo akade bezisebenzela zife...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 20:30hrs | 762 | by Mehleli Dube
Mpilo records four-day alarming Covid-19 cases
MPILO Central Hospital has recorded an alarming 74 Covid-19 cases over the past four days which left a nine-month-old baby and 14 staff members infected. The infected staff members work at Mpi...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:42hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo records increase in Covid-19 admissions
MPILO Central Hospital has recorded an increase in the number of admissions at its Covid-19 isolation ward with reports that some of the patients are dying either waiting to be tested or waiting for t...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
378 Zimbabwean women die during child birth
A TOTAL of 378 women died while giving birth in Zimbabwe since January this year which translates to a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of about 127 per 100 000 births. Of these women, 66 died at home w...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Higherlife Foundation hands over maternal health medical equipment
Harare, Zimbabwe. December 10, 2020 - Through a generous investment from ELMA Philanthropies, Higherlife Foundation yesterday (Dec 10) commenced the handover of maternal health medical equipment to se...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 15:54hrs | 206 | by Agencies
3 family members die in car crash
A MAN, his wife and son died on the spot after a vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck in Mbalabala along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road. Matabeleland South acting provincial pol...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:33hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
Lvovo Derrango survives car crash
Thokozani Ndlovu, aka Lvovo Derrango narrowly escaped death after he was involved in a major car accident on Friday.The accident allegedly happened on the N2 Highway near Scottburg, in KwaZulu...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 20:46hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
UBH COVID-19 centre opens to public
The United Bulawayo Hospitals' (UBH) COVID-19 centre, which was under renovations for the past three months, has one of its wings completed and has admitted its first 16 patients who are on treatment ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:09hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Stolen ambulance belonged to BCC, driver faces disciplinary action
AN ambulance which was stolen in Bulawayo on November 7 and later found abandoned in the city centre belonged to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), it has emerged.On November 10, it was reported...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:41hrs | 991 | 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 | 789 | by Staff reporter
Father shoots children
A 47-YEAR-OLD man was arrested on Saturday night after he accidentally shot his three children at his home in Bulawayo. The man (name withheld) who is from Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bu...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:16hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni fails to reopen again
EKUSILENI Medical Centre in Bulawayo will once again not open today as projected following reports that contractors still need more time to work on mechanical ventilation and other areas. The ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Funding constraints stall UBH COVID-19 centre refurb
THE shortage of resources to refurbish United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) has delayed the opening of the COVID-19 ward, which was expected to be functional at the beginning of November.UBH clinica...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:28hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
NUST to conduct Gukurahundi DNA tests
GOVERNMENT is working on a law that will guide the process of exhumations of the remains of Gukurahundi victims in Matabeleland and the Midlands with the National University of Science and Technology ...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:38hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland police apologise over wrong Magwegwe spelling
POLICE in Bulawayo have issued an apology to members of the public after they erected a sign post at Magwegwe Police Station with a wrong spelling which has since been corrected. Messages star...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:28hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over nurses suspension
THERE is confusion in the handling of the cases of over 1 000 nurses whose suspension was ordered by government as some health institutions are reportedly reinstating them.About 1 280 nurses w...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | 3677 | by Staff reporter
UBH disowns stolen ambulance
UNITED Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) on Tuesday distanced itself from an ambulance reportedly stolen from the health institution and recovered in the city centre on Saturday night.The ambulance was...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:48hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Mystery as 3 children die near cemetery
THREE children from Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb died while in the back of a single cab Nissan SE pickup truck that was stuck in the mud near Luveve Cemetery as their parents battled to free the vehicl...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:33hrs | 2040 | by Staff reporter
Nurses summoned for disciplinary hearing
THE Health ministry yesterday started sending summons to several nurses in Bulawayo for disciplinary hearing on allegations of misconduct.This comes at a time nurses at public hospitals have t...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
500 nurses served with suspension letters
GOVERNMENT has served close to 500 nurses from Bulawayo's two major hospitals with suspension letters for not reporting for duty and they are expected to appear before a disciplinary hearing next week...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Man 'rapes' daughter-in-law
A 49-YEAR-OLD Bindura man was arraigned before a Bindura regional magistrate Amos Mubhobho yesterday for allegedly raping his daughter-in-law.Anderson Chabata was not asked to plead to the rap...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 08:01hrs | 6284 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cal Vin receives hero's send-off
Thousands of people from all walks of life convened at the Bulawayo Amphitheatre yesterday to say their final goodbyes to the country's rap king, Mgcini "Cal Vin" Nhliziyo. It was more like a ...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:40hrs | 1234 | by Staff reporter
State-of-the-art Covid-19 equipment for Mpilo, UBH
FOUR central hospitals including Mpilo and United Bulawayo Hospitals are set to receive state-of-the-art equipment including intensive care unit (ICU) monitors and emergency ventilators to help fight ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:08hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
UBH refurb behind schedule
UNITED Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) acting chief executive officer Narcacius Dzvanga has revealed that the refurbishment of the city's main COVID-19 facility was running behind schedule and it might not b...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Pupils expose teacher's affair
A BULAWAYO-based married teacher who had an affair with his neighbour was exposed by his pupils who were discussing his cheating ways without noticing the presence of his wife. The pupils had ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 2322 | by Staff reporter
Opening date for Ekusileni
EKUSILENI Medical Centre in Bulawayo will finally open its doors to members of the public on November 30 with a 50-bed capacity amid revelations that the institution is now ready to admit Covid-19 pat...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:27hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Makanda Dynamos move divides Highlanders opinion
HIGHLANDERS' fans have reacted with mixed feelings following the decision by out of contract striker Tinashe Makanda to sign for bitter rivals Dynamos. Makanda, who joined Bosso in 2018 after ...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:46hrs | 2155 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga says his life was saved at UBH
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's visit to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) last Friday rekindled memories of how his life was saved at the institution after he ruptured his appendix 37 years a...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 6250 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tours Bulawayo hospitals
GOVERNMENT has pledged to release €55 000 to fix radiotherapy machines for cancer patients at Mpilo Central Hospital, as well as $56 million for the completion of the installation of lifts and renov...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
It is hard being poor in Zimbabwe
IT is an early and hot Sunday morning in Mbare's Majubheki area, Harare. A thick cloud of flies buzzes over filthy plates that are heaped in an outside sink because residents have not accessed water f...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:31hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Help Mildred Nkomo go to university
An intelligent girl Mildred Nkomo from St Paul's in Gidubhu-area Komba Lupane District. Mildred Nkomo got 11 O's, 3 A's, 5 B's and 3 C's and obtained 12 points in Sciences at A'level. Her situ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 10:44hrs | 4325 | by T. Nyoni
Bulawayo registry office reopens
THE Government has okayed the re-opening of the Registrar-General's Office which will see more than 6 199 children born during the Covid-19 lockdown access birth certificates in Bulawayo.Despi...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 5403 | by Staff reporter
Thambolenyoka was hurt to leave military life
WE continue our interview with Tennyson Mlobi Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who during the post-independence conflict operated as a dissident and was known as Thambolenyoka. However, during the war of liberati...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 5029 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt promises 200 000 new houses by 2023
At least 200 000 new houses will be constructed by 2023, while apartments that are unfit for human habitation will be rebuilt and informal settlements revamped as part of a raft of measures to overhau...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 257 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland hospitals management accused of abusing local drawn staff
HOSPITAL across Matabeleland region who have management from Mashonaland are reportedly to be rocked by serious tribalism and nepotism with the management being accused of abusing most local drawn mem...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 14:06hrs | 1798 | by Stephen Jakes
Thambolenyoka speaks about war experiences
THE mere mention of the name, Thambolenyoka, who operated as a dissident in the districts of Matabeleland South in the 80s during the post-independence disturbances used to send shivers down the spine...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1774 | 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 | 1588 | by Staff reporter
Indian Premier League set to take place in UAE between September and November.
Indian Premier League 2020 to take place in UAEThe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have worked in tandem with the tournament organisers and Ind...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 20:34hrs | 141 | by Staff writer
Mount Darwin pedophile jailed
A Mount Darwin pedophile was sentenced to 16 years in jail by Bindura regional magistrate Amos Mubhobho who for raping a 12 year old girl twice in the fie...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 22:28hrs | 2525 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man rapes neighbour in garden
A man from Bwazi Monoz village, Chitsungo is in serious trouble after he allegedly raped his neighbour at a vegetable garden.Rafien Mat...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 20:44hrs | 5579 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo CBD Covid-19 hotspot
BULAWAYO'S city centre has been named among the city's Covid-19 hotspots as the city looks for alternative isolation centres to accommodate those who cannot self-isolate at home. Council on Wednesday ...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 16:56hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Villagers arrest transformer thieves
VILLAGERS at Dillion farm, Shamva teamed up and effected citizen arrest on three Harare suspected Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), transformer thieves.The ma...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 07:43hrs | 2477 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Thieves steal 7 television sets at UBH private ward
THIEVES broke into the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) and stole seven plasma television sets that were mounted at the health facility's private ward. The thieves are said to have taken advant...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:25hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo CBD Covid-19 hotspot
BULAWAYO'S city centre has been named among the city's Covid-19 hotspots as the city looks for alternative isolation centres to accommodate those who cannot self-isolate at home. Council on Wednesday ...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:25hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
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