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Covid-19: 18 UBH health workers test positive
EIGHTEEN health personnel working in the same ward at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) have tested positive for Covid-19 after allegedly attending to an infected patient, The Chronicle reported....Published: 9 hrs ago | 1378 | by Staff Reporter
Was Chamisa punished for belittling Mbuya Nehanda? stranger than fiction
Last week the disputed president of the MDC A belittled Mbuya Nehanda. In his response the erection of a statute in honour of Mbuya Nehanda Chmisa said Mbuya Nehanda was not an important person and as...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 21:55hrs | 11412 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF MP hijacks community clinic project?
A group of Izimnyama villagers in Bulilima district who are now based in the United Kingdom are up in arms with Zanu-PF Bulilima West Member of Parliament Dingumuzi Phuti for allegedly hijacking their...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 17:19hrs | 3995 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean MTV Base host weighs in on career
The first Zimbabwean television host to be on MTV Base South Africa and MTV Africa, Kimberley Robinson, aka Kim Jayde, says even though her career is often seen as an overnight success, consistent har...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:55hrs | 8246 | by Staff reporter
Biti dismiss sanctions document
THE United Kingdom (UK) has dissociated itself from a letter allegedly written by their former Defence minister Geoffrey William Hoon, which fingers MDC vice president Tendai Biti and treasurer David ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 15:50hrs | 3370 | by Staff reporter
MDC sanctions treachery exposed
ALTHOUGH the MDC Alliance vainly attempts to create the impression of being a saviour of the people of Zimbabwe from its opponent, ZANU-PF, it is increasingly coming to the fore that it is against the...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 642 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Pupil writes exams from quarantine centre
A 16-YEAR-OLD pupil from a high school on the outskirts of Bulawayo is writing his Ordinary Level June examinations under quarantine in Bulawayo after returning from Botswana recently. The tee...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean entrepreneur launches global board to fight Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
Youth Combating NTDs founder and Zimbabwean entrepreneur Gerald Chirinda unveiled his global advisory board today as he urged world leaders not to forget NTDs in the fight against Covid-19.Inc...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 18:17hrs | 614 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa mustn't defend abusive Chinese employers
I WAS left shell-shocked after watching the ZTV 8pm news bulletin on June 26 when President Emmerson Mnangagwa literally gave the Chinese the right to shoot us because Zimbabweans are also committing ...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 548 | by Tatenda Masawi
Food aid for Mabuthweni and Emakhandeni residents
THE Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs, Judith Ncube, has urged residents in the city to unite and assist each other during the difficult times as the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic b...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:30hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
400 Covid-19 positive cases from South Africa
RETURNEES from South Africa have accounted for more than 70 percent of Covid-19 positive cases reported in the country after 400 locals who were domiciled in the neighbouring country tested positive s...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Biti and Job Sikhala to be struck off the roll?
Zimbabwean politics has always been full of mystery. Politicians are normally identified by their getting into public office. There are a lot of politicians fine politicians who had never ran for an o...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 23:05hrs | 15523 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Govt terminates CSC deal
GOVERNMENT has cancelled the much touted US$130 million deal with a United Kingdom company, Boustead Beef (Boustead) for the recapitalisation of the Cold Storage Company (CSC), it has emerged....Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1651 | by Staff reporter
Minister pleads with citizens not to shun own currency
ZIMBABWEANS have been urged to shun economic saboteurs who want to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle that National Hero Stanley Nleya and his colleagues bitterly fought to achieve. ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe filling stations to operate 24 hours
THE government has given filling stations the green light to operate around the clock in a bid to ease the shortage of the commodity in the country.In a statement last night, Information minis...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 19:33hrs | 4299 | by Staff reporter
'I am coming back,' says Bosso coach
HIGHLANDERS coach Mark Harrison has assured restless fans that he is still committed to the Bulawayo giants and will soon return to Zimbabwe once authorities give an all clear signal.The Engli...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:47hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Bredenkamp: A dark overlord taking Zimbabwe's darkest secrets to the grave
AN entry on the website of one of John Bredenkamp's companies tells us all we need to know about the controversial businessman: "In Africa, it is essential to work with change, not against it." Breden...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1639 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 confirmed cases top 500
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Zimbabwe reached 512 yesterday, although 438 of these are among returning residents in quarantine with only 74 people being infected within Zimbabwe, includin...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
UK investor completes acquisition of Zimbabwe's Lubu coalfields
A UNITED Kingdom-based investment group, Contango Holdings, has completed acquisition by way of reverse takeover of Consolidation Growth Holdings' interest in the Lubu coalfield project in Matabelelan...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:58hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
National hero Nleya's burial set for Wednesday
NATIONAL hero Stanley Nleya will be buried at the National Heroes' Acre on Wednesday and not on Tuesday as earlier reported. Nleya (72), described as a true soldier, died on Tuesday at the Uni...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must desist from negativity before it spreads like a disease
LAST week, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Dr John Mangudya, announced the introduction of a foreign exchange auction trading system with effect from June 23, 2020, which effectively means th...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 21:05hrs | 1244 | by Toby Sithole
Zimbabweans must desist from negativity before it spreads like a disease
LAST week, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Dr John Mangudya, announced the introduction of a foreign exchange auction trading system with effect from June 23, 2020, which effectively means th...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:32hrs | 289 | by Toby Sithole
Losing children to UK's social workers
Nesbert Shumba left Zimbabwe in 2003 and settled in the United Kingdom. His wife and two children joined him a year later and while in the UK, Nesbert was blessed with three more children. He moved to...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1086 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The land isn't ours
A few years ago while visiting the city of Jos, which is located in north-east Nigeria, a person pointed to a vast neatly kept area behind a fence. "This ranch belongs to the Queen of England," he rem...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:10hrs | 1652 | by Hadebe Hadebe
Covid-19 breakthrough drug dexamethasone is made in SA
The newly-discovered coronavirus breakthrough drug dexamethasone is produced and readily available in South Africa, giving hope amid a surge in both infections and deaths.The drug was already ...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 14:03hrs | 3342 | by Busisani Ncube
9 000 Zimbabweans return home from 48 countries
OVER 9 000 Zimbabweans have returned home from 48 countries following the outbreak of Covid-19. The figure includes 241 who arrived at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from the Unit...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:34hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Jubilation as Britain unveils Coronavirus cure
The University of Oxford has reported that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland scientists have made a breakthrough in the fight against the deadly Coronavirus by discovering that ...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 18:30hrs | 11587 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe to get another helping hand from the AfDB
Zimbabwe's attempts to raise money to fight Covid-19 are looking up as the African Development Bank (AfDB) is planning to give it US$13.7 million (about R235 million) in financial assistance.T...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 12:15hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
No exemption for Term 2 school fees
THE Government will not exempt pupils from paying school fees for Term Two although some pupils will only resume classes in September.However, parents and guardians might not pay the full fees...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:43hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: COVID-19 cases now 356
Thirteen new Covid-19 cases were recorded Saturday as the total number of confirmed cases rose to 356, the Ministry of Health said in its daily update.According to the ministry, the new cases ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 19:16hrs | 1044 | by Ndou Paul
Bev speaks on lavish life post-marriage
"I HAVE gained weight because I have nothing to do. I am only eating and sleeping these days," Beverly Sibanda, who is popularly known as Bev, laughed out loud as she started the story about her life ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 17:13hrs | 2474 | by Staff reporter
International farmer-organisation makes frantic search for farmlands in Zimbabwe
FARMERS' Delights - a farmers' co-operative with a membership that cuts across the diaspora and Zimbabwe - on Wednesday had a cite visit to two Chegutu and Norton plots with the intention to secure fa...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 10:06hrs | 3464 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt shooting itself in the foot
THE takeover of the headquarters of the opposition MDC-Alliance by the MDC-T faction led by Thokozani Khupe with the aid of soldiers and police officers, as well as the dramatic arrest of the MDC-Alli...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1259 | by Kudzai Kuwaza
UK company buys lithium assets in Zimbabwe
UNITED Kingdom's Premier African Minerals Ltd has agreed to acquire a portfolio of assets in Zimbabwe from Australian-listed Lithium Consolidated Mineral Exploration (Li3).The AIM-listed company a...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
In memory of Dumiso Dabengwa the legendary supremo
ON May 23 2019, exactly a year ago, Zimbabwe laid to rest one of Africa's illustrious freedom fighters and pseudo Black Russian. His nationality is Zimbabwean but they called him the Black Russian bec...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:49hrs | 500 | by Baster Willie Magwizi
Chamisa's youths fight for the Mugabes, want IOC to expel Kirsty Coventry
MDC Alliance youths have implored the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to expel Sports minister Kirsty Coventry from the organisation over her alleged farm grab.Coventry, who was elected ...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 2454 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans stranded in Dubai
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has secured transportation for nationals currently stuck in that country, amid the growing global pandemic of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19)...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:44hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget the commander in the Covid war general Dr Obadiah Moyo
As Zimbabwe starts to ease the lockdown sounds of car and bus horns hooting the lockdown silence away. This is the sound of thanks and start of victory in a long battle against coronavirus. Let us car...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 1620 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
WorldRemit partners with Mukuru
WorldRemit, the global online money transfer service has announced a partnership with Mukuru, one of Africa's largest remittance providers to broaden options for cash pick up in Zimbabwe. The partners...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3134 | by Staff reporter
Black lives matter and History Matters as well
The marginalization of the black race will not end simply because we have removed the Statue of Cecil John Rhodes. Only until we have a black first-world African country to lift up the black populatio...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 18:58hrs | 1454 | by Engineer Jacob kudzayi Mutisi
SB Moyo, UK minister hold virtual meeting
All Zimbabweans must be patriotic and do nothing that works against improving the country's rebranding, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo said yesterday after a virtual...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs national healing
EDITOR,I'm a Zimbabwean female opposition activist based in the United Kingdom (UK) and would like to register my greatest fear for my motherland since the abduction, torture and assault of th...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 19:18hrs | 615 | by Sandra Kudenga
Woman killed over text messages
Crowborough community was on Tuesday left horrified after a young woman was murdered by her boyfriend who she was cohabiting with since the beginning of the lockdown.The now deceased Chipo Vhu...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 19:07hrs | 4087 | by Staff reporter
Returnees riot over poor conditions
POLICE were yesterday called in to stop dozens of returnees quarantined at Belvedere Teachers College from protesting over poor living conditions.When NewsDay arrived at the centre, the protes...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:30hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Starving Zimbabwean doctor begs for aid
A MEDICAL doctor employed by the Health and Child Care ministry at Beitbridge District Hospital has publicly declared her poverty and begged for help via Twitter.The NewsDay confirmed Sandra K...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
223 returnees fly into Harare, quarantined in hotels
Three flights from the Philippines and Namibia brought 223 returning citizens and residents into Zimbabwe over the weekend, with all now in formal quarantine at two hotels serving as private quarantin...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:30hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean fathers petition parliament...demand equal custodial rights with mothers
We the people being bona Fide citizens of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and also being tax payers and constituents drawn from various constituencies in Zimbabwe hereby exercise our rights as enshrined in ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 15:21hrs | 1048 | by Fathers' Rights Movement
Zimbabwe records second highest daily coronavirus increase
Zimbabwe reported 17 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the second highest daily tally which took the country total to 149.On Wednesday, cases more than doubled from 56 to 132, stunning offici...Published: 29 May 2020 at 20:15hrs | 8012 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 cases jump to 149
THIS Thursday Zimbabwe recorded 17 more positive cases of COVID-19 bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 149. These are all returnees from Mozambique, South Africa and the United Kingdo...Published: 29 May 2020 at 16:09hrs | 1490 | by Staff reporter
Ship with 182 Zimbabwean returnees docks in Namibia
At least 182 Zimbabweans aboard a cruise ship have docked in Namibia and will come home once suitable transport arrangements are made. The returnees are coming back home amid rising numbers of Covid-1...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
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