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Demystifying COVID-19 Vaccines: The Truth
We are consumed by the desire to herald the truth in the age of increased information and knowledge. For this reason, we would like to demystify some dangerous misinformation that is being peddled by ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1507 | by Oliver Dube and Dr Stanley Maphosa
Mr President open Ekusileni Hospital - People are Dying
In June 2018, ahead of the July 2018 general elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the government had engaged the Indian Sharda Group of Institutions (SGI) to operate the health facil...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 19:14hrs | 1092 | by Dr Edwin Moyo
Mthuli Ncube rubbished on Covid 19 vaccines
Finance Minister Mthuli made some somersault on Zimpapers Television Network (ZTN) yesterday after Zimbabwean citizens rubbished the move planned by his ministry which required citizens to pay for Don...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 14:11hrs | 1757 | by Shelton Muchena
Zimbabwe's corruption record disturbing
Zimbabwe has once again featured quite prominently as one of the most corrupt countries in the world - a disturbing record that should frighten us all, and get the rulers of this country to reconsider...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:44hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
'Public hospitals can cope with Covid-19 load'
Public hospitals can handle the Covid-19 case-load for free and there is no need for anyone to pay exorbitant fees demanded by private providers for Covid-19 testing and treatment. Responding ...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora calls for unity in Covid-19 fight
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora has called on all local political parties to unite in the fighting against Covid-19 as Zimbabwe's new infections and deaths continue to rise.As at January 24, 2021,...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 17:19hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC urges Mnangagwa's govt to prioritise vaccine acquisition
MDC-T has urged government to prioritise the acquisition and provision of ventilators, vaccines and Personal Protective Equipment for citizens and those working in public hospitals.In a statem...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:49hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister says, 'this is war' as coronavirus runs amok
ACTING Information minister, Jenfan Muswere, yesterday likened Zimbabwe's raging and deadlier second wave coronavirus storm as a war — amid the country's soaring deaths and infections.Speaki...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 18:09hrs | 1915 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, Covid-19 patients told to buy their own ventilators
Zimbabwe shows what happens when the coronavirus collides with one of the world's most run-down health systems.Nurses at a major public hospital in the capital are on strike after colleagues d...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 07:29hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
US donates 20 ventilators to Zimbabwe
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), donated 20 brand-new, state-of-the-art ventilators to Solidarity Trust Zimbabwe to help Zimbabweans fight COVID-19....Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 18:23hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
'SB Moyo meticulous planning saved nation from chaos' - yet 3 years on, chaos still rules the roost
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce Foreign Minister Dr S B Moyo has died," announce Emmerson Mnangagwa."Zimbabwe has lost a devoted public servant and a true hero, and I have lost a fri...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:25hrs | 994 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Pharmacies can operate beyond business times set under the current hard lockdown
Pharmacies have been given the green light to operate beyond business times set under the current hard lockdown.Covid-19 national task force deputy Amon Murwirwa said that pharmacies offer ess...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:06hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
98 covid-19 positive out 123 tested: proof test regime wilfully inadequate - 'Seri kweguva!' Still, must learn lessons
Zimbabwe has handled the corona virus pandemic like it has everything else the characteristic blundering incompetence. "Masvingo marked a record single-day increase in the number of Covid-19 c...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:32hrs | 1547 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We are ready for COVID-19'
DOCTORS in private practice say they are ready to support government in its fight against COVID-19, but have urged the State to move with speed to utilise all dormant council clinics in order to incre...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:01hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Doctors predict mass deaths
MEDICAL doctors have warned of a looming surge in COVID-19-related deaths in the coming days, saying the figures were likely to double this week as positive cases continue to rise against a drop in th...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:05hrs | 5054 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to cut holiday as Covid-19 spirals in Zimbabwe
There are growing calls for Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to cut short his annual holiday because the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has "run over" his government.One of his de...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:50hrs | 2529 | by Staff reporter
Transport mogul Munhenzva dies of Covid-19
Transport mogul, Regis Munhenzva, the president of the Zimbabwe Long-Distance Bus Operators Association, has died.Family spokesperson and a nephew of the late Munhenzva, Lloyd, confirmed to ZI...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 13:45hrs | 7464 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Harare only has 30 ICU beds
HARARE City Council yesterday said it was overwhelmed by the soaring number of COVID-19 cases, which has turned it into the epicentre of the pandemic.Acting mayor Stewart Mutizwa said the city...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:16hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Trumpism - Why Chamisa must shape up on Covid-19 - part 3
In this coronavirus pandemic season, Nelson Chamisa is as good as the politics he plays, meaning he either shapes up or seals his own fate to political doom just like US President Donald Trump did....Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | 3191 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Killer buys own ventilator
EXPELLED Zanu-PF legislator and businessman Killer Zivhu has bought his own ventilator in case he may need it urgently if he catches the dreaded Covid-19 virus.The "monied" Zivhu showed off hi...Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 06:55hrs | 3161 | by Staff reporter
Thumbs up for the lockdown, but.....
WHAT a low-spirited start to the New Year it has been. All the dark episodes of 2020, with all the grief and death seem to have spilled to 2021 with COVID-19 arguably the worst nightmare.This ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:27hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
'2020 marks death of public health system'
In the midst of severe economic unrest, the Zimbabwean healthcare system has been disintegrating and coming apart at the seams over the years and 2020 took it a notch higher with the advent of COVID-1...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches HIT innovation hub
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially launched the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) innovation hub, which is meant to give impetus to his government's modernisation agenda and jolt the...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:09hrs | 242 | 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 | 441 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes Judiciary, churches
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has opened investigations into judges, magistrates and church leaders over a slew of graft allegations.ZACC chair Justice Loyce Matanda-Moyo said...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 07:57hrs | 316 | 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 | 201 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic named Bank of The Year 2020
HARARE - 3 December 2020 - Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank has been awarded the 2020 Bank of the Year 2020 accolade for the second year running by top banking magazine - The Banke...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 09:04hrs | 1327 | by Agencies
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 | 190 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt likely to impose lockdown'
HEALTH and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro said his hands were clean in the US$6 million COVID-19 procurement scam in which he is implicated. Mangwiro said to date the Zimbabwe Anti-C...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:46hrs | 1503 | 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 | 467 | by Staff reporter
RBZ boss survives hellish Covid-19 experience
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Deputy Governor Dr Kuphukile Mlambo views himself as a lucky and blessed man after surviving what he described as a hellish and nasty Covid-19 ordeal. Dr Mlambo had to...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga speaks on public private partnerships
GOVERNMENT is providing an enabling environment for public private partnerships in infrastructural development which will result in the attainment of Government's vision 2030. This was said by...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:44hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in the UK living with the aftermath of Covid-19
Many Zimbabweans in the UK who contracted COVID 19 have recovered. This brought joy and hope not only for the recovered but for the world at large. While the vast majority of those who contract Covid-...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1864 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Give Mnangagwa credit'
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has expressed concern over how Zimbabweans were failing to appreciate the ‘sterling' efforts of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in resuscitating "the nearly dead health deli...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1787 | by Staff reporter
Be proud of Zimbabwe's achievements, says Mohadi
ZIMBABWEANS should be proud of the positive socio-economic developments which have been achieved under the Second Republic even in the face of continued onslaught of the country by its internal and ex...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:47hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga restructures health ministry
GOVERNMENT has started restructuring the country's healthcare system and has since assured health workers that efforts are underway to ensure that they return to work.Vice-President Constantin...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 17:57hrs | 8306 | by Staff reporter
Express lane for public transport
ZIMBABWE'S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) Cabinet received from the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Honourable OCZ Muchinguri Kashiri, chairperson of the Ad Hoc Inter-Min...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reviews lockdown curfew
THE government has relaxed business closing hours and announced that immigrants who have tested negative for #Covid-19 will no longer be detained upon arrival in the country.Information Public...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 20:56hrs | 19736 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters launch fundraising campaign in UK
Supporters of the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance based in the United Kingdom (UK) have launched a fundraising campaign to secure equipment for health facilities handling COVID-19 patients in Zimbabwe...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:56hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
UN experts call for end of unilateral sanctions amid COVID-19 pandemic
A group of United Nations (UN) experts on Friday called for the lifting of all unilateral sanctions, so that people in countries under sanctions can protect themselves against COVID-19."Sancti...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:53hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Politburo Bulletin: We are under attack comrades
The candid truth is that we are now hanging by a thread; we are on our own now. It is no longer a matter of if, but when, and when that happens will we be ready to face the tide, or even the Hague? Th...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:22hrs | 11119 | by Robert Sigauke
Zimbabweans see little change after leadership shift
WHEN the late Robert Mugabe was ousted as President of Zimbabwe in a coup in November 2017. many in the country hoped or an end to the repression and mismanagement that had characterised his 37 years ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
Appoint Chiwenga as health minister to tackle Covid-19
Zimbabwe is now gripped with the reality of the effects of COVID-19. It is now sinking in people's minds that COVID 19 is real and indeed serious. Zimbabwe lost a lot of people to the virus. In one we...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 06:59hrs | 3703 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Death is Upon Us', The Question is Who is Next?
We underestimated the COVID-19 crisis, it is now upon us. Our people are dying, it might be you or me next. Your Excellency, Mr President Sir family and friends are being turned away at hospitals beca...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 08:55hrs | 8905 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
BREAKING: ZANU MP Keith Guzha dies...Coronavirus case suspected
ZANU PF Member of Parliament Keith Guzha has died due to suspected cases of Coronavirus. The body of the former AAG president who broke away to form National Business Council Zimbabwe wa...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 09:46hrs | 16842 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South Africa bans alcohol 'immediately'
South Africa will not be moving back to Alert Level 4 or 5, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday night - but a curfew will be imposed, alcohol sales will be banned, and new mask rules will be...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 20:10hrs | 9603 | by Business Insider SA
South Africa's funeral parlours at full capacity?
The long-feared Covid-19 coronavirus storm has arrived.Funeral parlours are battling to cope with demand as Covid-19-related deaths around the country rise daily, and government is increasing ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:46hrs | 2979 | by City Press
Zimbabweans in the UK vulnerable to Covid-19, embassy warns
The Zimbabwean embassy in London has told Sky News that at least 37 citizens of the southern African country have died in Britain during the coronavirus pandemic.It is a revelation which under...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:33hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Jubilation as Strive Masiyiwa's ventilators arrive in the country
The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ventilator suites that were donated by businessman and Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa are now in the country ready to be deployed.Through his Higher Life Foundati...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 10:26hrs | 4486 | by Agencies
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