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Prophet Jonah applauds Mnangagwa's leadership style, VED gesture
Madzibaba Biggie Musanzika (aka Prophet Jonah) of Johane Masowe yeChishanu Jerusalem headquartered in Centenary (Muzarabani) has applauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa's transformational leadership st...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:05hrs | 335 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Raw sewage floods PWD centre in Bulawayo
A Bulawayo-based organization dedicated to supporting persons with disabilities (PWDs) is sounding the alarm over a health crisis at its premises, which have been inundated with raw sewage for weeks. ...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:31hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa receives donation from vapostori and maZion
This morning, President Emmerson Mnangagwa received a generous donation from the Vapostori for ED and MaZion for ED at State House, aimed at strengthening the country's healthcare services.The...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 16:06hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
CCC in uncertain waters
WE are only a month into the new year, but it already feels like it has been long. The political year has started in earnest, lending credence to the counsel of political sages: A day is a very long t...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | | by Ntando Dumani
Equipment crisis hits Bulawayo hospitals
MPILO and United Bulawayo (UBH) hospitals are failing to replenish wheelchairs and cancer radiation machines due to poor government funding.The government-owned hospitals are currently having ...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe acquires US$4,5m aviation equipment
The Aviation Ground Services (AGS) has acquired US$4,5 million new passenger handling equipment that is expected to improve efficiency and quality of passenger handling services at Zimbabwe's five&nbs...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED give to needy
In an act of philanthropy, a group of Vapostori, led by Madzibaba Moses Gwasarira, has extended their charitable efforts by donating wheelchairs and providing food hampers to students with disabilitie...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mpilo Hospital in sorry state'
THERE is public outrage over the state of affairs at Mpilo Central Hospital after journalist Hopewell Chin'ono posted a picture of broken wheelchairs at the institution.Chin'ono posted a pictu...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 13:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Qoki women acquire coach
THE entrepreneurship drive of Qoki Zindlovukazi women continues to scale dizzy heights after they bought a luxury coach which is set to ply the Bulawayo-Harare route.The group comprising 30 wo...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 08:08hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Semi-hybrid vehicles launched in Zimbabwe
CAR dealership, CFAO Motors Zimbabwe has launched 20 semi-hybrids Suzuki Grand Vitara sport utility vehicles that use both a combustion petrol engine and electric system, as the firm strives to help r...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Headache for CCC Elections Directorate
Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) Election Directorate is faced with a mammoth task ahead of candidate selection for Chiredzi Central constituency where equally matching candidates were nominated ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZRP bust smuggling rings
POLICE have bust smuggling rings operating at the country's three ports of entry and arrested seven people.Two of them, Onias Moyo and Brighton Moyo were arrested at Mphoengs Border Post while...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police flag self-appointed road rehabilitators
POLICE have warned the public against contracting themselves to repair damaged roads, saying the practice is illegal, disturbs flow of traffic and endangers lives.For some time now unemployed ...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police warn against blocking roads
POLICE have said they will arrest people blocking roads purporting to be fixing them as they disturb the flow of traffic and put their lives at risk.Most of those involved in the activity are ...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo industries revival hinges on secure water sources'
BULAWAYO residents have advocated for the allocation of more resources towards the speedy completion of the Lake Gwayi-Shangani project, setting up a special fund for the revival of Bulawayo industrie...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
UBH says nothing amiss with mattresses on the floor
United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) acting chief executive officer, Narcisius Dzvanga has rubbished claims that the referral hospital is subjecting patients to inhumane conditions.This is after a ...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Medical equipment gathers dust at UBH
WHILE patients countrywide are complaining that public health institutions are running without enough equipment and medication, some donated equipment at Bulawayo United Hospitals (UBH) has been gathe...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthulisi Ncube reminded of PWDs
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been reminded to timely release funding for social services for people living with disabilities (PWDs).The reminder came during the 2022 national budget feedb...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
MHCT fights Hydrocephalus
The joys of expectant parents are shuttered upon hearing these words, "Your child has a bigger head than any normal child and you have to go through a caesarian section to give birth." What! a big hea...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 11:00hrs | 7 | by Health Correspondent
Kazembe in heated exchange with Zanu-PF Mashonaland central 'chefs'
DIVISIONS among warring Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central province's top dogs deepened at the weekend after they turned their WhatsApp group into a battleground, exchanging fierce vitriols and threatening e...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Swift Donates 10 Wheelchairs in Bulawayo
Swift, the country's leading logistics company, has donated 10 wheelchairs to King George VI Centre and Mustard Seed Communities in Bulawayo as part of its countrywide Together In Motion 75th annivers...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 17:25hrs | 5 | by Agencies
The desecretion of the memory of gukurahundi victims
Greeting to all! Just when the memory of victims of the Gukurahundi, was brought to the attention of all the people of Mthwakazi, by Ibhetshu Likazulu, through the erection of tombstones, it w...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:27hrs | | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Mnangagwa's wife donates masks to school children
FIRST LADY Auxillia Mnangagwa, who is the Angel of Hope Foundation patron, yesterday handed over a consignment of face masks to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, as she presses ahead wi...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rotary Club Harare Central seeks to build business linkages
The Rotary Club Harare Central will host a Business Showcase aimed at bringing businesses together and establish mutually beneficial relationships. Rotary is a global network of volunteer leader...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 08:32hrs | | by Agencies
Mnangagwa meets teachers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met representatives of teachers with disabilities to have an appreciation of their plight in the discharge of the educational duties. The meeting was held at the ...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should release Chihambakwe, Dumbutshena commissions reports
This is the third in a series of a document on submissions made by chiefs from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the occasion of his meeting with them at the State...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP 'rejects' MDC official's medical donations
CHIREDZI West legislator Farai Musikavanhu has allegedly withdrawn hospital beds and other medical ancillary supplies donated to Chiredzi Polyclinic by opposition MDC losing parliamentary aspirant Joh...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of heroes betrayed, forgotten
When, in the fullness of time, the lies can hold no longer, when the frail bottom of deception falls off, when the foggy morning dew of orchestrated media smokescreens withers and gives way to the pow...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:55hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
MDC losing candidate donates to Chiredzi clinic
MDC Alliance's losing candidate for Chiredzi West constituency during last year's elections has donated an ambulance, 30 wheelchairs, three 5 000-litre water tanks, blood pressure testing machines, be...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
How did Zimbabwe end up with such toxic debts?
What I witnessed last Saturday at Zimbabwe's biggest hospital, Parirenyatwa, got me thinking.In the casualty unit, there was no doctor attending to patients from 5.30pm to 9pm. I saw patients ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 09:59hrs | | by Editorial _ The Independent
Census for cyclone-ravaged communities
Government will conduct a census using official records to ascertain the number of people who have been staying in communities that were affected by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge.Th...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sniffer dogs to be used to recover Cyclone Idai bodies
South Africa yesterday despatched a team of 12 people - including police officers and sniffer dogs - to Manicaland Province to help with rescue and recovery efforts being spearheaded by the Government...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Govt subsidies for private players not sustainable'
Government has been warned against clandestine price controls being effected through its stranglehold on foreign currency allocation.Economic analysts said there were companies that were being...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Human rights groups raise red flag over voting process
HUMAN rights groups have expressed concern over the treatment of people with disabilities (PWDs) during the just-ended elections, with most of them experiencing challenges at polling stations....Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hospital staff donate to dumped baby
Concession District Hospital is looking after a baby who was dumped in Glendale last week and the staff at the hospital is contributing towards the welfare of the baby whilst waiting for social welfa...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Everyone is a potential inmate: Zimondi
Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi yesterday implored society to treat inmates with respect as all people had the potential to be incarcerated....Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates 50 computers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa on Friday donated 50 computers to Mafungautsi Primary School in Gokwe during a rally that was held at an open space near the school.Pledging the donation, President Mnangag...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
National Disability Expo reveals government and CSOs' short comings
Addressing the NANGO Eastern Region disability sector that attended the 6th edition of the National Disability Expo, Special Advisor to the President on Disability Issues, Joshua Malinga called on civ...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 10:55hrs | | by Nango
Nqobile Masuku Foundation donates to people with disabilities
On Africa Day Nqobile Masuku Foundation donated wheelchairs, 100 crutches and 120 white canes to people with disabilities in Bulawayo.The Executive Director of the Foundation, Nqobani Masuku, ...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 07:33hrs | 4 | by NANGO
Govt splashes out $66,000 to donate $3,000
Government has come under fire for spending a whopping $66 000 in commemorating the International Day for Persons with Disabilities in Caledonia - on the outskirts of the capital city - where benefici...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 10:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will never fool us - MDC-T Youth Assembly.
The MDC-T Youth Assembly has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he can not fool them by pretending to be open for democracy yet there is clear selective application of the law in the country....Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's forgive and forget?
President Mnangagwa's appeal to Zimbabweans to forgive and forget may, on the face of it, appear to be an appropriate Christmas sentiment. But in truth it is shallow and self-serving. Chr...Published: 24 Dec 2017 at 14:23hrs | | by Zim Vigil
Don't let the new Lacoste looters lie to you - MDC-T official
An MDC-T official Chalton Hwende has said people of Zimbabwe must not allow themselves to be fooled by the Lacoste Zanu PF faction which propelled Emmerson Mnangagwa to the head of state."Don'...Published: 23 Dec 2017 at 07:56hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Former Agric minister looted farm equipment worth millions
FORMER Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made allegedly looted farm equipment and inputs worth millions of dollars, which he hid at his Tara Farm in Headlands, M...Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Mliswa needs to join ZANU PF officially'
The Norton house of assembly member Temba Mliswa has annoyed social media users on Twitter after he said retailers who are hiking prices are saboteurs who deserve their stock confiscated.Mlisw...Published: 21 Dec 2017 at 13:27hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
PHOTOS: Stash of Agric seeds, wheelchairs recovered stashed at former Agriculture minister's farm
Agricultural seeds, wheelchairs, bicycles, tractors, generators and all sorts recovered at former Agriculture minister Joseph Made's farm, having laid there idle for years....Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 20:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo City Council abuse disabled residents
I am a resident of city of Bulawayo with a disability. I have a disabled wife and also a disabled daughter.I got a donation of a Gas Popcorn making machine last year from Edgars stores. Govern...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 12:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Back to sender prophet pulls crowds
People usually "nicodemously" consult apostolic prophets, but it was a different story last Friday as hundreds thronged Madzibaba Stephen's shrine in Tshabalala to return evil acts with his "back to s...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 19:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Advocate Fadzai Mahere: Wheelchair-metaphor to depict our aged President- a joke that crossed red line!
Mr. Collen Chifamba wrote a passionate letter to Advocate Mahere about her the insensitivity and indeed an insult to the disabled people generally. The content letter of Collen Chifamba is of a ...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 14:57hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Prophets consult me, says sangoma
SEKURU Friday Chisanyu (FC), a registered Traditional Medicine Practitioner and the founding president of the Zimbabwe National Practitioners Association (ZINPA) speaks to H-Metro's BLESSING MASAKADZA...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
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