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James Maridadi pens open letter to VP Constantine Chiwenga
Dear Sir,It was with a sense of shock and horror that Zimbabwe read of the your dismissal of 15000 nurses a few days ago. Nurses are the pillars upon which the health sector operates.I...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 11:27hrs | 8009 | by James Maridadi
Patients fight striking nurses
There was chaos at Chitungwiza Central Hospital yesterday as patients manhandled striking nurses, demanding that they be attended to since they had paid consultation fees.Nurses embarked on a ...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:06hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak hits Harare
Cholera has affected a tleast seven people in Harare and Chitungwiza with authorities suspecting seventeen more cases.Ministry of Health and Child Care announced the outbreak through the portf...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 16:58hrs | 3405 | by Byo24News Reporter
Mugabe coup brings Mbare back to life
Like many ordinary Zimbabweans right now, Joy Mviro is adamant that things have changed for the better."We can now talk openly," she tells me confidently, as we stand outside the Edith Opperma...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:20hrs | 676 | by The Guardian
Cholera resurfaces in Harare
Fears of a new cholera outbreak are abound in Harare after council confirmed the death of a 46-year-old man in Stoneridge as a result of the water-borne disease, while the man's sibling who got in con...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 10:35hrs | 663 | by Staff Reporter
$200 fine for open defecation
At least 63 percent of residents in Makoni district have no toilets and hazardously rely on the bush system, which leaves them vulnerable to chronic waterborne diseases.Makoni Rural District C...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Harare's dirty and smelly water
Harare's piped water is dirty and smells foul when it is available, but scientific research indicates that it could also be killing residents slowly and silently.Health minister David Parireny...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:12hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Militarisation of politics rarely delivers democracy
In an effort to rebrand and remake himself, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made glaring misrepresentations on the nature of the political transition, commitment to free and fair elections, ability a...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 07:19hrs | 461 | by Pedzisai Ruhanya & Bekezela Gumbo
Struggle on my beloved country
I wanted to title this article Cry My Beloved Country. After all we recently had cholera outbreaks and our political parties are competing to demonstrate proximity to the West. It does not seem to mat...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 07:27hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
75 political parties to contest in Zimbabwe's 2018 elections
There are 75 political parties registered to contest in the looming elections in Zimbabwe - up from 35 that existed prior to 2017.The so-called big league has the MDC Alliance‚ made up of se...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 20:33hrs | 3194 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to hold first 2018 Cabinet meeting
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, will hold this year's first Cabinet meeting tomorrow.Speaking in Chegutu at the weekend, the President's special adviser, Christopher Mutsvangwa said Cabinet will...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 10:32hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
Cholera thwarts Macheso gig
Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) ambassador and sungura king Alick Macheso last Friday heeded the call by Civil Protection Unity (CPU) in Chegutu to cancel his gig.The show that was scheduled...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 04:17hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa stop misleading us - Mnangagwa govt, not just G40, was also part of Mugabe era
I was truly flabbergasted when listening to last night's VOA Studio 7 news bulletin, when Advisor to the President Christopher Mutsvangwa was alleged to have blamed the poor state of affairs in Zimbab...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 07:47hrs | 1586 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
No handshakes at funerals as cholera spreads in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has put screening mechanisms in place at the country's borders with Zambia‚ Mozambique‚ Botswana and South Africa in an attempt to contain a cholera outbreak.Health and Child Care...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 16:23hrs | 1459 | by Staff reporter
I can't wait to vote for Tsvangirai, Cdes
MY former Comrades, I would want to believe that you are still steadfastly on my side. It really gets me mad to notice that the media and the people are already erroneously referring to me as former p...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 12:00hrs | 4743 | by CZ
Acting MDC-T President Mudzuri visits Chegutu
Acting President Hon Engineer Elias Mudzuri and the party's senior leadership spent the day in cholera-plagued Chegutu where they held a meeting with the mayor and councilors and paid condolences to s...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 16:16hrs | 636 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Putting God first pays for Pelandaba-Mpopoma
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's now famous catchphrase – the voice of the people is the voice of God – is what drives Pelandaba-Mpopoma legislator, Joseph Tshuma, so he said during an interview....Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 05:26hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ill-equipped to contain cholera
Government's efforts to contain the cholera outbreak are being hampered by lack of resources, Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa has said.The outbreak has so far claimed four li...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 14:57hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Fears of cholera outbreak at college
Disgruntled Chibero Agricultural College Student in Mashonaland West are living in fear of Cholera outbreak following health hazards at the premises....Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 11:14hrs | 2260 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fears of a Cholera outbreak in Kadoma
The City of Kadoma Department of Health has allayed fears of a Cholera outbreak in Kadoma.They say they are well prepared for the epidemic and there are no confirmed cases in the city. Read th...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 07:39hrs | 792 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe cholera outbreak versus misplaced priorities
In our last statement we mentioned the idea of being a crocodile abroad but a lizard abroad, it seems to us that the current government is in this respect falling into the trap that partially defined ...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 16:03hrs | 858 | by Jacob Mafume
Cholera hits Zimbabwe, 4 die in Chegutu
FOUR people have died of cholera in Chegutu in a fresh outbreak of the disease in Zimbabwe, which has already claimed several lives in Zambia.Mashonaland West provincial medical director Wensi...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 09:17hrs | 703 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe on cholera alert
Government has tightened border controls and mobilised resources following heightened fears of a possible cholera outbreak in the country after the disease killed 67 people in neighbouring Zambia....Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 07:34hrs | 635 | by Staff Reporter
Zimta calls for support for education sector
THE Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) has embraced the inauguration of President Mnangagwa and called for support in the education sector for a better economy.The country's largest teache...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 05:24hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Norton Mayor Thumbs-Up AusAid
Norton Zimbabwe - Her Worship the sitting Mayor of Norton Town, Clr Precious Mufahore, has commended the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid) for bringing to an end over two decade...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 21:35hrs | 564 | by Staff Reporter
Mbeki's visit to Zimbabwe leaves more questions than answers
Ex-South African president Thabo Mbeki may be a nice person in his personal life, but there is something nasty about his trip to meet his long-time ally, Robert Mugabe, in Harare recently. It is time ...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 12:57hrs | 695 | by Tawanda Majoni
Death doesn't move apostolic sect men
MALE members of the ultra-conservative Johanne Marange apostolic sect stand accused of being cold-hearted to the extent of allowing their children to be decimated by preventable diseases without even ...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 17:01hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Funding the luxury of Mugabe's sons on tax payer's money criminal
Zimbabwe is staggering under a sea of poverty, a majority of Zimbabweans are living on less than dollar a day and 95% is not in formal employment.Companies are closing en masse since 2013; tho...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 17:05hrs | 4408 | by PDP
Aus Aid waste water treatment plant rehab ends pollution of Darwendale dam
AUSTRALIAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Aus Aid) brought an end to over two decades of non-functionality of Norton Zimbabwe's sewer plant and pollution of Darwendale Dam, which the industrial...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 12:32hrs | 528 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Zimbabwe fears of another cholera outbreak
The Ministry of Health and Child Care says it is still on high alert after a case of cholera was recorded in Chiredzi while three suspected cases turned up to be poisoning in Chipinge.Zimb...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 12:39hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak a worrying development
The People's Democratic Party is concerned by the recent report of a cholera outbreak which has claimed two lives in Hatcliff.Despite the fact that the City of Harar...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 15:23hrs | 433 | by PDP
Call to be aware of water borne diseases
The incessant rains have positively brought relief to the nation as bumper harvests are being expected from this year's rainy season. However, in some parts of the country particularly Matebeleland So...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 16:12hrs | 343 | by Tatenda Gono
'Midlands free of typhoid'
A SENIOR Health ministry official has said there are no reported cases of typhoid in Midlands province, dispelling rumours that over 40 students from Fletcher High School had been hospitalised....Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 08:51hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe' typhoid legacy
The raging typhoid outbreak in some of Zimbabwe's cities and towns is yet another indication of the decay of the economy and infrastructure under President Robert Mugabe's watch since independence...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 12:32hrs | 117 | by The Standard Editor
Mugabe won't delegate authority to Mnangagwa and Mphoko
President Robert Mugabe has come under fire for being "greedy" and failing to cede power to his deputies, with the nonagenarian travelling on official business at a time he is supposed to be resti...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 16:36hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Council faces lawsuit over typhoid
A HEALTH lobby group is mulling suing the Harare City Council following the deaths of two Mbare residents from typhoid.Community Working Group on Health director, Itai Rusike said over the...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 09:25hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Harare typhoid outbreak induced by poor water and sanitation facilities- Masarira
A human rights activist Linda Masarira has blamed the out break of typhoid in Harare on the poor water and sanitation facilities by the Harare City Council."The typhoid and cholera outbreak in...Published: 08 Jan 2017 at 05:26hrs | 219 | by Stephen Jakes
Beitbridge health crisis warning
The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has warned that Beitbridge will face a full scale health crisis if the waste management challenges faced in the border town are not addressed before the r...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 15:31hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo on cholera, typhoid alert
BULAWAYO City Council is on high alert of a possible outbreak of cholera and typhoid amid looming water shortages, with the local authority, however, saying it was prepared to contain any occurren...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 10:42hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
City Council demolition of illegal structures praised
The Harare Residents Trust has said it is in fully supportive of the decision by the Harare City Council to demolish illegal structures that have been built on council land for sewerage treatment in K...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 06:44hrs | 603 | by Stephen Jakes
Harare mayor says more water disconnections are to be enforced
Harare Residents Trust has expressed alarm following the city mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni's remarks that more water cuts must be expected by many owing residents."More water cuts are loomi...Published: 04 Feb 2016 at 05:19hrs | 1163 | by Stephen Jakes
Gwanda health time bomb as thousands resort to bush for toilet
A critical health time bomb continues to count down in Gwanda as the town entered its sixth day without water today. Water supply to the town was cut off on Saturday morning at the Zimbabwe Na...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 14:27hrs | 1610 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe told to cut short his overseas holiday and return home
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has implored President Robert Mugabe to cut short his overseas holiday and return home to attend to the country's mounting economic crisis and threats of mass starv...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 11:02hrs | 4592 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai, Smith Siamese twins
The interring of Senator Aguy Georgias at the National Heroes acre added to the vast of Zimbabweans the knowledge and experience on how devious and inhuman the economic sanctions has been to this nati...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 08:29hrs | 2754 | by Caitlin Kamba
Community participation a panacea to Mwenezi's WASH problems
With many boreholes broken and a few sanitation facilities worth a mention, Mwenezi has not been spared of the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) problems bedeviling many such rural districts in Zim...Published: 14 Dec 2015 at 09:42hrs | 1868 | by Matthew Chirambamhanda
Redcliff hit by another water crisis - as Kwekwe disconnects supplies
REDCLIFF - A potential epidermic looms over Redcliff, as the town has been hit by another water crisis, after its water supplies were disconnected by Kwekwe City Council over a ballooning debt....Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 06:36hrs | 1307 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Statement from Gwanda Residents Association on prepaid water metres directive
Media has been awash with reports that the Municipality of Gwanda claims to have been given an order by Minister of Local Government Public Works and National Housing Cde Saviour Kasukuwere to immedia...Published: 29 Sep 2015 at 12:01hrs | 2767 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
Water and Sanitation Expo opens in Bulawayo
The provision of clean, safe and reliable water is an urgent issue which needs to be addressed.This came out at the 2nd edition of the Water and Sanitation Expo which is currently underway in ...Published: 25 Sep 2015 at 19:24hrs | 1969 | by Staff Reporter
Harare twins Chinese city of Guangzhou
Harare has entered into a twinning arrangement with the Chinese city of Guangzhou, a development that will see the two cities exchange notes.Talks of a twinning arrangement between Harare ...Published: 21 Sep 2015 at 16:03hrs | 2261 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on cholera alert
The government says it is putting in place adequate measures to prevent a cholera outbreak.This follows reports of an outbreak of cholera in Mozambique that has led to fears the disease might ...Published: 24 Apr 2015 at 16:01hrs | 2170 | by Staff reporter
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