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Suicide cases spike in Mashonaland central
SUICIDE cases in Zimbabwe continue to soar with Mashonaland Central recording the highest number, according to the latest National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) report.According t...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Development of rural communities is vital
Developing rural communities is crucial for the well-being of the entire country.The government has a significant role to play in ensuring that countryside areas have access to basic amenities such as...Published: 18 May 2023 at 15:54hrs | 4 | by Melody Moyo
Mnangagwa rallies Zanu-PF supporters
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to register in their numbers and ensure a resounding victory for the ruling Zanu-PF party during next year's harmonised elections.Speaking during ...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hits 5 million first Covid-19 jabs
ZIMBABWE passed the five million mark for first doses of Covid-19 vaccination last week with the record breaking blitz now in progress seeing more than 1,39 million doses administered in the last two ...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination rates continue to dwindle
While the third wave of Covid-19 infection continues to trickle down to just 4,8 percent of its mid-July peak, the vaccination rate is also continuing to slow with 286 134 jabs given last week between...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Underdevelopment irks Binga communities
BINGA, one of the districts in drought-prone Matabeleland North province has continued to be exposed to poor road infrastructure, communication facilities and water shortages despite several non-gover...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Retailers appeal for extended trading hours
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has appealed to Government for the extension of lockdown trading hours in order to boost sales. Although the country remains under Level 4 lockdown, Cabin...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 third wave ebbs fast in Zimbabwe
The ebbing of the third wave of Covid-19 speeded up in Zimbabwe last week, with death rates now falling, while vaccination is accelerating rapidly with the milestone of the one millionth second dose g...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Panic grips Robert Gabriel Mugabe International airport
Panic has gripped staff at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International after airport manager Margaret Samkange succumbed to Covid-19 this afternoon. There are fears of disruptions as staff are lea...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 14:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 107 deaths from Covid-19 in a day
Zimbabwe yesterday recorded 107 deaths from Covid-19, the highest daily total since the first case in March last year with 54 of these deaths, half the total, in Harare which has become the new epicen...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination drive hits 2 million milestone
The 2 millionth Covid-19 vaccine dose was jabbed into an arm on Thursday afternoon as Zimbabwe's national vaccination programme accelerated even further and once the extra doses yesterday were counted...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
28 die of Covid-19
Twenty eight people died of Covid-19 yesterday, with 1 331 new cases recorded in one day as the infection and death rates rise to levels not seen since the second wave early this year. Accordi...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Victoria Falls girl (12) dies 'after typhoid jab'
A Grade Seven pupil (12) at Nyongolo Primary School outside Hwange died after her body started swelling and her family suspects she reacted to the new typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) she received rece...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:24hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Govt typhoid vaccine rollout targets children
THE Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) campaign rolled out on Monday by government will address the country's challenges in managing the waterborne disease, addressing its growing antimicrobial resistanc...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:28hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 disrupts TB address progress
BULAWAYO, Midlands, Matabeleland North and South provinces accounted for most tuberculosis (TB) deaths recorded in Zimbabwe last year amid reports that Covid-19 disrupted progress that Zimbabwe had ma...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should not blindly reopen borders
THE fact that our biggest trading partner, neighbouring South Africa has decided to reopen its land borders from Monday following advice from its National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC), should no...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Two health workers infected by COVID-19 each day'
At least two members of the health frontline workers in Zimbabwe's major hospital are contracting the dreaded COVID-19 virus per day and putting a strain on the country's health provision system....Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt enforces strict movement controls
Strict control of people's movements will be enforced as Zimbabwe returns to Level Four lockdown from today, with the Government seeing the 30-day tightening of the lockdown as the best way to rein in...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 vaccine: Africa must work with China
THERE is a global race to procure COVID-19 vaccines, and right now South Africa is not doing well. Currently, the race leaders are Israel who have already vaccinated more than 9% of their population a...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Daily Maverick
Zimbabwe faces tougher Covid-19 lockdown
ZIMBABWE may be forced into implementing more stringent measures, possibly another lockdown, if Covid-19 cases continue to rise, an official has said.The chief coordinator for the National Res...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
HIV life expectancy 'near normal' thanks to new drugs
Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests.Twenty-year-olds who started antiretroviral ther...Published: 11 May 2017 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by BBc
Reflections of a Concerned Youth
Greetings to you all brothers and sisters Why brothers and sisters some may ask - Well that is because we are one, there is no black Zimbabwe, there is no white Zimbabwe, there is the Republic...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 13:16hrs | 6 | by Otis Mabikwa
Zimbabwe's corridors of sexual horror
ZIMBABWE'S highways have become a magnet of sexual exploitation of young girls dropping out of school due to abject poverty, which calls for urgent action to protect thousands of teenage girls fro...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 10:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe water crisis - The background
In the pre Independence era the Town planning authorities and Central Government planned that each City/Town should have roughly 3 years supply in storage at any one point in time. At that time with p...Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 14:41hrs | | by Eddie Cross
No country with a McDonald's can remain a democracy
A wave of revulsion rolls around the world. Approval ratings for incumbent leaders are everywhere collapsing. Symbols, slogans and sensation trump facts and nuanced argument. One in six Americans now ...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 05:51hrs | 4 | by George Monbiot
Unlocking Growth Potential
The Government of Zimbabwe is targeting an average economic growth rate of 6.6% over 2016-2018 and the growth is going to be driven by manufacturing and agricultural sector. Finance and Economic Devel...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 20:40hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
Zimbabwe change is imminent, but how?
Zimbabwe is an enigma to many. The country presents itself as a clean, modern State with friendly people, little crime and small pockets of prosperity and wealth. A small country blessed with a great ...Published: 25 Jul 2015 at 16:13hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Collateral damage of Mugabe's poor governance
WHEN a government fails to conduct its duties as the principal centre of authority in a State, the consequences are often borne, not by the residents alone, but by other States and regions.The...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 09:07hrs | 3 | by Eddie Cross
Ebola: This catastrophe must never happen again
Following the Ebola virus outbreak, the United Nations set up its first-ever public health mission – the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) to deal with the pandemic. In this inte...Published: 24 Dec 2014 at 17:59hrs | | by Africa Renewal
Ebola: This catastrophe must never happen again
Following the Ebola virus outbreak, the United Nations set up its first-ever public health mission – the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) to dea...Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 15:27hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Mat'land South records TB deaths
MATABELELAND South Province has recorded the highest tuberculosis (TB) death rate in the country, latest statistics have shown.The province also tops the number of HIV positive people with...Published: 30 Sep 2014 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Marvelous Moyo
Severe drought kills 100 Jumbos in Zimbabwe
Severe drought has killed an estimated 100 elephants worth $2 million in Hwange National Park in the past month or so, and is threatening thousands other jumbos in the country's largest wildlife sanct...Published: 18 Nov 2011 at 09:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
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