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Bulawayo council shuts down public toilets
BULAWAYO City Council has been forced to shut down public toilets in the central business district and surrounding suburbs fearing an outbreak of water-borne diseases as the city grapples with its wor...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to exercise extreme caution and adhere to strict hygiene standards following reports of a diarrhoea outbreak linked to water shortages, with Cowdray Park suburb bein...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:49hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo water crisis to increase sewer pipe bursts'
CITY of Bulawayo director of engineering services, Eng Sikhumbuzo Ncube, has said the continuing water supply challenges facing the city could trigger a serious challenge of sewer pipe bursts as the s...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:42hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
'900,000 Zimbabweans lack access to safe water'
A STAGGERING 860 757 Zimbabweans lack access to safe drinking water while 17% of the households are forced to travel long distances to fetch water for their daily needs, a United Nations Interna...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo in cholera scare
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)'s health department said the city had recorded four cholera cases since January 30 as the waterborne disease keeps spreading across the country.This was revealed du...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
$7 billion water boost for Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT has given Bulawayo City Council (BCC) $7 billion, which will be channelled towards repairs and purchasing of essential materials in the water supply chain.The funds will boost infra...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak hits Hwange
Hwange has been hit by a cholera outbreak which has resulted in the Hwange Local Board shutting down all unlicensed food outlets and those operating from undesignated areas with immediate effect....Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 09:59hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
140 boreholes for cholera hotspots
GOVERNMENT has drilled 77 boreholes in cholera hotspots across the country out of a target of more than 140 as it steps up efforts to fight the deadly water-borne disease through increased access to c...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives 1 million cholera vaccines, none for Matebeleland
ZIMBABWE will this week take delivery of a consignment of close to one million cholera vaccines ahead of the commencement of a vaccination campaign targeted at other regions except Matebeleland which ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:27hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Cholera cases continue to rise
CHOLERA cases are continuing to rise in the country with 770 new cases and 16 suspected cholera deaths in the past three days countrywide.Statistics released by the Ministry of Health and Chil...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:41hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Cholera fears for learners mount as schools reopen
FEARS abound that learners' lives are at risk due to the prevailing cholera outbreak as schools open tomorrow.Health experts have urged government to strengthen its surveillance and case manag...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ill affords laxity on cholera
CHOLERA is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.According to the World Health Organisation: "Cholera is a disease ...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 08:09hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
'Foreign' vendors turn Bulawayo streets into toilets
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has accused vendors of practising open defecation on central business district (CBD) streets and sanitary lanes.According to the latest full council minutes release...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
SA ramps up screening at its borders over outbreak of cholera
The National Department of Health said the outbreak of cholera in neighbouring countries has led to the government intensifying screening efforts at South Africa's borders.One of the countries...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:56hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt, MDC councils to blame for cholera deaths
HUMAN rights lawyers say government and local authorities must be held accountable for cholera deaths as the water-borne disease spreads across the country claiming lives.The Zimbabwe Lawyers ...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:24hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Cholera is wreaking havoc in Harare's poor suburbs
TWO men struggle to push a rusty wheelchair over quarry stones into one of the tents at a clinic in Kuwadzana phase 4, one of Harare's densely populated suburbs.In the wheelchair is an elderly...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:35hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe restricts gatherings, food vending as cholera cases spike
Zimbabwe's government has started restricting public gatherings and food vending, while monitoring burials in all areas affected by cholera, after cases of the disease spiked this week.New cho...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:51hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash exposes parlous state of Matebeleland roads
The Bulawayo City Council has completed a sewer and water sanitation rehabilitation project funded through an African Development Bank AfDB US$33,6 million grant.Council is considering approac...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:33hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo on high alert for cholera
WHILE Bulawayo has not recorded any cholera cases in the past four months, local health officials are on alert, urging residents to practise good hygiene and desist from shaking hands at public gather...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:30hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets up committee for Bulawayo water
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved the appointment of a 20-member Bulawayo Water Technical Committee to oversee the rapid improvement of water and sanitation services in the city over a 100-day period....Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak forces Mkoba Teachers College closure
Health authorities have temporarily suspended lectures at Mkoba Teachers College after a diarrhoea out break at the institution.In a statement, Midlands provincial medical director, Dr Marry Muchekeza...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:22hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani, Kunzvi dam works expedited
The construction of major dams such as the Kunzvi and Gwayi-Shangani to augment supplies to Harare and Bulawayo is being expedited.Most suburbs in the cities have been facing water challenges ...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:54hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's young children hit hard by diarrhoea
In townships throughout Zimbabwe, the shortage of clean water and the presence of deteriorating, rusty water pipelines are poised to exacerbate the spread of waterborne diseases as the approaching rai...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 10:00hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa laments dysfunctional local authorities
President Mnangagwa has expressed concern over the deteriorating service delivery in opposition-led local authorities, particularly the recurring outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases like cholera. He emph...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:17hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo school hit by water crisis
Ngwalongwalo Primary School in Pumula South, Bulawayo, is facing a water crisis due to pump failure, resulting in the school being without water for three days. This situation has compelled the studen...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:31hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Harare grappling with a cholera outbreak again
Harare is currently grappling with a cholera outbreak, with health authorities confirming five cases.Cholera, a waterborne disease transmitted through contaminated drinking water or food, caus...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:12hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
An open letter to Chamisa and the CCC
This letter serves to advise you sir and your party to choose the candidates who represent your party in councils and parliament diligently, failure to do so will cost you in the future.In jus...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 07:57hrs | 1307 | by Thandolwenkosi Mnyukhi
Bulawayo needs urgent cleansing, says Coltart
FORMER Primary and Secondary Education minister David Coltart says Bulawayo is now a mess and needs urgent and serious cleansing by incoming councillors.Coltart, who is eyeing the city's ward ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fears cholera outbreak may spiral out of control in Zimbabwe
THERE are fears that cholera may spiral out of control as latest statistics show that the outbreak worsened in recent weeks, with a number of cases reported in Manicaland and Harare provinces....Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC goes after open-air worshippers
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has resumed its regular raids on open-air worshippers, particularly apostolic sect members who gather in areas with no ablution facilities.Deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 09:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean national with cholera admitted to Musina Hospital
Limpopo has recorded its first cholera case, according to the provincial Department of Health.It said the 26-year-old Zimbabwean national reported to Musina Hospital on Friday after experienci...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Health time bomb ticks in Mthuli Ncube's Cowdray Park
RESIDENTS of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo are living in fear of a possible outbreak of waterborne diseases following the drilling of boreholes in wards 6 and 15 that predominantly use Blair toilets....Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Harare suburbs now cholera hotspots
THE City of Harare is in panic mode due to rising cholera cases in the high-density suburbs.Harare Provincial Affairs and Devolution secretary Tafadzwa Muguti yesterday urged residents to be o...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Harare cholera cases shoot to 288
THE Harare Metropolitan province has recorded over 288 cholera cases since the first case surfaced in the country in February this year.Provincial and Devolution secretary Tafadzwa Muguti said...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fight over water turns fatal
Bulawayo's water challenges turned tragic with a 17-year-old boy from Nkulumane now facing murder charges for fatally stabbing his neighbour following a dispute at a borehole queue.The teenage...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poisoned meal lands family of 12 in hospital
A family of 12 from Village Two in Umguza District, Matebeleland North province, is lucky to be alive after eating poisoned isitshwala/sadza on Tuesday evening.The family members who were rush...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally attacks 'educated, but incompetent ministers'
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has launched a broadside on "educated, but incompetent government ministers" whom he accused of running down the economy and failing to reign in the country's run-away inflat...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CCC raises alarm over spike in cholera cases
THE CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has raised alarm for the cholera outbreak amid Zimbabwe's weakening health delivery system.This comes after five people succumbed to the infectious dise...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council raids 600 butcheries for bad meat
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has raided 618 business premises in the city and confiscated 724,57kg of meat deemed unfit for human consumption, latest council minutes reveal."Less premises (618)...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Experts give COVID-19 warning
HEALTH experts have urged COVID-19 caution ahead of schools opening next week and the approaching winter.Speaking to NewsDay on Tuesday, chief coordinator of the COVID-19 taskforce in the Offi...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons death traps, says Guantanamo Bay detention camp handlers
A UNITED States embassy human rights report has described Zimbabwe's prison conditions as harsh and life threatening.In its latest report on human rights practices, the United States said pris...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lovendale: A forgotten township
Have you ever heard of Lovendale Township? It's a small community located just 17 kilometres from the Bulawayo CBD, under Umguza RDC. Built in 2014, Lovendale Township is a relatively new development ...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 11:01hrs | 92 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases decrease
BULAWAYO recorded a decrease in diarrhoea cases despite a worsening water crisis which has seen some residents enduring more than a week with dry taps.Due to the erratic power supply, Bulawayo...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chegutu records 2 cholera cases
TWO cholera cases were recorded in Chegutu last week, sending signals that the waterborne disease that has already been reported in some African countries had entered Zimbabwe's borders.In a s...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:31hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on cholera alert
ZIMBABWE is on alert for any potential outbreak of cholera following reports of rising infections and deaths in some parts of Southern Africa mainly Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia.To date, ove...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
6 die of diarrhoea in Harare
The diarrhoea cases come after typhoid wreaked havoc in Harare, with 19 new suspected cases having been recorded early this week.SIX people died while over 6 000 diarrhoeal cases were recorded...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
BCC confiscates 2 232kg of condemned meat
THE Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) department of health services has raided various grocery shops in the city, confiscating and destroying condemned meat weighing over 2 200kg.Council minutes s...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels still critically low
BULAWAYO's major supply dams have received insignificant inflows of water since the onset of the rainy season, raising fears of more water woes in the city.According to the latest update by th...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water infrastructure vandalism worries Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has expressed serious concern over rampant vandalism of key infrastructure at Epping Forest and Rochester Aquifer in Nyamandlovu, a development which continues to negatively affect...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Power cuts worsen Harare water woes at treatment works stall
The current power outages being experienced in the country have worsened Harare's perennial water supply woes amid reports the crippling energy crisis has affected water treatment works at the iconic ...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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