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The only option left is to take up arms or else we are buried for good
It's amazing one judge says MDC Alliance is a party & can sue & be sued, another says it is not a party & therefore can not sue or be sued, we wonder how these judges are interpreting the ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 4356 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Coronavirus positive woman gives birth at Gweru hospital
Zimbabwean doctors have assisted a Coronavirus pregnant woman in Gweru to deliver after fears that the baby was going to be contaminated with the virus. Secretary for Information Nick Mangwana...Published: 28 May 2020 at 18:51hrs | 1003 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matemadanda disappointed by the living standards of health workers in Gokwe central
The deputy minister of Defense who is the member of Parliament for Gokwe Central comrade Victor Matemadanda distributed essential commodities to people in his constituency. Speaking on the occ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 11:59hrs | 1095 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's radical cure for depression
Zimbabwe is pioneering a groundbreaking mental health programme with stunning results – and the rest of the world is taking note.Late one evening, Dixon Chibanda, a psychiatrist in Harare, Z...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1984 | by Rachel Nuwer from Zimbabwe
'Chinese doctors left Covid-19 cases spike'
Zimbabwean politician Jealous Mawarire has bemoaned the visit by Chinese doctors to Zimbabwe after the country recorded a spike of Covid-19 cases yesterday.He denounced the Chinese delegation ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2924 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Masiyiwa champions AU COVID-19 fight
THE African Union (AU) has set in motion a bid to raise resources for the procurement of 15 million COVID-19 test kits per month for distribution to member States as the regional body up-scales testin...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:45hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Hospitals demand COVID-19 records
PATIENTS seeking admission to public and private hospitals are now required to produce coronavirus test results before being taken in under a new policy likely to force the majority poor to die at hom...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
US praises Zimbabwe
THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc world-wide with countries such as the United States (US) being one of the most affected. Zimbabwe has so far recorded over 50 confirmed cases, 18 ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:09hrs | 3358 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Beitbridge police brutality
A BEITBRIDGE court has ordered police to refund a resident, who was coerced to pay a fine for violating the lockdown regulations, amid accusations of gross human rights violations by law enforcement a...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:52hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Traditional medicine to be used in Covid-19 fight
ZIMBABWE and China will enhance collaboration in fighting the coronavirus through a cocktail of measures, which include development and use of traditional medicines.The country has been hostin...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Jack Ma dispatches more equipment to Zimbabwe
AUTHORITIES are appealing for calm amid warnings by doctors that the shortage of coronavirus test kits and adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) in the country could see more local infections, ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 20:44hrs | 1673 | by Staff reporter
Healthcare professionals discover their voice
There is a seismic shift in Zimbabwe's political discourse. A critical segment of its population is beginning to find its voice - healthcare staff.Doctors, nurses and psychotherapists have lar...Published: 23 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 1706 | by Sandra Kudenga
Ziyambi taunts MDC 'abductees'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has taunted the three MDC Alliance abductees of being "very happy to be at the hospital" where they are recuperating at a private hospital in Harare after being tortur...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
The Death of David Magagula
The untimely passing of David Magagula is a stark reminder to us just how mortal we all are as human beings on this earth. It also serves to keep us on check as to the contribution we have made in sha...Published: 19 May 2020 at 14:44hrs | 2834 | by MLF President
Abducted MDC MP car at police, did the MP drive to the cop station to be arrested?
MYSTERY continues to deepen over the disappearance and torture of three MDC Alliance officials after NewsDay learnt that one of the abductees, Harare West MP Joanah Mamombe's vehicle was found parked ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:11hrs | 4529 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisers condemn MDC leaders' abduction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisers under the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) have condemned the abduction of opposition MDC Alliance officials, saying the actions of his regime were taking th...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1935 | by Staff reporter
6 Surprising Herbal Painkillers for Natural Pain Relief
When pain affects your social life, family time, or work, you would do anything to help soothe the feeling. Whether we are talking about chronic pain or occasional pain episodes, a person's first resp...Published: 18 May 2020 at 10:05hrs | 3479 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa's indefinite lockdown dumbfounds doctors
The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights secretary-general Norman Matara says that the indefinite extension of the national lockdown was not backed by scientific information. He said that ...Published: 18 May 2020 at 08:05hrs | 8689 | by Staff reporter
How Dabengwa Made me a Freedom Fighter - Confessions of a Zipra Cadre
I must have been 15 years old herding cattle EMlageni near Siwubu along the Manzamnyama river in 1967. I remember the year very well. It was a very hot day and it was schools holiday. So, it was aroun...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:12hrs | 1292 | by ZAPU Department of Information Publicity and Marketing.
MDC Alliance trio 'still traumatised'
DOCTORS treating Harare West MP Joana Mamombe and two other MDC Alliance activists yesterday said the trio was still too traumatised to speak to the police about their ordeal.Mamombe together ...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:27hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
MDC 'self abductors' must help investigators
Although many of the reported so-called abductions have been shown to be fake in the past, each such report needs to be carefully and openly investigated to find answers to at least three questions: W...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
MDC-A abducted three; Iron fists in velvet gloves
To start with, politics is littered with life- threatening dangers. In fact it is a minefield in which winners take all and losers get grumpy. History shows there has never been fair competition....Published: 15 May 2020 at 15:30hrs | 1615 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
WATCH: Makandiwa warned Zimbabwe about Chinese doctors?
A prophecy given in 2016 by Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has resurfaced on the internet a few days after the People's Republic of China sent a brigade of medical surgeons to come and assist Zimbabwe com...Published: 15 May 2020 at 15:04hrs | 6061 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The utter madness of power
POLITICIANS in this country can be remarkably naive. Long before Covid-19 unleashed mayhem upon God's green earth, there was lots of excited chatter in opposition circles over calculated moves by "the...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:12hrs | 788 | by Brazh Malaba
Mahomva booted out over 'refusal to bend the rules'
CHIEF Covid-19 coordinator Agnes Mahomva's sudden removal from the Ministry of Health and Child Care after a short-lived tenure as permanent secretary was the culmination of fierce clashes with Health...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:08hrs | 2184 | by Staff reporter
There is no cure for COVID-19: Traditional healers
PRESIDENT of the Traditional Medicines Practices Council (TMPC) Friday Chisanyu has cautioned against herbalists and traditional healers who were claiming to have herbs that cure COVID-19.The ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance demands the unconditional release of its Youth Assembly Leaders
As the People's party, the MDC Alliance is totally appalled and strongly condemns the evil abduction of our Youth Assembly leaders, national Deputy Chairperson Cecilia Chimbiri, Deputy Organising Secr...Published: 14 May 2020 at 14:53hrs | 1397 | by MDC Alliance Department of Communications
Mnangagwa hints at lockdown extension
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he was under pressure to lift the national lockdown and re-open the country's ailing economy, but indicated that his priority is to save lives first before ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 26877 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Cyril Ramaphosa's speech on lockdown measures
My Fellow South Africans,This week, our country reached a sad moment in the progression of the coronavirus pandemic, as we recorded our 219th death from the disease.Every life lost is ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 21:46hrs | 4171 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
'It's time for real dialogue,' says Mnangagwa's advisor
A MEMBER of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisory council, Shingi Munyeza says Zimbabwe needs a new political leadership and broad-based dialogue to tackle political and economic crises that have le...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 5631 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt fearful of new coronavirus hit
Health Minister Obadiah Moyo says that the country remains on high alert and is not ruling out a second wave of coronavirus cases. This comes after the World Health Organisation predicted that...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:34hrs | 2774 | by Staff reporter
A brave Zimbabwean nurse survives Covid-19 in the UK ...a story of faith, pain and suffering
In the midlands town of Corby in the United Kingdom stays a very happy family whose roots are from Zimbabwe. They are a family of four boys oh including the father it's five boys and one lady who is t...Published: 08 May 2020 at 22:19hrs | 4155 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Health ministry sets nursing interviews dates
Controversial E-Nursing May 2020 intake shorlisted applicants have been summoned to attend interviews from the 11 - 15 May 2020. The online nursing application process has been marred with con...Published: 08 May 2020 at 12:34hrs | 1631 | by Michael Mdladla Ndiweni
WATCH: Mnangagwa's government accused of consulting witchdoctors
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor Shingi Munyezwa has accused Zimbabwean leaders of using occultism in running the affairs of the country. In a video posted on Twitter Munyeza said, "Our ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 17:47hrs | 8868 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti says there is paralysis in government planning
MDC vice president Tendai Biti claimed there was paralysis in government planning."The decision to force the use of ZUPCO buses as sole public transporter is irrational and monopolistic. ZUPCO...Published: 05 May 2020 at 16:16hrs | 2482 | by Staff reporter
115 arrested for masks violation in Bulawayo
OVER 100 people have been arrested in Bulawayo, mainly for not wearing masks in public, as medical experts said the home-made mask is safe to use in fighting Covid-19, if properly used. It is now mand...Published: 05 May 2020 at 07:36hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Doctors urge Zimbabwe to dump COVID-19 rapid testing
THE ZIMBABWE Senior Hospital Doctors Association (ZSHDA) has urged health authorities to do discard the Rapid Diagnostic Testing (RDT) on suspected COVID-19 patients arguing the process poses higher r...Published: 05 May 2020 at 07:35hrs | 1449 | by newzimbabwe
Avoid unnecessary gatherings even when the coast is clear
Ceremonial gatherings are part and parcel of African culture and customs but now, faced with Coronavirus, we must be prepared to forego some of the ceremonies. Things like unveiling of the tom...Published: 04 May 2020 at 16:00hrs | 1390 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Biti to challenge Mnangagwa's lockdown regulation
Lawyer and MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti said he was looking at SI99 of 2020 with a view to challenging discriminatory measures put in place by Mnangagwa's government, allowing Zupco buses a...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 2770 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 positive cases remain at 34
The Ministry of Health says Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests done in Harare and Bulawayo on May 2, 2020 were negative for coronavirus. Therefore, confirmed cases remain at 34 with five recoveries...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:18hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Revision of Covid-19 cases worrisome
HEALTH experts yesterday warned that the government's continued revision of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the country risks creating doubt and confusion on the testing system and the actua...Published: 03 May 2020 at 14:20hrs | 1676 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warned against lockdown complacence
HEALTH experts have warned government against complacence in the enforcement of the new stay-at-home order, especially regarding the informal sector amid fears any slip-up could boomerang with disastr...Published: 03 May 2020 at 14:19hrs | 4554 | by Staff reporter
'Covid-19 results taking too long'
DOCTORS have urged the government to work on improving the turnaround time of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test results for coronavirus (Covid-19) which they say is way too long.PCR tests a...Published: 03 May 2020 at 14:17hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean UK health workers in difficult times
THOUSANDS of Zimbabwean health workers might have left the country to seek greener pastures in the United Kingdom but with the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) ravaging that country many are now dying fa...Published: 03 May 2020 at 14:17hrs | 2251 | by Staff reporter
Mission Zimbabwe group continues to help from afar
While the COVID-19 pandemic has grounded the local Mission Zimbabwe group's plans to head to the African nation this month, they are continuing to support efforts there.Barry Mutrie, team lead...Published: 03 May 2020 at 10:42hrs | 1849 | by Staff reporter
False Covid-19 tests raise fresh questions
The government has defended its testing system for coronavirus after it was forced to review downwards the number of Covid-19 cases recorded in the country so far following the retesting of six people...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:30hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
The fiasco of Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo
AMID a flurry of government efforts to find suitable accommodation for the treatment of the Covid-19 patients, it was announced that Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo's posh Hillside Suburb had been iden...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:27hrs | 2544 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Chamisa want workers paid in US dollars
MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to discontinue the use of the local currency and start paying workers in US dollars to maintain value of their earnings....Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:53hrs | 2469 | by Staff reporter
Govt bigwigs looting COVID-19 funds
MINISTRY of Finance has raised alarm after it emerged that officials were looting funds meant for COVID-19 relief.Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance George Guvamatanga this week wr...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Govt intensifies Covid-19 testing
GOVERNMENT has acquired about 19 000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machines and will also be using Gene Xpert machines across the country for testing Covid-19. Speaking yesterday afternoon a...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
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