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Mnangagwa feels heat over economy
With Zimbabwe's economy continuing to tank - and long-suffering citizens now desperate for some respite - President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told thousands of Zanu-PF delegates gathered in Esigodi...Published: 2 hrs ago | 307 | by Staff reporter
Senior doctors join strike
SENIOR doctors have joined the strike by their juniors citing increased workload as the Labour Court spurned government attempts to declare the crippling industrial action by the medical professionals...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean NGO engages in fights against drug and alcohol abuse
A Zimbabwean based non governmental organisation, Rechabites Trust has engaged into training programmes to educate youth against the "vuzu parties" (youth parties) in Zimbabwe which are characterised ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 86 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe doctors using condoms as medical gloves?
Zimbabwean doctors at public health institutions have been forced to use condoms in place of disposable medical gloves as the government struggles to maintain critical supplies to the facilities....Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 10:02hrs | 2051 | by ZimLive
US calls on Mnangagwa to show his statesmanship by urgently
THE United States government has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to show his statesmanship by urgently engaging his political nemesis MDC leader Nelson Chamisa for reforms needed to restore pol...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:42hrs | 2559 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF has no agenda for a GNU'
Zanu-PF President and First Secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the the ruling party's 17th National People's Conference at Umzingwane High School...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:35hrs | 143 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Government to solve shortage of medicine
President Emmerson Mnamngagwa has announced that his government has made plans to quell the shortage of medicine and the skyrocketing of prices where it is available.Addressing the ZANU PF Nat...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 16:20hrs | 1473 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Doctors take to the streets
MEMBERS of Mpilo Hospital Doctors' Association yesterday staged a demonstration at the health institution complaining about poor infrastructure, shortage of drugs while at the same time demanding sala...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:53hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
Doctors defy govt orders
THE Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) has vowed not to call off the industrial action which began on December 1, until their demands for better pay and more drugs in State hospitals are re...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1914 | by Staff reporter
Canaan Banana unmasked
The Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Communist Party has questioned the role of Former President of Zimbabwe Canaan Sodindo Banana during the Gukurahundi genocide that left an estimated 20 000 ...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 17:52hrs | 10614 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Minister frets over drug abuse in schools
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube has accused adults of lacing foodstuffs sold to pupils with drugs, which ended up affecting the children and interfering with their learning process....Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:35hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt dismisses US$ wage demands by striking doctors
Civil servants will have to contend with their RTGS salaries for a while after a cabinet vote against junior doctors' plea to be paid in United States dollars (USD).This comes as a blow to the...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 21:07hrs | 3073 | by ZimLive
Can Zanu-PF spring an Esigodini surprise?
Zanu-PF meets in Esigodini in Matabeleland South Province this week for its annual people's conference amid a worsening economic crisis which has in recent weeks been highlighted by shortages of fuel,...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 15:30hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Doctors, govt in crunch meeting
Ministry of Health and Child Care will hold crunch talks with striking doctors tomorrow as it bids to end their industrial action which has crippled services across the country's public hospitals....Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1732 | by Staff reporter
'Luxury-gate exposes Mnangagwa's government'
The opposition MDC has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for reckless spending and lack of prioritisation through purchasing of luxury cars for Ministers.In a statement release...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 17:55hrs | 12245 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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Getting accepted to college these days is a task which requires a great deal of preparation and commitment, but the benefits of a college degree are equally great. You should be prepared to put in a c...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 17:54hrs | 1124 | by Agencies
Forex dealers resurface
Forex dealers popularly known as ''money-changers'' are back on the streets operating underground as they still claim that there is high demand for foreign currency now because government is charging ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 13:20hrs | 5755 | by Staff reporter
Drug lord cop arrested
A POLICE officer from Bulawayo undergoing disciplinary action for allegedly deserting the force has been arrested with his wife and three others for running a drug cartel that reportedly sold dangerou...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:39hrs | 1269 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors' strike bites
Seventy-four-year-old Elliot Moyo is a bitter man. He was hit by a car and suffered a broken leg, among other serious injuries, early last week.Since then, he has been making several fruitless...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2679 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe outlines university innovation hub strategy
THE Government has set aside hundreds of millions of dollars that will see the construction of innovation hubs in six universities as well as infrastructural overhaul in the higher and tertiary educat...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:57hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
New, cheaper ARV comes to Zimbabwe
Government will introduce a new line of cheaper and more effective antiretroviral drugs for HIV and Aids patients early next year.Authorities will introduce the Dolutegravir (DTG) line, which ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:45hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
35 MPs denied Constituency Development Funds
Thirty-five MPs from the eighth Parliament who failed the House's audit of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) will be denied access to the same in this session's CDF allocation, Parliament announ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:47hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new 'serial killers'
For many couples in Zimbabwe, the performance of customary marriage rites signifies the beginning of a new life journey for the two respective families tied. In September this year, lovebirds ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:36hrs | 595 | by Lawrence Tichaona Mangenje
Govt averts National Foods closure
INDUSTRY minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu says the flour milling arm of National Foods will not close shop after government addressed the concerns brought by the company, which had warned of imminent closur...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:43hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri suspended by MDC Standing committee
The MDC National Standing Committee has resolved to suspend its Vice President Engineer Elias Mudzuri, a circulating press release alleges."The Vice President Elias Mudzuri is susp...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 10:48hrs | 6770 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt, doctors talks deadlocked
THE strike by doctors at public hospitals, which started last weekend, is set to continue after a meeting between Health minister Obadiah Moyo and the doctors' representatives yesterday ended without ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 05:47hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic crisis a cause for concern
The National Standing Committee today met and discussed the state of the nation. The meeting which was chaired by President Nelson Chamisa noted that the current political crisis was at the centre of ...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 18:37hrs | 2171 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
Zimbabwe's hospitals crisis deepens
The crisis at the country's public hospitals is worsening, after nurses said yesterday that they would start reporting for duty for three days a week due to Zimbabwe's biting fuel shortages, as well a...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 15:19hrs | 1288 | by Staff reporter
Datlabs embarks on $4,5m upgrade
PHARMACEUTICAL and personal care products manufacturer, Datlabs Limited, has embarked on a $4,5 million plant and equipment upgrade as it seeks to improve operational efficiency. Briefing Indu...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:35hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Things going from bad to worse in Zimbabwe
Things are going from bad to worse in Zimbabwe - with yesterday's devastating strike by doctors at the country's public hospitals being the latest problem to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa's be...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 13:23hrs | 3147 | by Staff reporter
Govt must address key issues behind doctors' strike
GOVERNMENT must deal with key issues behind the doctors' strike.Junior doctors in most parts of the country have gone on strike, no surprise there. The strike action by the doctors has become ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:32hrs | 392 | by Editorial - newsday
Call for doctors to end strike
Government yesterday urged striking junior doctors to go back to work while it was looking into their grievances. Junior doctors at public health facilities downed tools on Saturday citing several cha...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:24hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Law to compel forex recipients to charge in bonds
Government is crafting a law that compels business people who receive foreign currency allocation from Treasury to charge their products in local currency, President Mnangagwa said yesterday. ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:22hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree dealers sell cement in US$
FORMER MDC legislator for Bulilima East, Norman Mpofu has urged Industry and Commerce minister Mangaliso Ndlovu, to rein in unscrupulous cement dealers in Plumtree who were rejecting the bond note and...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:39hrs | 1036 | by Staf reporter
MDC MPs receive death threats on mobile phones
Dozens of opposition legislators have received death threats and are scared stiff for their lives, pushing for a government probe into the intimidation.Spooked Members of Parliament (MPs) who ...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:08hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Fighting crime is everyone's child
Our ZRP is a hard working entity no wonder they are always on the United Nations tick list. On the other hand the Criminal Investigation Department has managed to account for most criminals chasing th...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 20:04hrs | 307 | by Tondo Murisa
Mnangagwa hits out at Prophet Magaya
FIRST lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday launched a thinly-veiled attack on Prophetic Healing and Deliverance ministries leader Walter Magaya following his recent claims that he had discovered a cure f...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:42hrs | 12547 | by Staf reporter
Local contractors to get mega projects
The Zimbabwean government is mulling to prioritise local construction firms on mega projects as a way of preserving scarce foreign currency.The southern African country is facing an acute shor...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 11:24hrs | 311 | by Staff rep
Mnangagwa to wield axe on pharmaceuticals
Players in the pharmaceutical industry insisting on charging medical drugs and other consumables in foreign currency despite receiving support from the central bank are set to lose their routine forei...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:20hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Full text: MDC petition to SADC, AU
PETITIONTo: Parliament of Zimbabwe, Speaker of Parliament, Hon Jacob MudendaSADC, Chairperson, HE Pres...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 14:28hrs | 6751 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Council invites sex wokers to submit project proposals
THE Beitbridge municipality has invited commercial sex workers to submit project proposals so that they can get assistance from the local authority and turn away from the world's oldest profession....Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:42hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe not ready to liberalise bond note exchange rate'
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said the country is not ready to liberalise the bond note exchange rate or introduce a new currency as this will raise inflation and worsen the economic situatio...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:29hrs | 1371 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube defends army, police budget allocations
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday revealed that the Defence ministry is failing to feed and clothe its personnel and that the soldiers living in the barracks were surviving on two meals a day, w...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:45hrs | 1797 | by Staff Reporter
Food security, cornerstone of Zimbabwe economic growth
The rains which have been falling since Thursday signal the commencement of the 2018/19 farming season. It is now incumbent upon every able-bodied Zimbabwean to put their shoulder to the wheel and hel...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 14:03hrs | 430 | by Elijah Chihota
Pharmacies warned to revise pricing or lose licences
A disheartening sight it was, witnessing sick people walk in and out of pharmacies empty handed. After having paid exorbitant amounts to have a doctor's diagnosis and yet the prescribed remedy f...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1408 | by Prosperity Mzila
Govt intensifies CAPS revival bid
GOVERNMENT has intensified efforts to resuscitate ailing pharmaceutical company, CAPS, to ease drug shortages that have seen pharmacies demanding payment for drugs in foreign currency, Defence and War...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
2019 National Budget requires everyone's support, commitment
Zimbabweans of various walks of life reacted in a mixed manner to the 2019 National Budget which was announced by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube last week. ...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 19:20hrs | 379 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Suicide cases spike in colleges
There is serious concern over the increasing number of suicide cases at the country's institutions of higher learning with experts calling for strong counselling programmes to assist troubled students...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 16:09hrs | 1388 | by Staff reporter
The cherry on top of the 2019 National Budget
There were recent media reports to the effect that confusion ensued at Zimbabwe's ports of entry, as luxury vehicle importers refused to pay excise duty in foreign currency in line with the new regula...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 07:30hrs | 1760 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Joshua Nkomo turning in his grave
Some of the wishes of the late vice president Joshua Nkomo are finding no takers as witnessed by the Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo which has been lying idle for the past 17 years.Ekusil...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:38hrs | 3628 | by Staff reporter
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