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Bulawayo on high alert over disease outbreaks
In July 2024, Bulawayo reported around 400 cases of diarrhoea, an increase from 318 cases the previous month, as noted in the latest Bulawayo City Council minutes. Health services director Edwin Siban...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:18hrs | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pumula South suburb under Zoonoses threat
ALTHOUGH expansion of cities to create more residential areas for the ever-growing population has ushered in development in Bulawayo and surrounding areas, the same is fuelling human-wildlife conflict...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:25hrs | 10 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
'Time Africa solved its own problems'
HEALTH and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro has urged African countries to resolve their own problems, particularly tackling HIV/Aids and other diseases.Mangwiro made the remarks at th...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases increase
BULAWAYO has recorded an increase in the number of diarrhoea cases, a cause for concern considering the havoc wrecked by the disease previously.Diarrhoea is defined as the passage of three or ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scandal-ridden company monitors Zimbabwe calls
THE company which installed a Telecommunications Traffic Monitoring System (TTMS) at the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe headquarters in Harare this week — Global Voic...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 20:42hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic violence in Limpopo village divides SA police
AMID strong allegations of police complicity, the fresh outbreak of xenophobic violence against Zimbabwean foreign nationals in a usually tranquil rural My Darling village in Limpopo has pitted a Hawk...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 18:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
African Mining Sector Set for Strong Growth in 2022
Johannesburg - 16 May 2022 - With mining companies currently enjoying high prices, exceptional production performance and robust supply chains, the mining team from Stanbic Bank's parent company, Stan...Published: 16 May 2022 at 11:52hrs | 13 | by Mark Buncombe, Head of Mining and Metals at Standard Bank Group
Zimbabwe expert eyes global telecoms post
Swiss-based Zimbabwean telecommunications expert Dr Cosmas Zavazava is eyeing the post of director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Africa benefit from China's Health Silk Road
LAST week, China announced that it will give Zimbabwe 10 million doses of Covid-19, as part of the 1 billion doses pledged by Beijing to African countries at last year's Forum on China-Africa Co-opera...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:50hrs | | by Albert Chavhunduka
'Vaccines administered in Zimbabwe effective against Delta variant'
ALL the Covid-19 vaccines being administered in Zimbabwe under the mass inoculation programme are effective against the highly virulent Delta variant, experts have concluded.In Zimbabwe, the D...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spain court dismisses fresh fraud case against Messi
A Spanish court on Friday dismissed a new complaint filed in 2020 against Barcelona's Lionel Messi by a man who accuses the Argentine footballer of fraud, embezzlement and money laundering.Fed...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
AID to Africa is dead aid: It must be stopped
We need to ask ourselves critical questions; is foreign aid good for Africa? What purpose is it intended for? Is aid helping the people it is intended to assist in alleviating hunger and poverty in Af...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 8 | by Nomazulu Thata
Africa is not a dumping ground
During the just-ended Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly, which was held virtually, President ED Mnangagwa prompted African leaders to think seriously about establishing an A...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 07:56hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 recovery rate drops drastically
ZIMBABWE'S Covid-19 recovery rate has dropped drastically in the second wave of the new variant of the virus and most infections are local, showing that communities should adopt safe behaviours as the...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thank God for ingenious coronavirus vaccine - we must now deal with political challenge
It was just over a year ago, November 2019, that the world learned of the coronavirus outbreak in China. By March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak a world pandemic. ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 17:57hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Thank God, covid-19 is not as deadly as Ebola, still it has delivered coup de grace on economy
"854 PCR tests done today (Wednesday), with the positivity at 2 percent. All 17 are local cases. 25 new recoveries reported: National Recovery rate stands at 94,5 percent and active cases go d...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 12:15hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa ally listed amongst 100 'Most Influential Young Africans' of 2020
PR & Rating firm, Avance Media and Africa Youth Awards have announced the 5th annual publication of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans list for 2020. The list is curated to recognise young Af...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 20:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: TB Joshua fires back over controversial Sierra Leone testimony
After news was widely circulated that a Sierra Leonean government official was 'sacked' following her testimony at T.B. Joshua's church, the Nigerian cleric has responded by releasing a video of the l...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 12:30hrs | 15 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Zimbabweans in limbo
The much anticipated national and provincial elections in South Africa can put a dent on the prospects of many Zimbabweans residing and anticipating to reside in South Africa.For the incumbent...Published: 09 May 2019 at 17:24hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Ebola scare at Mugabe Airport
Passengers aboard a fastjet Airways flight, which landed at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on Wednesday went into a panic mode after one of the passengers complained of a headache and bod...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
African Diaspora statement on the Zimbabwean situation and DRC
The ADF joins the long que and list of human rights organisations, and other organisations and institutions in condemning in the strongest and unapologetic sense the senseless murders and brutalisatio...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
DRC opposition leader declared winner of presidential poll
Congo opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of the long-delayed presidential election, the electoral commission announced early Thursday to the surprise of many, as the vast ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Associated Press
US sends troops for possible 'violent' DRC vote protests
On the eve of the first expected results of Congo's long-delayed presidential election, U.S. President Donald Trump said military personnel had deployed to the region for possible "violent demonstrati...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:01hrs | | by Associated Press
Voting machines impress Zec delegation
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) which recently deployed an observer mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ahead of the Southern African country's general election today - believes ...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Second drowned Government official's body recovered
UNDETTERED Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education officials continued to search for their missing colleague whose vehicle was swept away in heavy rains on Monday and ended up finding the body yes...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will not drop Biti charges
Zimbabwe will not accept pressure to subvert the rule of law to pacify certain political interests and will uphold the Constitution in the conduct of its affairs, a senior Government official has said...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donations given to Africa meant to depopulate or stifle population growth
A United Kingdom Charity organisation has claimed that some donations given to African countries were meant to depopulate or stifle population growth.Starlight Global director Shanice Lindsay ...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 17:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Let's defeat cholera
Cholera is wrecking havoc in Harare and spreading like veld fire. Whilst authorities are fighting hard to contain the epidemic let's stop the blame game and deal with the problem head on. Our ...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 19:56hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa.
Zimbabwe to receive gorillas from DRC
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) is soon expected to take delivery of okapi and gorilla breeds in a wildlife exchange programme with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe companies clinch $3m deals in DRC
ZIMBABWEAN mining companies recently clinched business deals worth over $3 million at the just-ended DRC Mining Week, ZimTrade has said.The expo, attended by 10 Zimbabwean mining companies, wa...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The continuous aggression in the unmaking of African religion
African religion continues to suffer violence and aggression in the post-colonial era in the hands of its own target beneficiaries! (Matthew 11:12). And it is them that must rise and save it by force ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 15:58hrs | 24 | by Reginald T. Gola
Zimbabwe dispels listeriosis fears
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has assured Zimbabweans that they are safe from listeriosis as appropriate measures have been put in place at the Beitbridge Border Post to avoid importation of p...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Magaya draws bumper crowd
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance (PHD) leader Prophet Walter Magaya on Friday pulled a bumper crowd during his sixth Night of Turn Around gathering in Harare where he also prayed for Africa's prosper...Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzembi: 20 questions and answers as Foreign Minister Zimbabwe
HARARE - The Honorable Dr. Walter Mzembi, Minister of Foreign Affairs Zimbabwe, provided Worldtourismwire a copy of this Q&A first published in the Zimbabwe Daily News....Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 07:36hrs | | by EINPresswire
Zimbabwe won't shut down struggling embassies, says Mzembi
Daily News Editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with new Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi. Find below excerpts of the interview.Q: Congratulations on your appointment...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzembi describes Mugabe in glorious terms
Newly-appointed Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi could be ruing his attempts to ingratiate himself with President Robert Mugabe after masterminding his short-lived appointment as the first ever ...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 14:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe appointed WHO global health ambassador
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday appointed President Robert Mugabe as a global health ambassador for Africa to help governments tackle chronic diseases such as diabetes, stroke, cancer...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 15:18hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Health of migrant and refugees reaches apocalyptic proportions
Antwerp, Belgium-The health of migrants and refugees has taken apocalyptic proportions in Europe, Anne Buve who chairs the Scientific Committee at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgiu...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 09:35hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani
Health inequalities in developing countries worry experts
Antwerp, Belgium - The greatest challenge in the world health remains the health inequalities with and within the low and middle income countries. The governor of the province of Antwerp, Prof...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Andrew Mambondiyani
Jailed British terrorist sues prison over 'psychological injury'
A British terrorist who was jailed after murdering Lee Rigby, a British soldier, in 2013 has reportedly launched a compensation bid over a scuffle with prison guards that could cost taxpayers £100,00...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
African health ministers meet in Zimbabwe
GENEVA - African health ministers meeting in Zimbabwe for the 67th Session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee have adopted a range of actions intended to strengthen health syste...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 08:30hrs | | by APO
Zimbabwe, South Africa sign health co-operation deal
ZIMBABWE and South Africa yesterday signed a five-year health co-operation deal to jointly fight common diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV and Aids, among others.The agreement, sig...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe in Victoria Falls for WHO conference
PRESIDENT Mugabe arrived in Victoria Falls yesterday ahead of the opening ceremony of the 67th World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa Conference, which opens today and runs unti...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
People only die from what's meant to kill them
'Something must kill a man!' As heartwarming and pleasant as that phrase sounds, it's a nagging reminder that neither of us will be lucky to get out of Earth alive! Well, of course, except the Astrona...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 12:24hrs | | by Nimi Princewill
Let the AU pay its own piper to dictate the tune
The first quarter of 2017 saw President Robert Mugabe, former chair of the African Union meeting his length of the bargain following his 300 strong herd of cattle donation to the continental body. Thi...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
New UN report encourages African countries to harness growing tourism sector
WASHINGTON DC - African governments should make it easier and safer for Africans to travel within the continent, the United Nations said in a new report released today, noting that tourism demand ther...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 10:29hrs | | by APO
Strive Masiyiwa strove to where he is now
The mention of the name Strive Masiyiwa instantly the group company Econet Wireless and philanthropist rings in your mind. What about Mutumwa Dziva Mawere? The name has a link to Africa Resources Limi...Published: 23 May 2017 at 11:10hrs | 5 | by Enos Denhere
Ebola feared in Hwange
ABOUT 50 people from Change, Dinde and Nekabandama in Hwange District, Matabeleland North have been hospitalised at Lukosi Hospital and other surrounding health institutions after complaining of a rar...Published: 21 May 2017 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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