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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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zambia limits worship time to 2 hours
Churches in Zambia have been ordered to limit worship time to two hours as part of measures to curb the spread of cholera.No sale of perishable and ready-to-eat foods in all churches, Ndiwa Mu...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean town bans public gatherings over cholera
THE GOVERNMENT has banned gatherings in parts of Beitbridge after cases of cholera were detected in some parts of the district.All burials will be supervised in those areas where public activi...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 13:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Harare declares state of emergency as cholera cases rise
Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, has officially declared a state of emergency in response to a cholera outbreak that has claimed numerous lives, with confirmed cases on the rise. Since the initia...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt bans handshakes at funerals
THE Government has banned preparation of food and handshakes, among other health measures, in cholera-affected districts to contain outbreaks of the disease.In a statement dated 11 October 202...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces cholera disaster
A senior official from the Harare City Council has issued a warning that the current cholera outbreak could escalate into a disaster if immediate measures are not taken to halt the disease's spread....Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 19:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa voter inspection visit morphs into rally
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa Tuesday visited a voters' roll inspection centre in Harare's Kuwadzana 2 suburb, but what was intended to be a brief call morphed into a mini-...Published: 30 May 2023 at 15:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
NSSA pensioners are a forgotten lot
The National Social Security Authority is almost always in the news for the wrong things whilst the poor NSSA pensioners are wallowing in abject poverty. The establishment is riddled with scan...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 23:30hrs | 1 | by Cde Mutanda Wachingama
Parents visits to boarding schools banned
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect banned parents and guardians from visiting learners at boarding schools in a move aimed at mitigating the spread of Covid-19.One of the boarding schools, S...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parent visiting days remain banned
PARENTS and guardians remain banned from visiting learners at boarding schools as Covid-19 prevention protocols remain in place.This comes ahead of the opening of schools tomorrow. Health offi...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa-Malema handshake impossible in Zimbabwe as EFF no threat to ANC rule!
As much as this may shock many - the African continent is full of 'democratic leaders' - but, there is always one catch......their tolerance and good-heartedness towards the opposition is on t...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 18:57hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
It's really embarrassing when a president acts like a star-struck teenager!
I have never really understood the whole frenzied excitement over so-called 'celebrities'.Maybe, it is because I have never been a huge fan of music or movies, or practically anything else tha...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:35hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Teen steals money to consult sangoma over to get rich
A Masvingo based 19 year old boy reportedly stole his sister's US$100 and used it to consult a traditional healer for fast money magic....Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 07:28hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Burning South African Parliament houses Freemasonic secret temple
The currently burning South African Parliament ground is home to the Lodge De Goede Hoop an old, white, plastered building that is a temple to one of the oldest secret societies in South Africa, the F...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 19:51hrs | 26 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's education system is outdated
Former Education minister Fay Chung says Zimbabwe's education system was designed to last for at least 20 years, but now has been in use for over 40 years, rendering it outdated.Chung (FC), wh...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:11hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Suspect everyone as Covid-19 risk person'
TREAT everyone as a potential Covid-19 risk, avoid hugs and handshakes, trust nobody, a Covid-19 Delta variant survivor has said. After travelling to Mashonaland West province on a business trip on Sa...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
3 Thornhill High pupils test positive for Covid
THREE pupils at Thornhill High School in Gweru have tested Covid-19 positive.The outbreak follows another one at Anderson High School early this year.The latest three cases are asympto...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 18:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marriages ban lifted
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has lifted the ban on marriages and announced the resumption of normal court operations, including the offices of the Master and the Sheriff of the High Court following the r...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Funerals without mourners the new normal
IT WAS one cold winter evening and the streets of Corby were deserted because of the snow. As John was sleeping, a sharp ring interrupted him. He jumped out of his bed and answered with his hands trem...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
When local authorities become hopeless laggards
IF Bishop Lazarus' great-grandfather were to rise from the dead today God forbid! The man was just an unbearably torturous disciplinarianhe would pretty much be able to figure his way around Harare....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | 13 | by Bishoo Lazarus
Schools reopening today
Next year's examination classes Grade Six, Form Three and Form Five return to school today, with the Government assuring parents that all necessary precautions have been taken to minimise the risk of ...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Handshakes, hugs banned as schools reopen
PUBLIC schools reopened yesterday for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examination classes with both staff and students adhering to the mandatory Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) i...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Schools reopen today
SCHOOLS reopen today under a new normal which requires both teachers and learners to strictly adhere to Covid-19 prevention regulations as directed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education S...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 4 | by Pardon Muzavazi
NRZ fights US$236m DIDG suit
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) will defend the US$236 million lawsuit filed by the Diaspora and Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) following the termination of a US$400 million recapital...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New normal in schools
TEACHERS and learners should brace for a new normal ahead of schools reopening and forget customs such as hugs, handshakes and sharing of desks as they used to. Break and lunch time will be st...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa swarmed in Kwekwe shop
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was yesterday forced to abort his shopping at OK supermarket in Kwekwe after an enthusiastic crowd instantaneously swarmed the shop jostling for 'handshakes, selfies and a...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt cops feel the heat
POLICE have directed all policing provinces to set up investigating teams to probe graft and unprofessional conduct by law enforcement agents with a view to take disciplinary action against offenders ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ministers, MPs' cars suspended
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday suspended plans to buy new vehicles for the new Cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament and channelled the money towards fighting the cholera ep...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
No handshakes at funerals as cholera spreads in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has put screening mechanisms in place at the country's borders with Zambia‚ Mozambique‚ Botswana and South Africa in an attempt to contain a cholera outbreak.Health and Child Care...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa named in new Eskom board
Telkom Chairperson Jabu Mabuza will chair Eskom's board as part of a host of measures announced on Saturday by government, to "stabilise management" at the power utility.Government has also re...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 16:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Probe team unearths rot at Harare City Council
A PROBE team tasked to investigate Harare City Council's accounts has unearthed a can of worms with top management said to have grossly mismanaged public funds while neglecting service delivery....Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by staff Reporter
G40 members 'resurrect' in Parliament
FORMER Zanu PF officials linked to the obliterated G40 faction yesterday resurrected from their hideouts, when they emerged in Parliament, three weeks after the military-led Operation Restore Legacy f...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Britain, Zimbabwe's 'oldest friend', really?
IT'S official: Zimbabwe has a new President in the form of Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. Need repeating, President Mnangagwa takes over from Robert Mugabe who led the country from Independence in 1980,...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gushungu ice-cream with a poisonous chemical cone head to be launched at Gweru youth interface rally
Remember that this is ZANU PF politics. Trust nobody. Only trust yourself. Trust the food that you prepare yourself. Forewarned is forearmed. Your safety and wellbeing comes first. It is your responsi...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 21:23hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Zimbabwe bans golden handshakes for executives
THE Government has, with immediate effect, banned all local authorities countrywide from paying gratuities and golden handshakes to executives and senior employees following outrageous demands in exit...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Greeting-culture of shaking hands in our societies must go: It's a health scare: Our water sources too!
It is our culture too to shake hands when we great, this gesture of greeting peoples are global, is found in almost all cultures of the world. Hand-shaking is the easiest and the fastest vehicle of mi...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 09:19hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
WATCH: Teacher has personalized handshakes with every one of his students
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0jgcyfC2r8...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 10:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kasukuwere humiliates Mugabe bootlickers
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF bootlickers were embarrassed at the weekend after the party's political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, blocked them in their stampede to shake the 92-year-old leader'...Published: 26 Sep 2016 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dynamos vs Highlanders - Live updates - When Harare clash with Bulawayo
Dynamos 0 - 2 Highlanders90+2' Mupasiri flagged offside90+1' Dynamos can't get even a consolation as Bosso get a corner90' 3min to be added on88' Linyama heads back a c...Published: 28 May 2016 at 13:41hrs | | by Sports reporter
NetOne manages to set up 652 base stations across the country
The government owned mobile network provider NetOne has reportedly recorded significant grown as it has since managed to set up 652 base stations across the country and having a combination of 3G and ...Published: 23 May 2016 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
War veterans meeting more about money
The struggle for the total emancipation of Zimbabweans must still go on and it will only happen when we have political leadership renewal and fresh brains at State house.There is no argu...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 15:01hrs | | by War veterans meeting more about money
1ns and 2s with DJ-Sticha - What They Won't Tell You In This Music Industry Of Ours
Ukufunda akupheli kuphel' iskole,now there are some things in life ozozifunda ngendlela ekuhambeni,noma bekufundisa abantu kodwa kukhona ozokufunda ngokwenz' ama mistakes noma ozofunda ngoba ubone iph...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 14:23hrs | | by DJ-Sticha
Jehova's witness caught in Satanism storm
ONE of Jehovah's Witnesses members from the church's Sakubva circuit is in the eye of a Satanism storm after some of the members fingered her for causing untold suffering. In an unsolicited interv...Published: 13 Jun 2015 at 07:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ebola: Fighting a deadly virus
Weak national healthcare systems and few medical staff struggle to cope The sight of an Ebola patient is frightening. Sharon Washington, an employ...Published: 24 Dec 2014 at 18:00hrs | | by Sulaiman Momodu
Council bigwigs have retained their mega salaries
Senior officials at various local authorities have retained their mega remuneration despite poor service delivery by reducing their basic pay while doubling allowances.The fraud has been expo...Published: 09 Sep 2014 at 07:20hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende
Tsvangirai failed Zimbabwe, now he must go
There was a time, not too long ago, when Morgan Tsvangirai personified everything that was good about Zimbabwe, writes ...Published: 02 May 2014 at 04:38hrs | | by Simon Allison
One way or another, Tsvangirai must go, he looks weaker than ever
Pity Morgan Tsvangirai. The veteran Zimbabwean opposition leader is facing a little opposition of his own, and he's not coping too well. His party looks certain to split yet again, destroying in the p...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 20:33hrs | | by Simon Allison
'Mugabe is hostage to army bosses'
President Robert Mugabe has no capacity to deal with the issue of obscene salaries and corruption at parastatals, since he is captive to army generals running the state enterprises. These are the...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Friends and foes at Mandela memorial
NEARLY 90 leaders from across the world, some of them locked in enmity, are flying to South Africa for memorials to Nelson Mandela that will hail one of humanity's great peacemakers.Officials...Published: 10 Dec 2013 at 01:32hrs | | by Reuters
How Govt can sharpen focus on National Budget
The Zimbabwean Government has a daunting task of delivering value and transformation to an ailing economy which is burdened with a plethora of challenges and ever-growing expenditure.Resigning...Published: 24 Nov 2013 at 03:47hrs | | by Request Machimbira
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