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Zambian born to become first black leader of a European nation
Wales is set to appoint its first black leader after Vaughan Gething was announced as the winner of the Welsh Labour leadership election on Saturday.Gething will succeed Mark Drakeford, 69, wh...Published: 16 Mar 2024 at 20:29hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Understanding suicide among diaspora-born youths
The prevalence of media reports highlighting the suicides of young Zimbabweans born in the Diaspora is a deeply concerning issue. The time has come for us as Zimbabweans to understand the underlying f...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:10hrs | 442 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
ZBC, ex-workers fight over apartments
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has given its former employees a 90-day ultimatum to vacate some apartments they have been staying at for decades to pave way for "renovations."The ...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:15hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Zim govt flags UBH theft of drugs, malpractices
GOVERNMENT has raised a red flag over alleged acts of mismanagement, corruption in terms of awarding of tenders and theft of essential drugs at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH), one of the country'...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:13hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
‘Lazy’ son bashes father to death
A 62-YEAR-OLD Mukumbura man was allegedly bashed to death by his son after he labelled him a lazy man who is depending on his wife for survival....Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 06:33hrs | 758 | by Simbarashe Sithole
UK tightens home care workers' visa regime
Some Zimbabwean home care workers based in the United Kingdom are facing tough times as it has become increasingly difficult to renew their immigration permits. Grosvenor Healthcare, the UK's ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 16:30hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Thabo Mbeki lied about causes of load-shedding
Former President Mbeki referred in his yesterday's speech to the coal stockholding at Eskom in 2007-2008. He got the facts wrong, and unless corrected, gullible South Africans will believe the...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 16:23hrs | 728 | by Engineer Matšhela Koko
Mr. President, are you satisfied with how you're treating Zimbabweans?
So, the Zimbabwe regime believes that the manner in which they are governing the country is for the benefit of citizens.In fact, information minister Jenfan Muswere was quite unequivocal, a fe...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:43hrs | 1614 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa is corrupt because he is still in liberation war mode.' True still shaming him will not end kleptocracy
There is an audio of "Retired Army officer speaks" complaining about Zanu PF's corrupt leaders and how their insatiable greed is the root cause of Zimbabwe's economic melt down. Corruption started soo...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 1341 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe ranked 3rd happiest country in Africa
The world is dealing with a ton of issues, from high living costs to pandemics, droughts, and economic messes, and finding happiness has become a major goal for countries globally and in Africa....Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 06:47hrs | 1986 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's 120-hour water shedding to continue
BULAWAYO residents will continue receiving water for only two days per week, as water levels continue to dwindle at major supply dams due to drought, with the possibility of further tightening of the ...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
New UK visa rules hit hard
THE United Kingdom's Home Office has implemented new visa rules that ban overseas care workers and most overseas students from bringing dependant family members to the country.The measures wer...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 1323 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans explode
WOES are continuing to mount for veterans of Zimbabwe's armed liberation struggle, who say their welfare is continually being neglected, with tertiary learning institutions refusing to enrol their chi...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:38hrs | 1430 | by Staff reporter
Mix up at South African mortuary, 2-year body swap resolved
IN September 2021, then-31-year-old Bongani Ngwendu was attacked by a vigilante group in a suspected xenophobic attack at an informal settlement in Pretoria, South Africa, where he was burnt to death ...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:13hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
UK Indian PM bans healthcare workers from entering with dependents
Care workers entering the UK on Health and Care Worker visas can no longer bring dependants, the UK Home Office announced Monday on X.It said the move is part of a broad plan to drive huge cut...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 16:38hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South records reduction in maternal deaths
Matebeleland South acting provincial medical director Andrew Muza says there has been a notable decline in institutional maternal deaths in the province since the launch of a health fund programme two...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:31hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Harare pledges to finally fix (some of) its pothole-ridden roads
IN Zimbabwe's capital of Harare, potholed roads have become a symbol of more than 20 years of national decline and neglect of public services.Motorists must weave down roads and often encroach...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:30hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Mopani worm porridge, blood samples
SOME parents and guardians in Gwanda's Mawane district, Matebeleland South province, have expressed fear after a group of people collected blood samples from learners as part of the national school fe...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2249 | by Staff reporter
245% increase in suicide attempts
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo has recorded a 245 percent increase in attempted suicide cases handled at the health institution amid reports that the most affected age group includes young adults ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
UK ranked second-most miserable country in the world
The UK has been named the second-most unhappy country in the world in a survey conducted by Sapien Labs, a neuroscience foundation. According to the survey, Britons' mental health has plunged since th...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 19:18hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Olinda and Chivayo in nasty TWAR
Olinda Chapel-Nkomo and Wicknell Chivhayo engaged in a heated altercation on social media recently. It all began when Olinda publicly criticized Chivhayo and individuals who have received cars from hi...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 11:58hrs | 2629 | by Staff reporter
Evicted Zimbabwean families brace for winter without shelter
With just a month ahead of the start of the winter season in Zimbabwe, the harsh reality of survival is hitting hard for Gogo Esther and other displaced families in Harare's Retreat and Waterfalls are...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:52hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa niece's legacy woes haunt ZBC
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is grappling with serious management challenges linked to Helliate Rushwaya - the newly appointed board chair - during her tenure as the acting chief execut...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:51hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
Pastor rapes mental health patient, pays $1
A Madziwa-based pastor who raped a mental health patient has been jailed by a Bindura regional magistrate.The pastor, Chilinde Chilinde...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 13:26hrs | 1270 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF using sanctions as excuse for corruption
Moses Mzila Ndlovu says the Zanu-PF government is heavily profiting from corruption, with the elite externalising funds out of the country and investing them elsewhere rather than in social services, ...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 07:31hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Free medical outreach in Matebeleland South
HUNDREDS of people in several villages in Matebeleland South benefitted from free medical outreach programmes being conducted in the province as part of the implementation of the Government's Health R...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
All posts up for grabs at war veterans congress
PREPARATIONS for the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) congress to elect new national executive members are now at an advanced stage, a senior official has said.Sp...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:04hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
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 | 371 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to fly from Harare to Lupane to commission just a clinic
PUPU Clinic in Lupane District is now complete and ready for commissioning by President Mnangagwa, with authorities now set to deploy the medical personnel next week. Funded by the Government ...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:06hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rejects 'Let's Go Brandon's token sanctions review
NOTHING short of a prompt, unconditional and total removal of illegal economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States is acceptable and continued slanderous statements from Washington shou...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Raj Modi back in Zimbabwe government
Minister Mavhunga was sworn in by President Mnangagwa, along with Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Raj Modi at State House in Harare yesterday.Speaking after the swearing-in ceremony, ...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Being with the people all the time.
Cholera, a water-borne disease that can bring the infected down in hours is on the rampage. The unrelenting malady is on the war-path with cases now recorded in many places including cities and the co...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 23:22hrs | 154 | by Thomas Murisa
Being with the people all the time.
When the Zanu-PF legislator for Mazowe North Constituency Hon. Cde Tsungi Makumbe heard that there was a confirmed cholera case at Chinehasha Health Centre in Chiweshe, he quickly mobilised medicines ...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 23:11hrs | 162 | by Thomas Murisa
'No one will die of hunger' is a heartless statement!
What exactly does the Zimbabwe government mean by saying that no one will die of hunger in the country?We have heard this being assured by President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa on numerous occ...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 22:58hrs | 208 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo temperatures to reach 36°C
The Meteorological Services Department has issued a warning of a heatwave across the country, with Bulawayo and Binga expected to reach temperatures as high as 36 degrees Celsius and 40 degrees Celsiu...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 21:08hrs | 251 | 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
'Stranger' at Mpilo hospital, can't speak any Zimbabwean language
MPILO Central Hospital is appealing for information that could lead to the identification of an unknown man who was admitted to the institution two months ago and does not understand or speak any of t...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:47hrs | 3394 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Met office warns of heatwave
The public must guard against a heatwave from today until March 12, with temperatures rising as high as 41 degrees, although some isolated thundershowers are expected this week, the Meteorological Ser...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | 1062 | by Staff reporter
United States sanctions on Zimbabwe: who is off the list, who is on?
The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Matinyarare's 'Innscor has destroyed the taste of Zim food' comments cause consternation
If Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed food giant Innscor was hoping to avoid press scrutiny, it could hardly have chosen a more self-destructive path than seeking a gag order against journalist Rute...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 21:20hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, elected officials renege on election pledge
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa together with hundreds of elected officials have reneged on their pledge to enhance the provision of basic amenities to the public, a few months after they were voted into...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:44hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Vendors decry unfavourable conditions at Egodini
VENDORS operating at the newly refurbished Egodini Terminus have expressed concern over what they termed "unfavourable" business conditions after Bulawayo City Council (BCC) allegedly barred them from...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:42hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Harare's haven of sex, drugs and vice
Esnath first traded sex at age 13, after she was forced out of her family home in Harare's old suburb of Mbare.To survive, she decided to lie about her age, she said, taking refuge with a grou...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:48hrs | 1545 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo gets new dental, X-ray equipment
MPILO Central Hospital's Dental and X-ray departments have undergone a significant transformation with the installation of new state-of-the-art equipment.The upgrade enables the hospital to ef...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:47hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Minister commissions first Binga propaganda radio station
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dr Jenfan Muswere, yesterday officially commissioned Twasumpuka FM, the first and only community radio station in Binga District in Matebelel...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:03hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Mother of three remains positive after four cancer operations
The 40-year-old mother of three who on Tuesday was one of the first three patients ever to be operated on in Zimbabwe by means of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has had a long battle...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 11:29hrs | 699 | by Agencies
Former Zimbabwe Tourism Authority CEO Karikoga Kaseke dies at 62
Harare, Zimbabwe - The tourism industry mourns the loss of Karikoga Kaseke, the former CEO of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), who passed away at the...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 11:58hrs | 2296 | by Staff Reporter
Pedzai Sakupwanya scoffs at insanity rumours
BUSINESSMAN and Mabvuku legislator Pedzisayi 'Scott' Sakupwanya has scoffed at rumours circulating on social media that he has gone insane. He laughed off these rumours and mocked those sharin...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 07:06hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt intimidates doctors, nurses
GOVERNMENT yesterday intimidated health workers against engaging in strike action beginning today over poor wages and working conditions, with the responsible minister Douglas Mombeshora accusing the ...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:05hrs | 1503 | by Staff reporter
World Bank VP visits Zimbabwe
WORLD Bank (WB) vice-president for Eastern and Southern Africa Victoria Kwakwa will arrive for a four-day visit to Zimbabwe today, as the global lender develops a new country engagement framework that...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
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