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Diaspora Cholera Crisis Committee ( DCCC)
We have set up a Diaspora Cholera Crisis Committee (DCCC ) composed of the following people who are championing various fundraising activities to end this Cholera Outbreak.Caroline Nyakudya - ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 145 | by DCCC
How to stop spread of cholera
The best way to stop the spread of cholera is to stop the transmission routes.Hand washing with soap, ash or chlorine solution: Hand washing should be done after visiting the toile...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | 655 | by Unicef
CSOs hold government accountable for avoidable cholera deaths
THE Civil Society Health Emergency Response Coordinating Committee (CSHERCC) is saddened to learn of the unnecessary deaths of several people across the country, who have recently succumbed to the dev...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 13:56hrs | 466 | by Stephen Jakes
Disabled sidelined in HIV information dissemination
Thirty-year-old Chenai Murimbika of Dunzvambeva village under Chief Kazangarare, 60km north of Karoi, looks older than her age.She has endured untold suffering, marked by stigmatisation couple...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry capacity utilisation to exceed 50%
THE country's manufacturing sector capacity utilisation is set to exceed 50 percent this year on the back of gains achieved in the last two years, with more positive prospects under the new political ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:49hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Two vital pillars towards 'fixing' Zimbabwe
THESE are trying times we find ourselves in; the election has come and gone. Peaceful voting was met with excessive use of force by the police and army, which resulted in the regrettable loss of life....Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 461 | by Stakes Chigs
UK wellwisher revamps Mpilo ward
MPILO Central Hospital has refurbished a ward that had not been renovated since 1957 when the institution was built, after receiving a donation from Dumi International Aid. The UK based organi...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:39hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe’s expectations are high, justifiably so
Since November 24 last year when President Mnangagwa assumed office following the resignation of Mr Robert Mugabe, expectations have been high for him to change Zimbabwe's complexion and turn around i...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 268 | by Vusi Nyamazana
African countries should adopt Rwanda 2020 vision to boost economy growth & better health facilities
The Rwanda 2020 vision proved to the whole world whatever is lacking, we have means to acquire it not to depend of international aid . The main message is that we should not remain mentally married to...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 19:45hrs | 1438 | by Enos Denhere
Over the Zimbabwean horizon
These are trying times we find ourselves in, with the election having come and gone. Peaceful voting was met with excessive use of force by the police and army, which resulted in the regrettable loss ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 274 | by Stakes Chigs
Zimbabwe government shells out $60 million treasury bills
Government's debt to Premier Service Medical Investment (PSMI) is set to increase on account of future interest costs after it approved a $60 million issue of treasury bills (TBs) to refinance and rol...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 06:43hrs | 1928 | by Staff Reporter
Harare ranked world's 6th least liveable city
HARARE has been ranked the sixth least liveable city in the world out of 140 nation cities due to instability, inadequate infrastructure and a poor healthcare system, faring better only against cities...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:21hrs | 1422 | by Staff reporter
Resident petitions council over 24-hour clinics
A BULAWAYO-BASED activist who has been lobbying council to open its clinics 24 hours a day has written to the local authority, requesting a meeting with management and incoming councillors as part of ...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:56hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Churches call for Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has appealed to the ruling Zanu-PF party leadership to engage Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance to map the way forward following the July 30 disputed elections....Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:53hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Impact of Zimbabwe's post-electoral violence
On the eve of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s announcement of the outcome of the contested presidential results, Harare's central business district was barely recognisable, yet familiar, as ...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 595 | by Mandipa Ndlovu
DIY tests for HIV beat stigma in fight against Aids
When she discovered she was HIV-positive early this year, sex worker Evelyn Msipa (32), was alone in her rented apartment in Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare.Health and Child Care minister Davi...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | 530 | by Reuters
Private hospitals demand co-payments
Patients on medical aid seeking treatment at private hospitals are now required to pay co-payments following an increase by at least 20 percent on all medical costs by some institutions, The Herald re...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:10hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Modi works to start revolving fund
NEWLY elected Zanu-PF Bulawayo South MP Rajesh Modi has said a revolving fund which he launched last month will start processing applications in the next three weeks to fulfil his election promise....Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 11:46hrs | 4520 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring candidate to sue Mugabe and Kasukuwere
Aspiring young Mhondoro-Ngezi constituency Independent Member of Parliament candidate, Nomboka Kurebwa Javangwe, who was recently ousted from the MDC Alliance, has since vowed to continue representing...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 12:26hrs | 1338 | by Own Correspondent
A new and prosperous Zimbabwean future is in our hands
The last nine months have been very symbolic as they signify birth and renewal. Together, all of us have helped create a new Zimbabwe, a nation renewed and rebirthed.Just like the labour and d...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:45hrs | 280 | by Knowledge Moyo
Open letter to Zanu voter
Dear Zanu voterI hope this letter finds you well. It is actually rude of me to even assume that there is a remote chance that you might be well. Not if you are still living in Zimb...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:42hrs | 1062 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
What an opportunity missed by Emmerson Mnangagwa
When the military occupied the streets of Harare and parked their tanks on every corner of the streets of Harare, the people of Zimbabwe celebrated in anticipation of a better Zimbabwe. The military, ...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 16:24hrs | 4308 | by Frazer Muzondo
Mujuru to win the Zimbabwe presidential election on July 30
THREE years after she was unceremoniously fired from Zanu-PF and government, former vice-president Joice Mujuru will on July 30 contest her first election as an opposition candidate and she believes v...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:36hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is just like Mugabe
IT has long been a public secret that Zimbabwe was open for socioeconomic policy change. Although President Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated in November last year, the voice of the people is unanimo...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 08:42hrs | 1296 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zimbabwe mulls medicinal cannabis pilot programme
Government is planning to carry out a medicinal cannabis pilot programme following the legalisation for the production of the plant in April this year.The legalisation of the production of mar...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 12:06hrs | 1153 | by Staff Reporter
Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe set to frustrate eager investors
A European investor's phone rings in a Harare restaurant and it's good news: an $80 million construction deal has been agreed with the Zimbabwean government.All that's needed now is a central ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:53hrs | 1424 | by TimesLive
Bulawayo ready to operationalise SEZs
THE Bulawayo Special Economic Zones (SEZs) technical working group says the city is ready to operationalise the specialised economic model based on the ground work that has been done.Officials...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:27hrs | 69 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa fighting wrong opponent in wrong battle
This pre-election period has been as eventful as it is important. What with the panic-stricken MDC-Alliance behaving like a headless chicken trying to make up for its five-year absentee politician stu...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | 515 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Bulawayo Council frets over 24-hour clinics demand
Bulawayo City Council has been put under pressure to introduce 24-hour clinics at a time when financial challenges stalk the local authority to the extent of even failing to pay its workers on time....Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 14:01hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Why I can never forgive Nelson Chamisa
This morning when I saw the Zimbabwean Workers For Justice's press conference, it all came flooding back. I was 15. My sisters were 8 and 6. My father, a humble man, a hard working man, lost his job....Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 13:19hrs | 5650 | by Tom Nkala
Condom shortage looms in Zimbabwe
A critical shortage of free condoms is looming in Mashonaland West, with only 31 boxes left for the whole province, amid reports that the effective distribution of the protective sheath was lacking in...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:45hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
First ever radiology centre opens in Zimbabwe
The first Diagnostic Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Centre has been commissioned in Harare and is expected to improve healthcare provision in Zimbabwe as well as save valuable foreign ...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 11:05hrs | 1504 | by Staff Reporter
Khupe allergic to violence
MDC-T leader and one of the four female presidential candidates in the forthcoming harmonised elections, Dr Thokozani Khupe, has promised to end all forms of violence if elected into office.Th...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | 669 | by Staff Reporter
Dr Dumisani Ndlovu opens state of the art radiology centre
The first Diagnostic Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Centre has been commissioned in Harare and is expected to improve healthcare provision in Zimbabwe as well as save valuable foreign ...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 19:12hrs | 1965 | by Staff reporter
Medical aid firm targets informal sector
FAST-growing Gweru-based medical aid company, Zimbabwe General Medical Aid Fund (ZG Medical) has begun tapping into the country's vast jobless market, which is usually neglected by most insurance and ...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:51hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
MSU donates to Gweru Hospital paediatric unit
Midlands State University (MSU) marketing department last week donated goods to Gweru General Hospital's paediatric ward as part of the institution's corporate social responsibility programme....Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 08:18hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
The top 5 party manifestos
LAST week's column looked at the Build Zimbabwe manifesto which I ranked third . This week we examine a fourth manifesto.Paul KasekeNumber 2: People's Rainbow CoalitionThe coal...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | 315 | by Staff rpeorter
Bulawayo blast exposes ailing health institutions
BEYOND the horrific pictures of bloodied and shredded limbs following a blast which went-off at the recent Zanu-PF rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at White City stadium, is a stark rea...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets German investors
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met a 14-member delegation of German businesspeople who expressed interest in investing in Zimbabwe. The team is led by Amatheon Agri Holdings chief executive off...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Who is who on the Zimbabwe campaign trail?
A TOTAL of 23 candidates successfully filed their nomination papers last week enabling them to run in the presidential elections to be held on July 30, although it is self-evident the real race will b...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 15:06hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents insist on 24/7 clinics
BULAWAYO residents have refused to back down on their quest to have 24-hour service delivery at local clinics, saying primary healthcare was a right that they should access at any time.This ca...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Politics of entitlement: A threat to electoral democracy
The election season is upon us and Zimbabwe will go to the polls on July 30. This election is both critical and unique in the sense that it is now urgent that the country moves forward after a long pe...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | 189 | by Terrence Muvoti
APA Manifesto: It is time to rehabilitate Zimbabwe
IT IS TIME for Zimbabwe to take a sharp turn towards genuine unity and prosperity. This Alliance for the People's Agenda ("APA") manifesto sets out the journey to a prosperous Golden Jubilee in 2030. ...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 16:58hrs | 1000 | by Dr Nkosana Moyo
The top 5 party manifestos
We are continuing with our analysis of the top five manifestos this week. Last week, we focussed on some general traits, but also considered on overall ranking. We left off with the MDC -T being ranke...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | 500 | by Paul Kaseke
Mnangagwa urges rivals to preach peace to followers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on different political parties and candidates contesting in the July 30 harmonised elections to continue preaching peace and unity among Zimbabweans saying he w...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Cops block Zanu PF supporters from leaving Mnangagwa rally
MUTOKO police on Saturday struggled to block restive Zanu PF supporters from walking out on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's campaign rally at Chizanga Primary School.The police officers tried i...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 09:07hrs | 3753 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes 5 election pledges
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, the Zanu-PF Presidential candidate on July 30, yesterday made five pledges to Zimbabweans realisable within the next five years if voted into power. He posted the pledges on his F...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 08:50hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
I am sorry Mr Chamisa, but my vote isn't yours
To begin with, I must applaud the MDC Alliance for coming up with a splendid document.It does take some effort and concern and obviously all the issues at the heart of the Zimbabwean are hard ...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:40hrs | 1121 | by Radar
Zim-born investment banker disrupting SA health sector
THE founder of the black-owned-and-managed healthcare listing - RH Bophelo - Quinton Zunga is a calculating investor and knows exactly what he wants.Chatting to the Zimbabwe-born investment ba...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 15:21hrs | 2110 | by City Press
Chamisa needs to stick to written speeches
Zimbabwe hasn't had a brilliant political orator of Robert Mugabe's proportions, but even Bob, the titanic speaker of note, stuck to his written scripts and speeches and would only deviate to emphasiz...Published: 31 May 2018 at 14:49hrs | 2085 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
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